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Frenchman obliterates previous mark by 5mph
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No 5 seed from US wins 6-7 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
Occasionally in sport you see something so stupendous you want to simultaneously gasp, laugh, and shake your head. Before asking: “Did I really just see that?”
And so to No 1 Court, where the 6ft 8in Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard sent down a 153mph thunderbolt to record the fastest serve in Wimbledon’s 145-year history – beating Taylor Dent’s record by 5mph.