Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard continues his journey at the ATP 250 tournament in Brisbane (Australia). After his good performances against Nick Kyrgios and Frances Tiafoe (seeded n°4), the 21-year-old Frenchman reached the semi-final this Friday after his success in two sets against the Czech Jakub Mensik (7-5, 7 -6 (5)). 31st player in the world, Mpetshi Perricard was once again able to count on his high-performance serve (19 aces, only 2 double faults). In the semi-final, he will face the winner of the match between Novak Djokovic (seeded n°1) and the American Reilly Opelka on Saturday.
For his part and a few thousand kilometers away, Alexandre Müller has had a promising start to the season. The 27-year-old Frenchman, whose career has gone a little under the radar, is in the process of finding his place in the sun within the ATP Top 100. Winner in three sets (3-6, 6-3, 6-1) of his young compatriot Arthur Fils in the quarter-finals in Hong Kong (ATP 250) in the derby of Ile-de-France players (Müller was born in Poissy, Fils in Bondoufle), he is now assured of reaching his career-best ATP ranking on Monday.
Only 224th in the world three years ago, at 24 years old, he should climb around 60th place depending on his results this weekend. In the semi-finals, he will meet the winner of the match between the Spaniard Munar and the Italian Musetti on Saturday.
“It has a progression that is perhaps a little slow for some, but linear. This is very rare in Tennis. He is a very hard-working person who never gives up. He accepts that we move him for his own good. He accepts questioning,” Jean-René Lisnard, founder of the Élite Tennis Center in Cannes, Alexandre Müller’s club, explained to us in the spring.
