The French team got their campaign off to a good start in the FIP Bronze tournaments in Agrigento (Italy) and Antalya (Turkey), with a very positive result: only one defeat recorded on the first day.
FIP Bronze Agrigento (Italy)
The pair Johan Bergeron / Bastien Blanqué (TS5) made a great start by beating the Spaniards Pau Miñano Ortinez / Borja Trujillo Chang with a score of 7/5 6/4. They will face the Italians Antonio Campo / Antonio Terzo, who came through the qualifiers, tomorrow in the round of XNUMX.
However, Arthur Hugounenq , partnered with the Italian Daniele Cattaneo, lost in two close sets (5/7 4/6) to the Italian pair Matteo Platania / Matteo Sargolini.
In the ladies, Marie-Amelie Dardaine and Spain's Nuria Molina Sanchez snatched victory in three sets 3/6 7/6 6/3 against Francesca Ana Floriani / Fiorella Agostina Propato San Martin. They will face the number 7 seed, Lorena Alonso De Lera / Candela Lucendo Millan, tomorrow.
FIP Bronze Antalya (Türkiye)
The pair Dylan Guichard / Dylan Demian Cuello (TS7) responded well after losing a first set to finally win 3/6 6/3 6/2 against Joaquin Mazzeo Rubi / Martin Martinez Perez. They will face the Dutch pair Nikander Damianos / Nicolas Van Betuw, who came through the qualifiers, in the round of XNUMX.
Harold Bernard / Clément Pelt, for their part, mastered their subject against the Turkish wild cards Selahattin Yazar / Mahmut Şahutoğulları, with a clear victory 6/1 6/4. Next challenge: the Spaniards Sergio Esteban Barroso / Josep Aymerich Bellmunt, who defeated the number 8 seed.
Finally Maxime Joris / Guillem Figuerola Santiago (TS6) easily made it through the first round against Mohammed Al Khanji / Amr Mohammed Hassan (6/3 6/1). They will try to reach the quarter-finals tomorrow against Gabriele Derosas / Arsham Moradi Nejad Marian.
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