Rising stars Mirra Andreeva of Russia and Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard underlined their Australian Open potential with impressive wins at the Brisbane International on Thursday. The 17-year-old Andreeva demolished Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-0 in the women’s draw while Mpetshi Perricard downed fourth-seeded American Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 7-6 to reach the men’s quarterfinals. “My number one goal for the 2025 season …
Nick Kyrgios could not have done much more. He hit 15 himself: "If I didn't feel like I could serve at a high level and as well as I did today, I probably wouldn't even bother trying to come back," Kyrgios said. Nick Kyrgios won just eight points off Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard's first serve. Kyrgios, the injured veteran unleashing 200kph …
London: Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic has his sights set on reaching a seventh successive Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday. Diminutive giant-killer Yulia Putintseva will target another upset against former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, while lucky loser Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard aims to make more Wimbledon history. AFP Sport looks at three fourth-round matches to watch on the eighth day of action …
Young serving terrors Ben Shelton and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard showed no signs of letting up as they fired their way into the last-16 at Wimbledon. Fourteenth seed Shelton, who already holds the record for the fastest serve ever measured at the US Open, topped 140mph again in beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-7 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-2 to set up …
