Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard emerged victorious from this 100% French confrontation against Hugo Gaston (6-4, 4-6, 6-3).
The Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard, 117th player in the world, qualified this Thursday for the semi-finals of the ATP tennis tournament in Lyon by beating his compatriot Hugo Gaston (N.104), from the qualifications, in three sets, 6- 4, 4-6, 6-3. He will face on Friday the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, 19th in the ATP rankings, seeded N.2, who won at the expense of the Russian Pavel Kotov in 3 hours 11 minutes 6-7 (4/7), 7- 6 (7/4), 6-3.
“It was a tough game from start to finish. He pushed me to my limits. He made some drop shots, he knitted a little but in the end, he didn’t really succeed in getting into my head. I’m super happy to be in the semi-final and to have come out of that match.”declared Mpetshi-Perricard, recipient of an invitation and who should enter the Top 100 next week.
“On the important points, I knew how to use my serve and my forehand in particular on several occasions and I must rely on that. At 4-4 in the 2nd, it hurts. When I also have break points at 4-3. You have to try not to get upset. In the end I managed to come to my senses and do what I needed to do in the third set.added the young 20-year-old Lyonnais who measures 2.03 m.
