Mpetshi Perricard: "We can't keep going like this"
Apart from his semi-final in Brisbane, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has had a rather disappointing start to the 2025 season. The Frenchman is currently on a five-match losing streak.
Recently defeated by Mariano Navone in Madrid, he opened up to *L’Équipe*: "Up to 3-3, 0-30, it wasn’t bad. Then there was a big slump that I can’t really explain.
A small hiccup that threw off what I’d been doing well up to that point. I got stuck in my own head, showing the complete opposite of what I do in training.
My matches haven’t been great for a while now—we need to figure out why. We’ll have to sit down, cool off, and lay everything out. We can’t keep going like this, otherwise we’re heading straight for disaster.
It’s the same matches repeating, so there needs to be a change in my game if I want to do better.
The most important thing is staying tight with the team and seeing how we can improve. Sometimes, on court, things get a bit blurry—the intentions aren’t clear anymore, which happens when you lack confidence and start overthinking.
We’ve got time before Rome, and we’ll need to work on a lot of things. I don’t think the game itself is really the issue, because I play well in training—that’s the most frustrating part.
It’s more in the head, but that’s a whole other thing. I hope to be mentally ready for Rome."
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