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van de Zandschulp vs Mpetshi Perricard — Winston-Salem SF Preview
🧠 Form & Context
Botic van de Zandschulp (No. 92, age 29)
- 🎾 Resurgence week: Four straight wins here (Walton, Arnaldi, Báez, Yunchaokete), all in 3 sets except R2. Finding rhythm at the right time.
- 📊 2025 record: 27–22 overall, 11–6 on hard.
- 🔥 Experience factor: Former US Open quarterfinalist (2021), semifinalist here in 2022. Loves North American hard courts.
- ⚠️ Weakness: Can be streaky—long dips in focus, especially on serve.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (No. 39, age 22)
- 🚀 Breakthrough season: Cracked Top 30 earlier this year, already has a Bordeaux Challenger title & ATP SF in Brisbane.
- 🔥 Winston-Salem run: Beat Martínez (in a final-set TB), Müller, and Medjedović. Serve firing—rarely broken.
- 📊 2025 record: 17–17 overall, 9–8 on hard.
- 💪 Strengths: Monster serve + huge forehand combo, perfect for quick US hard courts.
- ⚠️ Weakness: Return game still raw; if serve drops, he can look vulnerable.
📜 Head-to-Head
First meeting
🔍 Match Breakdown
Botic’s keys: Extend rallies, use his experience to pressure GPP in return games, and keep first-serve % high to avoid giving away free looks.
Mpetshi Perricard’s keys: Serve bombs, keep rallies short, and attack Botic’s second serve. His tiebreak record makes him very dangerous in close sets.
X-factor: Both have played multiple 3-setters this week, but Botic has spent more time on court. GPP’s serve gives him a fresher path.
🔮 Prediction
Botic is playing his best tennis in months and thrives in these conditions, but GPP’s serve-heavy style is tough to handle on Winston-Salem’s quick hard courts. Expect at least one tiebreak, but the Frenchman’s firepower gives him the edge.
Pick: Mpetshi Perricard in 2 tight sets (likely TBs).
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