Remember, last June, the French discovered four young talents of French tennis, Luca Van Assche, Arthur Fils, Sean Cuenin and Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard. All four were in the semifinals of Roland-Garros junior and gave a little smile to the fans of the Blues after a very dull Grand-Slam Porte d’Auteuil among the seniors. Luca Van Assche, just 17, won the event with his devastating forehand. An excellent memory for the young player member of the BNP Parisbas Young Talents Team For 3 years.
Luca Van Assche au micro Tennis Actu
But not an end in itself for the player who aims “to play the Grand Slams in 2023“. Even if he is mainly concerned with himself and his progress, he wishes with a touch of humor to do it again with his three friends at Roland Garros among the seniors. An ambitious speech from a youngster who knows how to do it. where he comes and where he goes, with his head firmly anchored on his shoulders. To build his career, the Van Assche benefits from the advice of the Young Talents Team and a certain Jo-Wilfried Tsonga that he “begins to know well.“
“Roland-Garros, the best week of my year”
“Yes of course it brings back good memories of coming back to Roland Garros, it was still the best week of my year anyway. Hope to come back here next year for the senior.“The young player also recognizes that the Young Talents Team him”brings a lot especially off the court. I find it very interesting, I love coming here, and it also allows me to discover new young talents, in younger age categories that I’m not used to being around … Also it helps a lot on management outside tennis, on media training, food, sports betting, doping, everything that you don’t see on TV and which is always very interesting and that’s why I am very happy to be part of this team. “
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“Tsonga? I’ve known him for a long time now”
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wants to pass on its experience to young people, and this can only do good for French tennis. The player already involved in Thierry Ascione’s academy is also a sponsor of the Young Talent Team and he has therefore been working with young Van Assche for a while: “I’ve seen him several times, I trained with him at the CNE, after that we talk with him, I try to draw from his experiences and his high-level career and to be able to me use it later in whatever I want to do. I’ve known him for a long time now, we talk to each other from time to time on the networks, we train … it’s going very well.“A sharing of experience which helps the young player to grow and which we will no doubt soon be able to see on the main circuit, in the same tournaments as his eldest always so motivated.
“Play Grand Slam tournaments in 2023”
This is also the ambition of the winner of Roland-Garros Junior, to perform as quickly as possible among seniors without remaining satisfied with his performance in juniors: “2021 was the best year of my life, at least in terms of tennis. After that this is only the beginning, but I hope to be able to draw from all these moments lived this year to be able to benefit from them in all my career. It’s sure that people’s outlook has changed a bit … but I know what I did and what I have to do.“It is therefore logical that the ambitions of the young man for 2022 were discussed. The objective is clear:” Perform on the main circuit, be able to win as many matches as possible in the big tournaments, move up quickly in the rankings to be able to play the Grand Slam tournaments in 2023. “As for his friends at Roland Garros, he also wants to find them, even if their destinies are not linked:”Everyone has their own path, we all want to succeed. Afterwards, I don’t really compare myself to others. I know what I have to do, what they do, afterwards everyone goes at their own pace and the goal is to be all four in the semi at Roland-Garros senior (smile)“. That is what it says. A fascinating discussion with Luca Van Assche that we hope to soon find at the highest level, especially why not in the Davis Cup where he hopes to one day join the team. In the meantime, we offer you his full video interview.
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