A complicated outcome for the French involved in the  FIP Bronze Tunisia II Of the four French players in the main draw, only  Benjamin Dufour  managed to get through the first round.

Dufour continues the adventure

Associated with the Romanian  Horia Vladimir Nedelcu Benjamin Dufour made a perfect start to his tournament against the Argentinians  Juan Ignacio Balzola Galvani / Sebastian Miguel Guzman .

The Franco-Romanian pair clearly prevailed.  6 / 1 6 / 2  and reached the round of 16.

In the next round, Dufour/Nedelcu will face a real test as they will take on the  seeded 6 Pedro Melendez Amaya / Mohamed Alami , victorious  6 / 3 6 / 3  in the first round.

Ouabed / Couffignal are very close

 Rayan Ouabed / Camille Couffignal Having entered the draw as lucky losers, they were not far from extending their tournament.

The French were defeated.  7 / 5 7 / 5  face  Xander Aue / Amine Ben Jemia Two close rounds, but not enough to reach the second round.

Bergamaschi and Couacaud eliminated

 Theo Bergamaschi , associated with the Belgian  Hamza Berrahou He too left the tournament in the first round.

The duo lost in three sets to  Daniel Pashayan / Daniil Bobokhanov ,  6/1 5/7 6/2 , after having managed to get back into the game in the second set.

Same outcome for  Enzo Couacaud associated with the Tunisian  Mohamed Aziz Helali They are defeated.  6 / 2 6 / 4  by the top seed 5  Marco Cassetta / Fabian Oviedo Berazategui .

Benjamin Dufour is therefore now  the last Frenchman still in contention in Tunis .

Laura Buteau makes her debut at Almeirim

The side of  FIP Bronze Almeirim ,  Laura Buteau  also launches its tournament.

The Frenchwoman will be partnered with the Danish woman  Julia Isabella Wiese For their first match, they will face  Valentina Tommasi / Carmen Ibáñez Díaz .

A solid first round for Buteau / Wiese, who will try to continue the adventure in Portugal.

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !