There was nothing to do from Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard against Carlos Alcaraz. Broken in the first game of each set, the Frenchman was forced to run in vain behind goals before losing 6-4, 6-4 in 1h21.
For the first time in his career, the 21-year-old, ranked 51st in the world, challenged a member of the top 10, the No. 3, Laver Cup champion Laver last Sunday. Expecting to worry the Spaniard, defender Emmanuel Planque should have relied on his destructive work. But it is in this area that he failed to give his full measure, breaking from the beginning and then at the beginning of the second set. With the number of first balls less than his usual standards (41% in all games), “GMP” did not expect to create surprises in the return game to open the gap.
3 unconverted break points in the first set
All he could do was Alcaraz serving for the first time at 5-4. In this match, Mpetshi Perricard led 0-40. But when his opponent was cold with his first ball, the Frenchman was not able to take advantage of this short period of time, marked by two warnings for a long time, the second prevents the Murcian first service on the set, turned with anger.
From then on, instead of giving up, the Frenchman committed three errors at the beginning of the second set (for a total of 6, which was erased by 7 acres, who had 19 in the game since the beginning of the season) . So he was disarmed, the second round was the first twin despite some highlights in the Frenchman’s service, including the second ball caught at 235 km/h as a sign of despair. Alcaraz will face Tallon Griekspoor in the next round.