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USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Citi Open: Mpetshi Perricard [45th] vs. Vukic [90th] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview
On Monday, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (No. 45 in the world) faces Aleksandar Vukic (No. 90) in the Round of 64 at the Citi Open. Mpetshi Perricard is the favorite (-175) to get to the Round of 32 against the underdog Vukic (+135). Tennis odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 10:36 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Aleksandar Vukic matchup info Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Mpetshi Perricard vs. Vukic Prediction Based on the implied probility from the moneyline, Mpetshi Perricard has a 63.6% to win. Mpetshi Perricard vs. Vukic Betting Odds Mpetshi Perricard vs. Vukic matchup performance & stats
Forbes
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Top-Ranked American Taylor Fritz Marches Into First Wimbledon Semifinal
US player Taylor Fritz celebrates after victory over Russia's Karen Khachanov at the end of their ... More men's singles quarter-final tennis match on the ninth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 8, 2025. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) Top-ranked American Taylor Fritz continues to make deep runs in the majors. After reaching the U.S. Open final last summer, the world No. 5 has advanced to his first Wimbledon semifinal with a four-set win over No. 19 Karen Khachanov of Russia. Fritz took out the Russian, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)) and will face the winner between No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion, and Britain's Cam Norrie in Friday's semifinals. Fritz will earn more than $1 million for making the semis. The runner up receives about $2 million and the winner about $4 million. Khachanov had led Fritz 2-0 but they had not met since 2020. Fritz dominated the first two sets on his serve before falling behind and letting the third set go. In the tiebreak, Fritz hit a forehand approach up the line and then crushed a forehand overhead to seal the win. Fritz came into Wimbledon having won grass court warm-up tournaments in Stuttgart and Eastbourne, and he knows the expectations for him are high. In the first round at Wimbledon, he trailed huge-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard two sets to love and then trailed 1-5 in the fourth-set tiebreak. He finished with 29 aces against just 2 double faults. No American man has won Wimbledon since Pete Sampras in 2000, but John McEnroe believes the Americans are 'closer than they've we've been in a while.'
Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Wimbledon's Centre Court disrupted by emergency and timeouts
The opening match on Centre Court was littered with delays on Friday afternoon after a medical emergency in the crowd, and two on-court medical timeouts. US No1 Taylor Fritz has already spent an inordinately long time on court after his first-round clash against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with called for the Wimbledon curfew on Monday night. When play resumed on Tuesday afternoon, Fritz overcame the big-serving Frenchman 6-7(6), 6-7(8), 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4. A day later, the 27-year-old was back in action against Canada 's Gabriel Diallo, with their contest also continuing into the night before the number-five seed swept the 23-year-old aside in five more gritty sets. Fritz was hopeful of a shorter journey against Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, but found himself immediately thwarted at the start of the second set. The American star was a set up but couldn't keep momentum rolling when a fan in the Centre Court crowd was taken ill and play paused. After a short interval - with the spectator receiving speedy medical assistance from the stewards and water from Fritz amid the soaring temperatures - play resumed, but in the same game, Fritz was forced to call for his own timeout after tumbling to return a shot. Fritz was left with a cut elbow, with a doctor brought to court to patch the player up. Later on in the set, Fritz had to call the medics for a second time after struggling with what appeared to be blisters, and had his foot taped up before he could resume play. The stoppage in play on Wimbledon's showpiece court comes just days after Carlos Alcaraz's clash with Fabio Fognini was halted in similarly dramatic fashion. Stewards rushed to the aid of an elderly woman who had fallen to the floor from her seat on the hottest opening day in Wimbledon's history. The umpire then announced that play would be suspended, with defending champion Alcaraz also bringing the stricken spectator a cold bottle of water from the bucket behind his seat. 79-year-old widow Delyth Lewis is said to be an enormous Alcaraz fan, and will have been cheered by the two-time Wimbledon champion's response to her taking ill. After Lewis' daughter thanked the world No2 via social media, and received a personal note from Alcaraz himself.
USA Today
03-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Wimbledon refuses to let Taylor Fritz play a normal match
No one would suggest Wimbledon has been anything close to normal this year. Not with so may top names crashing out in the first two rounds. But those upsets were at least more typical David vs. Goliath stories. When it comes to American Taylor Fritz, the No. 5 player in the world seems to be battling the tournament itself more than his opponents. Simply put: the 27-year-old has yet to get through a match without some sort of momentum-altering delay. This has less to do with his play and way more to do with when he's playing. In a first round matchup on Monday with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard — who set a new tournament record for the fastest serve at 153 mph — Fritz was reeling after dropping the first two sets in tiebreakers before battling back to force a decisive fifth set. But the primetime showdown at Centre Court was halted just as Fritz turned the momentum due to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club's curfew. Despite the fact it was 10:15 p.m. local, officials were worried the match wouldn't conclude before the 11 p.m. cutoff. Fritz wanted to keep playing. Mpetshi Perricard did not because he "wasn't in the best shape, to be honest" and that was that. Fritz was forced to finish off his win on Tuesday, finally putting Mpetshi Perricard away 6-7 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4. "I wasn't bothered or, I guess, upset at him for not wanting to play. I totally get it,' Fritz said after. 'But I still felt confident. It would have been easy for me to get frustrated about not being able to play last night. To be honest, I felt confident going into the fifth set — (whether) it was last night or today. I had to tell myself he's going to be sleeping on what just happened in the fourth set. I'm going to come back and keep doing what I was doing.' The question soon became how long Fritz could maintain both that mindset and his stamina, overall. By finishing on Tuesday, Fritz had no true off day before Wednesday's second-round matchup against Canada's Gabriel Diallo. Once again, the match would be played at Centre Court. Once again, in the evening. And, once again, it featured an inevitable delay amid a five-setter. After three sets, the match was paused to close the stadium roof and finish up under the lights. While Fritz was in control and up 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, Diallo was pushing him to the limit — and the Canadian's play seemingly improved once the roof closed. Diallo's serve got faster after the 20-minute delay, he was able to break Fritz's serve and the match seemed to be up for grabs in the fourth set. Fritz was tumbling all across the court trying to save points, eventually receiving a small bit of medical attention for a cut on his arm after one notable dive. Then, finally, victory — 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 'Really happy to get through that match," Fritz said on the court afterwards, and you feel the relief in his voice. "I felt like he was playing incredible. It was one of those matches where I'm not doing much wrong, I'm playing great tennis, and he's still just going to be too tough for me." Part of that has to be the fact Fritz has now played 109 total games through two matches across three consecutive games. Per ESPN, Fritz is the seventh top-five seed in the Open era to reach the third round with back-to-back five-set wins to start a major, and third to do so at Wimbledon. No one has won a men's single Grand Slam event after opening with back-to-back five-setters since Boris Becker's 1996 Australian Open victory. Fortunately, as the field grows smaller the schedule should be more predictable. Fritz's next match is once again scheduled for Centre Court on Friday against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, but they'll be playing in the early afternoon with two matches scheduled after. With four first-round losses by top-10 seeds in the men's draw, Fritz has a clear path to reach the quarterfinal at Wimbledon for the third time in his career and the second consecutive fortnight. But through two rounds he's already been forced to play longer and with more intensity than much of the field — which is to say little of the fact Fritz played four straight days last week during his victory at the Eastbourne Open. "[Thursday] is going to be a very, a very light hit. I think I've played plenty of tennis," Fritz said Wednesday night. "I'm very due a nice, relaxing day." We'll see if the tournament allows him to relax as much as his body probably needs.
Sydney Morning Herald
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The anatomy of a record Wimbledon serve
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard may have left the Wimbledon field for another year, but his record-breaking 246km/h serve will be remembered – not least by American Taylor Fritz who was on the receiving end. Fritz somehow managed to return the missile – the fastest in tournament history – to win the point in Tuesday's match, and Mpetshi Perricard was ultimately beaten 6-7(6-8), 6-7(8-10), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 to exit in the first round. But the shot will stick in the minds of fans around the globe who have marvelled at the speed, accuracy and agility of tennis greats on display at Wimbledon. In a clear sign of just how the art of the serve has captivated fans around the world, an Instagram post of world No.1 Jannik Sinner appearing to serve a ball on to a match stick, lighting it in the process, has garnered more than 475,000 likes. Much of Tuesday's post-match focus was on Mpetshi Perricard's reputation for hitting huge serves, which the 21-year-old told reporters came naturally. 'I didn't check the speed, to be honest... I lost the point,' the six-foot-eight Frenchman said. 'I'm not doing some special technique to have a big serve or a fast serve. I'm serving like I'm supposed to do.' But what actually goes into a great serve? We spoke to professional tennis coach Marc Sophoulis, from the Melbourne International Tennis School, to find out. 'The big thing with Mpetshi Perricard's serve [is that] he has a step-up serve, gaining a lot of momentum from his back foot moving up to his front foot before he serves,' Sophoulis, who has worked with Anastasia and Arina Rodionova, Victor Hanescu, and the Bryan brothers, observes.
