This week, French eyes will be on two FIP Tour tournaments. While the qualifications of the  FIP Silver Bandol  The tournament begins this Wednesday with several French pairs competing before the main draw; two French associations will attempt to secure the 40 FIP points awarded to the winners.  FIP Bronze Dakar , in particularly open-ended paintings.

FIP Bronze Dakar – Bergeron / Seurin and Martin / Soubrié aim for the title

The Senegalese tournament represents a great opportunity for French players to collect valuable FIP points.

At men's,  Johan Bergeron  et  Julien Seurin  will leave with the status of  number 2 seed The two Frenchmen will begin their tournament against the pair composed of the Frenchman  Hugo Houedessou  and from Senegal  Mouhamed Daffe .

In a relatively weak draw, Bergeron and Seurin have a real opportunity to reach the final, or even win the title and the  40 FIP points .

In the ladies,  Charlotte Soubrié  et  Melissa Martin  will  number 4 seed With only fourteen pairs entered, including several without any real experience on the international circuit, the French women also have a good chance.

They will face the Senegalese pair in the first round  Laurent / Ghozaiel  with the ambition of reaching at least the semi-finals of the tournament.

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FIP Silver Bandol – Qualifying starts this Wednesday

The first qualifying matches of the  FIP Silver Bandol  will begin this Thursday evening with four matches involving exclusively French, Monegasque and Italian players. 

Schedule for the first round of qualifying

 From 18 hours 

  • Théo Suzanna / Rémy Gourre (TS1) vs Edoardo Galbusera / Alessandro Ciaccia
  • Nicolas Escavabaja / Tom Taieb vs Dario Maturi / Pierre Valsot

 Not before 20 p.m. 

  • Raphaël Rubio / Hugo Cazaban vs Louis Jover / Alexandre Toppin
  • Romain Vial / Benjamin Tullou vs Lucas Filippini / Mathis Maître (TS2)
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The final table of  FIP Silver Bandol  is still expected and should be revealed in the next few hours. Several French pairs will be particularly closely watched, starting with  Thomas Vanbauce / Philemon Raichman ,  Maxime Joris / Jérémy Robert ,  Benjamin Tison / Lucas Pillon  or,  Yanis Muesser / Arthur Hugounenq all involved in a tournament that will serve as the first real test for several new French associations.

In the ladies,  Louise Bahurel / Valeria Atencia ,  Fiona Ligi / Lisa Rachel Phillips  et  Manon Marcarie / Cassandra Senjean  will also be among the French pairs to watch closely.

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