Le FIP Silver Côte du Midi opens this week at Narbonne (July 7 to 13), with a good density of players International and total French presence particularly marked. The main draw begins tomorrow and reveals to us very open first rounds…as well as a few duels that promise to be a spectacle from the last 16.

More or less lucky French people

As is often the case in a FIP on French soil, the French will be massively representedHere are the main posters to follow:

  • The experienced Benjamin Tison et Maxime Forcin, beneficiaries of a wild card, face Espino/Figueroa before perhaps a huge challenge in the next round against the number 1 seed Diestro/Esbri, recent quarter-finalists at P2 in Bordeaux.
  • We will find a 100% French poster of size! Adrien Maigret et Nicolas Rouanet will find Seurin/Raichman (TS9) in the first round.
  • Johan Bergeron et Bastien Blanqué, seeded No. 4, were rather spoiled by the draw ! They represent the main hope for a long journey on the French side, will enter the competition against qualified or lucky losers and will even have a possible very affordable second round.

A 100% French “Next Gen” duel

That is sure the duel of this first day. The 4 most promising players in France will face each other for the first time on the international stage: Thomas Basso / Jérémy Robert salary. Timeo Fonteny / Yoan Boronad. A clash between young talents that represent the future of French padel.

Basso and Robert, powerful and explosive, will face a slightly more experienced pair from the FIP circuit with already some great performances, Fonteny (18 years old) and Boronad (17 years old) had narrowly avoided the feat in Bandol by taking Pablo Lijo (41st in the world) et Juan Cruz Belluati (52nd in the world) in the third set.

This match is not only a great opportunity to reach the second round, but also a revelation for the future of French padelA meeting that should attract the attention of the coach. Pablo Ayma a few weeks from French team training camp.

Scatena/Joris face a well-known tennis face

The first information to note is this unique association across Maxime Joris and Jeremy Scatena, the latter who has only very rarely taken to international tracks since he put his playing career on the back burner for the benefit of his 100% company Padel. The former French champion will offer these services to Maxime Joris who was originally supposed to play with Manuel Vives, ultimately too short to resume competition.

Jerzy Janowicz

Facing them, a former professional tennis player, Jerzy Janowicz ! The old one 14th player in the world has had a good year now made a turn towards padel, we see him crisscrossing the FIP circuit every week with different partners. Polish giant (576th) will be associated here with Spanish Alberto Jimenez who is ranked much higher. (109th) This announces an explosive first round, between Scatena and Janowicz, the smashes will be very present on the Set slopes Padel Narbonne.

A tournament to follow on Padel MagTV all week!

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Teo Vieau

He discovered padel in 2016 in Nantes and quickly became attached to the game, even climbing to 474th place in France. Commentator on Padel Mag TV, he covers the various tournaments on the French circuit as well as international tournaments organized in France!

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