Le FIP Bronze from Houten , disputed from 3 to 8 March in the province of Utrecht (Netherlands) , launches its chart this week with the qualification phases Five French players will attempt to reach the main draw, including one first partnership for Romain Sichez and Johan Peloux , but also a duel between French from this second round.
Sichez/Peloux for a first, an all-French duel in qualifying
The pair Romain Sichez / Johan Peloux, ninth pair in the qualifiers will make their debut together against the young Spanish brothers Manuel et Daniel Docampo Fuster , 16 and 19 years old. Their match is scheduled from 10:00 p.m. A first test for this unprecedented partnership.
A little earlier in the morning, a match involving three French will attract attention.
Pierre Perez Le Tiec , alongside the Algerian D. Bilal will face the French pair Guillaume Ledrap / Benjamin Dufour . The meeting is scheduled not before 11:30 p.m. .
Finally Alexander Brym , associated with the Belgian Arno De Proost , will face the pair Italian-Argentinian Sassano / Rivero From 10:00 .
Three matches that will determine France's first chances of reaching the main board .
A strong French delegation in the main draw
The French presence is not limited to the qualifiers. The Houten FIP Bronze final table will also include several tricolor pairs.
La seeded 1 the tournament will consist of Dylan Guichard , current French number one, associated with the Belgian Clement Geens They will face the British pair in the first round. Harris / Loughlan , an affordable match to get into the competition.
Another pair to follow: Johan Bergeron / Timéo Fonteny will start as 8th seeds The two Frenchmen arrive with confidence after their fine performance at the FIP Silver from Espoo where they had notably beaten two players from the world top 40 A first round well within their reach against the Dutch Thijs Roper (155e) and Bram Meijer (368e).
Several other French pairs will also be present in the main draw:
- Thomas Vanbauce (286e) and Julien Seurin (165th) will face the Spanish Guillem Figuerola (122e) and Roberto Belmonte Pastor (110e) 2th seed of the tournament.
- Philemon Raichman (250e) and Yanis Muesser (400th) against the Dutch Nino Zweers (261e) and Lars du Pree (417e)
- Thomas Seux (368e) and Nathan Courrin (303rd) against the Swedes Simon vasquez (108e) and Victor Forsberg (560e)
A strong French male delegation so in Houten, in a tournament where the French team will have several cards to play.
It should also be noted that no French female pair did not make the trip for this Dutch stage of the FIP Tour .
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