He is only 15 years old, although he has a lot of self-confidence despite being famous from one day to the next. On the contrary, he is happy to be the center of attention at Roland Garros and freely declares that “I want to be number one in the world, one day at the top.” And he even announced that he has plans to overcome Yannick Noahthe last French absolute champion of the Parisian Grand Slam in 1983.
It refers to Noah because Moise Kouame He has Cameroonian roots, like that one, but part of the family also comes from the Ivory Coast.
African genetics for the new sensation of Roland Garros, where France seeks to find a great champion. The emergence of this child prodigy immediately created many expectations for the future in his country. A classic.
He entered the junior team with an invitation from French Tennis Federation (FFT), because it has no ranking (147th in the world) to be directly accessible. Although he decided to leave the federation system after training at Creps de Poitiers, a public high-performance center.
He went to Belgium, to the academy of the former champion and world number 1 Justine Henin. I also go through the facilities of Patrick Mouratoglou, on the Côte d’Azur. “Train together Cameron Norrie or Daniil Medvedev It was a great experience there, it allows you to really measure your potential,” he recalls.
He has a private coach and has settled down Tennis Club Perreux, in your free time. He is the youngest Roland Garros men’s junior quarterfinalist since the Argentine Franco Davin reached this round with 15 in 1985. The Frenchman Richard Gasquet He won in 2002, at the age of 16.
Moise Kouame was suddenly noticed locally and internationally. “I like him Real Madrid and Mbappé. I love speed sports, adrenaline and stress. I like Formula One,” he explained of his personal taste.
At Roland Garros he defeated rivals two or three years older, with international experience in tournaments under 18. He left two seeds, but he gave himself a bath of truth by of losing in the quarterfinals to a giant Polish ‘gunner’ of 1.90, who in a few days will be 18, Tomasz Berkieta, executioner in the opening round of Polish Izan Almazanwho won 6-3 and 6-2 against a Kouame who deserves a follow-up to know exactly what his chances are.
At 15 he gave his first warning. And he faces a force of nature. Berkieta reached 233 km/h. during the junior Australian Open,
Source: La Verdad
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