Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is making the most out of his Wimbledon experience. In the tournament’s first round, he won his first grand slam against Sebastian Korda. Also, he is leading the tournament in aces and winners this year. It seems like being the lucky loser has its perks.
Mpetshi Perricard wasn’t even expected to be in the main draw, making his breakthrough remarkable. According to pay per head bookie sources, he lost in the last qualifying round but is now dominating in the second week of Wimbledon.
With “nothing to lose,” the unfortunate loser has discovered his fortunate break. He lost to fellow countryman Maxime Janvier by a razor-thin margin, ending top-seeded Mpetshi Perricard’s dreams of making his Wimbledon debut. Mpetshi Perricard waited anxiously in the dressing rooms of the All England Club on Sunday night for the news he had been anticipating—a late withdrawal. He entered the main draw as a substitute for Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and played the first-round match against American seed Korda, replacing the injured Spaniard.
Lucky Loser at the Wimbledon
To say that Mpetshi Perricard was in the middle of a titanic fight of massive serves would be an understatement. He unleashed 51 aces in a five-set epic with four tiebreaks, becoming the sixth player in history to do so in a single match. On the second day of the competition, spectators crowded the gangways as they moved around the outdoor courts, but they were promptly stopped on Court 16 by the thump of Mpetshi Perricard’s racket as another serve blitzed past Korda.
According to Bwager.com reports, the likes of John Isner and Ivo Karlovic have come and gone. However, Wimbledon may have discovered its next big man in Mpetshi Perricard, the tallest man in the world’s top 100. Mpetshi Perricard has been using the American and former Wimbledon semi-finalist John Isner as a model for his own game, and Isner’s serve has proven unbeatable thus far. Korda was regularly taken off court by the Frenchman’s serve, which was powerful and directed but also incredibly unpredictable. Although Korda is a large server at 6’5″, Mpetshi Perricard made him appear weak with his consistent 136 mph serves.
With his maiden ATP championship in May coming in Lyon, his meteoric ascension to the top of the rankings—more than 100 spots—has been nothing short of astonishing. He beat American Ben Shelton, the fourteenth-ranked player in the world, at Queen’s, so achieving his maiden victory on grass. Now, he’s aiming to take the “lucky loser” mentality into Wimbledon’s fourth week.
Replacement Players
Despite the exceptionally high number of substitute players brought into the event this year—nine—the vast majority of them were eliminated from the competition at the same rate they were in. Erika Anreeva, who stepped in for the injured world No. 3 Aryna Sabalanka, advanced beyond the first round of her match before falling to Donna Vekic. Even David Goffin, who was substituted for Andy Murray, took a tumble at the first test of his reprieve. Despite a 5-0 lead in the fifth set, the Belgian could not defend it and ultimately fell in the decision against Tomas Machac.
Most of these instances include a bitter letdown in the main draw after a tough qualification loss, leaving the hope of a chance unfulfilled. Mpetshi Perricard, on the other hand, sent Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, the shortest top-100 player at 5 feet and 7 inches, crashing in the first round in just seventy-one minutes. His tally continued to rise, and at the end of the second round, he had 143 wins and 78 aces—unmatched by anybody in the field—despite the quick6-16-2 triumph. Only Mpetshi Perricard, Alexander Zverev, and Brandon Nakashima have not been broken. But the 20-year-old saved every one of thirteen break points.
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