It's a painful defeat for  Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova The Franco-Russian pair were eliminated in their first match at the  Paris Major  against the Spanish  Marta Arellano / Marina Lobo  :  6 / 3 7 / 6 , After  1h52 game .

A real disappointment for the Frenchwoman, who was certainly hoping to shine on home soil. Especially since  Collombon and Sharifova were the favorites.  in this meeting.

Arellano releases a first XXL set

On paper, the gap was real.  Sharifova, ranked 34th in the world, and Collombon, ranked 36th were facing  Marina Lobo, 56th, and Marta Arellano, 69th .

But on the track, the Spanish women will quickly make everyone forget the standings.

 Marta Arellano, in particular, had a tremendous first set Very aggressive, she makes a huge difference and also takes advantage of Sharifova's difficulties, who lacks precision.

Lobo, for her part, does her job perfectly. Solid, with few errors, and capable of giving her partner more space when she gets going. The Spanish breaks quickly and never relinquish their advantage.  6/3 .

A first set that was well deserved considering their level of play.

Collombon tries to restart the match

The scenario does not immediately improve in the second set.  Arellano / Lobo break again quickly  and continue on their path.

Lobo is increasingly targeted but hardly cracks. She absorbs the exchanges, makes few mistakes and allows Arellano to regularly move out of position to make the difference.

Collombon and Sharifova are nevertheless starting to increase the pressure.  The Frenchwoman is taking more control of the game.  and the Franco-Russian pair had four early break-back opportunities, without managing to convert them.

À  5/4 Arellano and Lobo finally serve for the match. Everything then seems close to being over.

Collombon saves match point and gets everything going again

Corn (Mais)  Alix Collombon refuses to give in The Frenchwoman first saved a match point, before finding a superb down-the-line forehand to finally regain the break.

At that moment, Philippe-Chatrier could believe in a turnaround. The two pairs headed towards the  tie-breaker  and the dynamics finally seem to be shifting.

But Arellano and Lobo do not tremble.

Even more targeted,  Marina Lobo remains extremely strong Meanwhile, Arellano continued to gain ground and make the difference whenever they had the chance. The Spanish team regained control and won the decisive game to conclude the match.

Stat Paris Major

A real missed opportunity at Roland-Garros

The disappointment is inevitably significant for  Collombon / Sharifova As favorites before the match, they also had a draw that could allow them to hope to go further at Roland-Garros.

In the event of a victory, they would have faced the following round  seeded 13, Carolina Orsi / Patty Llaguno , with a potential place in the round of 16 to be won.

Corn (Mais)  Arellano and Lobo were simply better in this match , with a very high-level performance and a particularly inspired Arellano.

After  Léa Godallier  and  Carla Toully ,  Alix Collombon  She too is eliminated from the Paris Major in her first round. A very difficult day for the French women at Roland-Garros.

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 !

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