Mpetshi on earth

For those who don't yet know French, he's a 2m03 colossus who weighs almost 100kg, an exceptional server with a one-handed backhand, very atypical!

Not the best physique to perform well on earth, I grant you. But with a monstrous kick and an aggressive game you can impose your style on all surfaces. The Frenchman was full of confidence as a challenger and was rather good in Bordeaux where he took out Shevchenko all the same! A victory which makes me want to give him credit because in Bordeaux the surface was not super fast and yet, in Lyon we often see good waiters expressing themselves so why not him? We will have to pass the first round against the tenacious Sonego. The Italian is better on this surface, however this season he is struggling to get back to a good level of play, he beat FAA in Monte-Carlo thanks to the supporters and it is the only good victory on earth, the rest is normal. Even in Rome I expected to see him transcend himself but he jumped in the first round against an certainly excellent Lajovic. In Turin he took a spanking against Passaro, in short he is in a complicated phase. He changed coaches and for the moment we don't have the feeling that this choice was the best, his performances don't make us want to bet on him.