New change in the women's draw of the  Paris Major .  Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen , seeded 6, withdraw due to a  Icardo's injury A withdrawal that directly benefits the lucky losers  Victoria Kurz / Anna Ortiz , propelled into a particularly open part of the table.

And the scenario is almost ideal for them: after taking the place of a seeded player who had a bye in the first round, they will start directly in  round of XNUMX  facing a pair who came through the qualifiers,  Camila Ramme Coellar / Brittany Dubins .

Kurz and Ortiz advance directly to the round of 32

It's hard to imagine a better scenario for  Victoria Kurz / Anna Ortiz Having been defeated in qualifying, they were ultimately given a second chance thanks to the withdrawal of Icardo/Jensen.

But above all, they directly recover the position of the  seeded 6  in the draw. Icardo and Jensen being exempt from the first round, Kurz and Ortiz do not even need to play the 32nd and find themselves directly in the 16th.

And their luck doesn't end there. For a place in the round of 16, they won't face a seeded team, but  Coellar Ramme / Dubins , themselves derived from qualifications.

An unexpected match-up at this stage of the competition, which guarantees one thing:  One of these two pairs will be playing their first Major round of 16 match .

Ramme / Dubins with a golden opportunity

For  Camila Ramme Coellar / Brittany Dubins The opportunity is also huge. After passing the qualifiers, they were eliminated in the first round.  Louise Bahurel / Ivet Val López 6/1 7/5 .

They were then scheduled to face Icardo/Jensen, inevitably as the underdogs. The withdrawal of the 6th seed completely changes the situation.

Against Kurz / Ortiz, the match appears much more open and a pair from the qualifiers could therefore find themselves in the round of 16 of a Major.

Even more regrets for Louise Bahurel

This news can definitely leave  Louise Bahurel  with a few additional regrets.

The Frenchwoman, beneficiary of a  wild card  Alongside Ivet Val López, she had drawn a rather favorable match for her opening game against a qualifying pair. But both players completely missed the mark in the first set, which they lost.  6/1 .

Bahurel then significantly raised her level in the second set. More intense and more enterprising, she allowed her pair to break serve and take the lead.  4/2 But Ramme/Dubins had closed the gap to 4/4 before making the difference at the worst possible moment, at  6/5 , to conclude  6/1 7/5 in 1h19 .

An elimination that was already frustrating given the draw. It's even more so with Icardo/Jensen's withdrawal.

In the event of a victory in the first round,  Bahurel/Val López would therefore have faced the lucky losers Kurz/Ortiz for a place in the round of 16. For the Frenchwoman, there was a real possibility of going to get a  first round of 16 in Major , what's more, at home, at  Roland Garros .

The opportunity arose, but unfortunately too late for Bahurel.

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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