It was an all-French match in the Wimbledon qualifiers on Wednesday that brought 20-year-olds Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Luca Van Assche one step closer to qualifying.
Mpetshi Perricard defeated compatriot Antoine Escoffier 7-6(5), 6-2 in the second qualifying round after hitting 20 aces, while Van Assche survived the third set to beat Australian Li Tu 7-5, 3-6. , won 7-6. (10-7) Move forward.
Top seed Mpetshi Perricard was ranked a career-high No. 59 in the PIF ATP Rankings this week, but at the Wimbledon main draw cutoff on May 20, the 6’8″ player was ranked No. 117 in the world. That week, Mpetshi Perricard had a dream career. He went on to win his home tournament in Lyon to claim his first ATP Tour title.
Mpesi Perikad will next look to make his debut in the grass court major when he faces compatriot Maxime Janvier in the third round. Van Assche meets former world number 10 player and fellow Frenchman Lucas Pouille.
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Another former top 10 finisher, Richard Gasquet and David Goffin, advanced to Wednesday. Gasquet topped Alexis Galarneau 6-1, 6-0 in just 49 minutes, while Belgium’s Goffin beat Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-6(4), 6-4.
America’s Maxime Cressy fell just five points behind his first serve to beat Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-6(9), 6-3 and advance to the quarterfinals in 2022. Now Cristian Garin defeated Tomas Barrios Vera 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. Kazakh Beibit Zhukayev defeated last year’s Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hamad Medjedovic 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4.
Second seed Hugo Grenier won 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 over Croatian Dino Prizmic, who had beaten Novak Djokovic as a qualifier at the Australian Open. Third seed Zizou Bergs, fourth seed James Duckworth and fifth seed Lloyd Harris also advanced to the third round of qualifying.
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