Nathan Courrin and Thomas Seux  pull off one of the biggest upsets of the first round of the  FIP Bronze Marnes Facing the 5th seed  José Rico / Juan Cruz Forastello , the two Frenchmen win  7 / 5 7 / 6  and secure their place in the round of 16.

Courrin / Seux bring down the TS5

On paper, the task was daunting. Opposite,  José Rico , an experienced player on the international circuit, former world number 26 and the Argentinian  Juan Cruz Forastello  They were the 5th seeds in the tournament and were logically the favorites.

Corn (Mais)  Courrin / Seux never suffered from their outsider status The French managed to stay in touch during the important moments, before making the difference at the end of the sets.

The first round is a turning point  7/5 Then the second set was even closer. Rico and Forastello pushed to a tiebreak, but the French pair maintained their composure to close it out.  7/6 .

A victory in two sets against a pair of this caliber is necessarily  a great performance for Courrin and Seux .

A picture opens up… but Vanbauce/Nicocia arrive

The fall of the 5th seed inevitably opens up this part of the draw. But before looking any further, Courrin/Seux will have to negotiate.  another major Franco-French event .

In the round of 16, they will meet  Thomas Vanbauce / Filippo Nicocia , winners of  Lucas Pillon / Sacha Huard de La Marre 7/6 6/4  in the first round.

A particularly interesting match between two pairs who showed some great things in their opening matches.  Courrin/Seux arrive with the confidence of a victory against a seeded team. , but Vanbauce / Nicocia will still represent a major obstacle on the road to the quarter-finals.

Several all-French duels in the round of 16

The picture is now beginning to take shape and several posters are already known.

 Adrien Maigret / Romain Sichez , authors of a strong first round against  Yanis Muesser / Arthur Hugounenq will face the number 1 seed  Julian Prins / Youp De Kroon .

 Simon Wagner / Tristan Piombo , who emerged victorious from a huge three-set battle in the first round, will meet again  Philémon Raichman / Enzo Couacaud A 100% French lineup which already guarantees a French pair in the quarter-finals.

At the bottom of the table,  Johan Bergeron / Julien Seurin (TS4)  will find  Alexis Coulombeau / Julien Motz , from the qualifiers. Here again, a French duel.

 Yoan Boronad / Jérémy Robert (TS8)  will face  Johan Peloux Marchini / Bernard Quentin  winners of  Setodji Thomas / Arthur Chevillard  in 16st.

 Lucas Potel / Natan Etienne They too, having come through qualifying, will face a big challenge against the 7th seed.  Antonio Luque / Diogo Jesus .

Finally  Timéo Fonteny / Nacho Moragues (TS2)  will face  Maxime Deloyer / Marco Remolina Pablo .

After several strong French performances in the first round, the round of 16 promises to be particularly interesting. And with the fall of  Rico / Forastello (TS5) ,  Courrin and Seux have already put themselves forward to continue shaking things up. .

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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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