Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard did not tremble on Sunday for his debut in Toronto against the Japanese Mochizuki (6-4, 6-2). Gaël Monfils bowed on the other hand, in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 7-6) against the Chilean Barrios. Beaten there for the fifth time on his last six outings, the French veteran has probably made his farewell to the tournament.
A new defeat as a final release in Canada. Gaël Monfils, currently in slow motion, probably farewell on Sunday at the Masters 1000 Canadian who started this weekend in Toronto this weekend and will head on Montreal during the next edition. His gesture when leaving the short after his defeat, with this right hand that he posed on the court as Novak Djokovic had done so last June in Paris after his lost semi-final against Jannik Sinner, suggests that the Canadian public will no longer see the French veteran, who undoubtedly marks the step.
Released in the second round in Roland-Garros as in Wimbledon then, ejected from the outset of the Washington tournament last week, the 48th world suffered its fifth defeat on its last six games on Sunday. Tomas Barrios Vera, the modest Chilean he had in front was nothing like a scarecrow. This did not prevent “La Monf” “, despite the four match balls that he obtained in the third set, from bowing in three rounds (6-4, 4-6, 7-6) at the end of a last decisive game clearly dominated by his opponent (7-3) against the 142nd in the classification and from qualifying.
Mpeshi Perricard finds a smile
Of the two French people on the program of the Canadian evening, only Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard therefore validated his ticket for the second round. Againly opposed to a player who passed through qualifications and much less well classified than him (123rd), the Lyonnais, who remained on three row eliminations in the first round (in Washington, Wimbledon and the Queen’s), rebuilt a little health by easily with the Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki in two sets (6-4, 6-2).
The 43rd in the ranking, serious without being impressive, however, will have to raise his level of play in the next round. The huge tricolor server will thus be opposed to the Danish Holger Rune, 9th in the world and seeded number 5 of the tournament.
