Several French athletes were competing this Friday in the  FIP tournaments  de  Slovenia  and Italie . If  Timeo Fonteny  held its own in Ljubljana, the day's best performance came from  Nathan Courrin  et  Thomas Seux , authors of a landmark victory against the  seed n ° 7  du  FIP Silver of Palermo .

FIP Silver Palermo –  Courrin and Seux take down the No. 7 seed 

This is the notable result for the French side in Sicily.

Opposed to the Spanish  Alejandro Merino Nieto (135th minute)  et  Guillermo Fernández Sánchez (138th) , the tournament's No. 7 seeds,  Nathan Courrin  et  Thomas Seux  They achieved a very good result by winning in two sets.  6 / 2 7 / 5 .

An encouraging victory for the two Frenchmen, who had suffered several frustrating eliminations in recent weeks on the international circuit.

In the round of 16, they will face the Italians.  Matteo Rosignana  et  Simone Vaccari (312th)  with the ambition to continue their journey.

 Guichard confirms, Raichman and Couacaud are on board. 

The tournament's number 4 seed,  Dylan Guichard (100th)  and its Belgian partner  Clement Geens (95th)  got their tournament off to a perfect start by dominating the Spaniard  Álvaro López Luque (184th)  and the Italian  Manfredi La Punzina (788th minute)  on the score of  6 / 3 6 / 4 .

Their next opponent will be the qualifying pair consisting of the Spaniard  Alex Tur Checa (761st minute)  and Brazilian  Thiago Gasparin (818th) .

On their side,  Philemon Raichman  et  Enzo Couacaud  negotiated their entry into the competition perfectly against the Spaniard  Rodrigo Tornelli Contreras  and the Italian  Alessandro Pirrotta (761st minute) , with a solid victory  7 / 6 6 / 3 .

The French will now face the  seed n ° 9 , the Italians  Matteo Platania (331st minute)  et  Matteo Sargolini (219th) , fallers of  Guillaume Ledrap  et  Jules Mary  on the score of  6 / 3 6 / 3 .

 Basso / Biron and Sichez stopped in their tracks 

The day was more complicated for  Julien Biron  et  Tom Basso , defeated after a close match by the Italians  Giuseppe Fino (217nd)  et  Juan Manuel Lasgoity (239th) ,  6/7 6/3 7/5 .

Same fate for  Romain Sichez  and its Belgian partner  Nathan Lambrechts dominated by  Rayane Akram Hamou (416th)  et  Vasileios Sioulis (331th)  in three sets,  3/6 7/6 6/3 .

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FIP Bronze Slovenia –  Fonteny holds its own in Slovenia 

Au  FIP Bronze of Ljubljana The all-French duel in the first round turned in favor of  Timeo Fonteny  and Swedish  Albin Olsson , seeded No. 3.

Facing  Arthaud Dumoulin  et  Sami Iznasni They won in three sets  6/7 6/1 6/1  after conceding the first set.

In the round of XNUMX,  Fonteny / Olsson  will face the Italians  Alessandro Ciaccia (1078th)  et  Edoardo Vittorio Galbusera   (1462e)  resulting from qualifications.

With the qualifications of  Courrin / Seux ,  Guichard / Geens ,  Raichman / Quack  et  Fonteny / Olsson Several French players will still be in contention on the next day of the  FIP Tour .

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