Roland-Garros: Mpetshi Perricard comes from behind to make second round
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard edged out Zizou Bergs on Sunday and will face the winner of the match between Thiago Agustin Tirante and Damir Dzumhur next
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Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No 31 seed, edged out Belgian Zizou Bergs 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Mpetshhi Perricard and Bergs toiled hard for three hours, 20 minutes under the closed roof of Court Suzanne Lenglen.
The Frenchman lost his serve in the opening game of the match and later conceded the lead. However, he grew in confidence as the rain poured down, notably coming back from a 0-5 deficit in the third-set tiebreaker.
In total, he recorded 12 aces, 39 winners and four break-point conversions.
Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian lucky loser Thiago Agustin Tirante and Bosnian Damir Dzumhur next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000):
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
- Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie
- Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro
- Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
- Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
- Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
- Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth
- Alex De Minaur vs. Laslo Djere
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
- Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Jannik Sinner vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Ugo Humbert
- Marcos Giron vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Arthur Fils
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Jaume Munar
- Terence Atmane vs. Richard Gasquet
- Filip Misolic vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Taylor Fritz
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Holger Rune
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jordan Thompson
- Giulio Zeppieri vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Hugo Gaston vs. Ugo Blanchet
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Casper Ruud vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Luciano Darderi vs. Sebastian Korda
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Sebastian Baez
- Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Tomas Machac vs. Quentin Halys
- Kyrian Jacquet vs. Nuno Borges
- Benjamin Hassan vs. Matteo Gigante
- Jenson Brooksby vs. Jaime Faria
- Emilio Nava vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Roman Safiullin
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Luca Nardi
- Alex Michelsen vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
- Valentin Royer vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Vit Kopriva vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Damir Dzumhur
- Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Francisco Comesana
- Reilly Opelka vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
