Frenchmen Mpetshi Perricard, Van Assche reach Wimbledon qualifying final round

pIt was an all-French affair at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a qualifying Wednesday when 20-year-olds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/giovanni-mpetshi-perricard/m0gz/overview'Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a moved one step closer to the main draw./p

pMpetshi Perricard downed countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/antoine-escoffier/e768/overview'Antoine Escoffier/a 7-6(5), 6-2 after hammering 20 aces in the second round of qualifying while Van Assche survived a three-setter, overcoming Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/li-tu/tc01/overview'Li Tu/a 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(10-7) to advance./p

pThe top seed Mpetshi Perricard is at a career-high No. 59 in this week's PIF ATP Rankings, but on the May 20th a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a main draw cutoff, the 6'8" player was World No. 117. That week, Mpetshi Perricard went on a dream run, triumphing at his home tournament in Lyon to capture his maiden ATP Tour title. /p

pMpetshi Perricard next aims for his main draw debut at the grass-court major when he faces countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maxime-janvier/j620/overview'Maxime Janvier/a in the third round. Van Assche meets former World No. 10 and fellow Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lucas-pouille/pf39/overview'Lucas Pouille/a./p

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pAnother pair of former Top 10 players, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/richard-gasquet/g628/overview'Richard Gasquet/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/david-goffin/gb88/overview'David Goffin/a, advanced Wednesday. Gasquet raced past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexis-galarneau/gk06/overview'Alexis Galarneau/a 6-1, 6-0 in just 49 minutes while the Belgian Goffin beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yasutaka-uchiyama/u134/overview'Yasutaka Uchiyama/a 7-6(4), 6-4.nbsp;/p

pAmerican a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maxime-cressy/c0bc/overview'Maxime Cressy/a dropped just five points behind his first serve to oust Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-agustin-tirante/t0a1/overview'Thiago Agustin Tirante/a 7-6(9), 6-3 and 2022 quarter-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cristian-garin/gd64/overview'Cristian Garin/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-barrios-vera/bs86/overview'Tomas Barrios Vera/a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0. Kazakh a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/beibit-zhukayev/z09z/overview'Beibit Zhukayev/a ousted last year's Next Gen ATP Finals champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hamad-medjedovic/m0jf/overview'Hamad Medjedovic/a 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4./p

pSecond seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-grenier/gf95/overview'Hugo Grenier/a was a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 winner against Croatian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dino-prizmic/p0hw/overview'Dino Prizmic/a, who took a set off a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a as a qualifer. Third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/zizou-bergs/bu13/overview'Zizou Bergs/a, fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/james-duckworth/d994/overview'James Duckworth/a and fifth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-harris/hg86/overview'Lloyd Harris/a also reached the qualifying third round./p

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