Mpetshi Perricard: "We Can't Keep Going Like This"

Le Apr 25, 2025, 6:25 a.m. par Clément Gehl
Mpetshi Perricard: "We Can't Keep Going Like This"

Aside from his semifinal 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 was 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 do a cold debrief and lay everything out. We can’t keep going like this, or we’ll crash and burn. It’s the same matches repeating themselves, so there needs to be a change in my game if I want to do better. The most important thing is to stay united with the team and see how we can improve. Sometimes, on the court, things get a bit blurry—the intentions aren’t clear anymore, which happens when you lack confidence and start overthinking. We have 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 broad thing, the head. I hope to be mentally ready for Rome."

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