World No. 37 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard created a viral moment during his Brussels quarterfinal match against Lorenzo Musetti after one of his big serves literally smashed a spectator's cup.
Serving for the first set at 5-4 against top seed Musetti, the 22-year-old Frenchman - who is already widely known as one of the biggest and strongest servers on the Tour - fired a 223km/h missile. The Italian tennis star failed to get his racket on it - the ball went into the stands - and moments later a girl was seen holding a broken cup. The person in question took it with a laugh, while the commentator crew also had a great laugh about it.
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After a funny situation, Mpetshi Perricard held his service game to love and took the opening set. In the second set, the Frenchman continued to firmly hold to his serve, but he also didn't clinch any break points. In the second-set tie-break, the world No. 37 found himself in some trouble and on the verge of seeing the match go three sets, but managed to save Musetti's two set points and complete a 6-4 7-6 (8) win over the world No. 8.
Mpetshi Perricard reacts to upsetting Musetti
For Mpetshi Perricard, who fired 12 aces and didn't face a single break point against Musetti, it was his second top-10 win.
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Im very proud. My record against him wasnt very good. I stepped on the court and I said, I need to try something else, and it worked. It was a tight win. I was two match points up, then saving a set point. Im very proud of myself," the world No. 37 said after upsetting the top seed in Brussels.
In the Brussels semifinal, Mpetshi Perricard plays against Jiri Lehecka. It will be their first meeting on the main level. On the Challenger Tour, they clashed in 2022 Liberecand Leheckawon back then.
