A. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard credits his coaches, Jean Baptiste Dupuy, Cyril Genevois, and Emmanuel Planque, with helping him in his tennis career. Q. Which is Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard's ...

It’s only January but Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has hit a contender for shot of the year. The 6ft 8ins giant faced compatriot Gael Monfils in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

In a duel between the 38-year-old Monfils and 21-year-old Mpetshi Perricard, it was age, experience and endurance that outweighed power and youth — helping nullify one of the biggest serves in ...

The showdown billed as the battle of the French generations went the old timer's way on Tuesday as 38-year-old Gael Monfils saw off 21-year-old Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets at the ...

In the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Round of 32 on Tuesday, No. 102-ranked Aleksandar Kovacevic meets No. 30 Giovanni ...

MELBOURNE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Experience triumphed over potential as Gael Monfils edged Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(7) 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-4 in an all-French thriller in the first round of the ...

Ahead of Mpetshi Perricard’s first-round match against Seb Korda in London, Australian coach and analyst Craig O’Shannessy tipped him as a future top-10 star, saying he had “one of the best ...

France take on Brazil this Saturday and Sunday in Orleans. Brazil coach Jaime Oncins was relatively confident. Among his ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at ...

The 38-year-old Gael Monfils has held off fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to advance to the second round of the Australian Open Credit: AP Credit: AP MELBOURNE ...

The 38-year-old Gael Monfils has held off fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to advance to the second round of the Australian Open Credit: AP Credit: AP MELBOURNE ...