Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard outlasts Nick Kyrgios 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Brisbane on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Mpetshi Perricard will seek to keep on going in this event against Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Giovanni added to his prize money $ 4,375 after winning this match. He has already won $ 10,955 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 7,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,685 in total.
Highlights Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Nick Kyrgios Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mpetshi Perricard scored 111 points vs. Kyrgios’s 107.
Mpetshi Perricard
The French player served pretty well to win 89% of the points (65/73) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (24/38) on his second serve. Giovanni struck 36 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Mpetshi Perricard wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the tiebreaks.
Kyrgios
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mpetshi Perricard and Kyrgios is 1-0 for Giovanni.
Draw and next match H2H: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Mpetshi Perricard will play Tiafoe in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mpetshi Perricard (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mpetshi Perricard won 6-75 7-64 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris back in October 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after he broke Kyrgios .
The French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 78 points. Mpetshi Perricard was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Nick (41-37). Mpetshi Perricard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (24-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Kyrgios conceded 17 points on serve (33-17).
Kyrgios won the set after he broke Mpetshi Perricard .
Kyrgios was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. This set was so close that, Kyrgios won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Kyrgios was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (34-18).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Mpetshi Perricard won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Giovanni won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (7-3) point.
Giovanni won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Mpetshi Perricard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 62 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Australian (30-32). Giovanni conceded 5 points on serve (26-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Nick conceded 4 points on serve (27-4).
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