France, Australian Open > Ivan Ljubicic on Mpetshi Perricard: “When I started following him, I saw a player with a lot of difficulty technically. Last year, he was incapable of making 20 cross slices backhand without missing”

Confirmed as responsible for the high level of French Tennis with the re-election of Gilles Moretton to the post of president of the French Tennis Federation, Ivan Ljubicic recently gave an interview to our colleagues at The Team in which he notably evokes the meteoric progress of Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

“Already, he has progressed enormously over the past eighteen months. When I started following him, I saw a player with potential but with a lot of difficulties at the technical level. There, the backhand is much better, with the top spin and the slice. Friday, he trained with Kyrgios in the range of cross slices and he did around twenty without missing, something he was incapable of last year. He has to continue to go to the net, to be aggressive on the return, to put pressure on because I know that with his personality he prefers not to miss. To progress, you must continue to take risks even if it is not natural. He has the motivation to add things to his tennis, even though, yes, he has the best serve in the world. »

Published on Monday January 13, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.