Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard victorious over Jakub Mensik 7-5 7-6(5) in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday. Mpetshi Perricard will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Reilly Opelka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes.
Mpetshi Perricard added to his prize money $ 14,370 after winning this match. He has already won $ 33,055 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Giovanni will add $ 23,525 to his earnings to get in total $ 56,580.
Highlights Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Jakub Mensik Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Giovanni scored 79 points vs. Jakub’s 71.
Mpetshi Perricard
Giovanni served extremely well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (18/25) on his second serve. The French player blasted 19 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Giovanni was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2).
Mensik
On the other side, Jakub wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Mpetshi Perricard and Mensik is 2-0 for Giovanni.
Draw and next match H2H: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
Mpetshi Perricard will face Opelka in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Giovanni clinched in the 12th game (7-5) before finally winning the set (7-5).
Giovanni failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
The French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Mpetshi Perricard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Czech (43-32). Giovanni dropped 8 points on serve (29-8). On the other side, Jakub conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Mpetshi Perricard won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Giovanni won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 12th (7-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Giovanni didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Mpetshi Perricard won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Jakub (35-40). Mpetshi Perricard surrendered 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 10 points on serve (31-10).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-66 6-3)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Jakub MensikMensik (7-5 7-65)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 2-1 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-1) – H2H details and stats