What a weekend! For this Open 500 worthy of a great Open 1000 in view of the organization and the number of players present, the Franco-Spanish pair Justin Lopes (French top 10) and Aitor garcia (n ° 127 of the World Padel Tour) had a very good tournament by managing to go to the end.

Apple / Tison: Unexpected

If it is less so for the northerners and in particular the Parisians, Frédéric Pommier and Benjamin Tison (Du Padel Club de Bois d'Arcy) surprised by beating the Bergeron / Morillon pair in the quarter-final. It was for the Lyon pair their last “big game” together since Johan Bergeron leaves for Spain to join his future partner Bastien Blanqué for the international adventure. There was obviously a bit of disappointment on the Lyon side, but Pierre Etienne Morillon wishes the best for his now former partner (But still buddy!).

In the semifinals, the Parisians also showed beautiful things against François Authier and "the old" business income, "Mr" Patrick Fouquet. A half, where it took 3 sets to the northerners to extricate themselves from this very complicated match.

Aitor Garcia / Lopes: Favorites confirm

To be perfectly honest, the top table was dantesque for the one who went to the final. Indeed we ended up with 2 quarterfinals that could have been finals with

an Aitor Garcia (n ° 127 world) / Lopes (n ° 1 french) Vs Gauthier / Salles (Top 10) and
a Monfils (n ° 40) / Haziza (French Champion 2015 and 2016) Vs Moreau / Boulade (Pair top 5)

Matches that lasted and ended in 3 sets.

The semifinal, is certainly the match of the tournament with a Monfils / Haziza vs Aitor Garcia / Lopes. The two favorite pairs of the tournament were therefore face to face for this semifinal.

Only one word: the show and the show again.

Hot moments, very hot moments ... But it is the favorites of the tournament that win in 3 sets.

A final not so easy

In the finals we thus found the number 1 of the tournament against qualified, our famous Parisians.

If on the whole Garcia / Lopes seemed really on top, we had to be very focused in the second set. The Tison / Pommier pair increased their level of play while Aitor Garcia seemed to be less focused than usual. The Franco-Spanish pair won the game 6/1 7/6 and the tournament of Padel Club de Lyon will certainly be remembered by players with a Monfils not far from creating a surprise by going all the way, thus stopped in the semi-final by the winners of the tournament. It's not so bad…

All results here

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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