After the demonstration in the women's category, where the  four first seeds  arranged to meet in a relatively calm manner en  semi-finals  in this first edition of the  FIP Bronze Rivesaltes It was in the men's competition that the matches were the closest. This included the surprise defeat of...  seeded 4  of the tournament: Thomas Leygue's former partner,  Guillem Figuerola , and  Roberto Belmont Pastor who were surprised in the quarter-finals by the  seeded 8 ,  Antonio Varo / Olivera Palos A resounding defeat  6 / 2 6 / 1  for Figuerola / Belmont, who hoped to do much better in this competition.

The good news: on paper, the pairs made up of French players will be favorites in the semi-finals.

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Track 4

In the upper part of the table,  Aragon / Moragues  They reached the semi-finals without having lost a single set in the competition. Two French pairs paid the price:  Courrin / Seux  et  Joris / Robert .

For  Guichard / Geens The path is almost identical, since they too beat two 100% French pairs, notably  Pillon / Guy de Chamisso who had knocked out the 7th seed in the first round.

On track 4, we will therefore find  Aragon / Moragues  face  Guichard / Geens A match to follow live, obviously.

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In the lower part of the painting, on the central track, we will therefore find the  seeded 8 ,  Varo / Olivera who, incidentally, also didn't lose a single set against a pair who fought hard to reach the semi-finals:  Thomas Leygue / Alonso Rodriguez .

It must be said that, from the very first round, it was clear to the Franco-Spanish pair that they were going to have to fight hard. This included two tough three-set matches, one of which was a hard-fought battle against...  Bastien Blanqué / Yoan Boronad .

Thomas Leygue even lost an eye... and a set... before getting back into the match and delivering a better performance alongside the Spaniard, who was very effective at the net and who knew how to help the Frenchman in difficult moments.

Here too, the advantage on paper goes to the  seeded 2  of the tournament, actually  seeded 1  in the absence of the real TS1, forced to withdraw just before the start of the competition. But  Varo / Olivera  they arrive full of confidence.

The match will be broadcast live with  Mario Cordero  on  Padel MagTV , around  11 hrs .

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Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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