Thursday morning was lively at  FIP Bronze Rivesaltes , With the  second round of qualifying  disputed from  10:30  on the various tracks of the tournament. And on the French side, several fine performances are worth noting before the  third and final round , program  from 14pm , who will be  decisive for access to the main draw .

 Carbonell/Duran secure the win, Suzanna/Piombo create a surprise 

On  Center Court , the Spaniards  Arnau Carbonell Ortells / Saul Duran Heras , the top seed in these qualifiers, lived up to expectations perfectly against  Marcos Diaz de la Lastra / Pol Marmol Rodriguez , with a clear victory  6 / 3 6 / 1 .

In the aftermath, the French  Théo Suzanna / Tristan Piombo  pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the morning by dominating  Hugo Cazaban / Raphaël Rubio  on the score of  6 / 1 6 / 3 A great performance for a pair that wasn't necessarily the most expected on paper at this stage.

 Cancel/Dufour and Barthe/Demontis have reached the end of their run, qualifying without playing. 

On  Track 4 – Ixina ,  Ludovic Cancel / Benjamin Dufour  failed to continue their run against the Spanish.  Pedro Gonzalez Martin / Adria Costa Lechon , which have imposed themselves  6 / 1 6 / 3 .

On the other hand, good news for  Théo Barthe / Aaron Demontis who qualify for the  third round  without having to play. The French duo took advantage of the  pre-match withdrawal  de  Alejandro Correa / Alejandro Zaragoza Madrid , seeded 3 in the qualifiers.

 Potel / Etienne achieve the feat of the day 

On  Track 3 – Cupra ,  Lucas Potel / Natan Etienne  achieved one of the finest French performances of the day by taking down the  seeded 5 ,  Max Moral Mullol / Guillem Gañan Alegre , at the end of a very close match.

The French have won.  7/6 6/3 7/6 , at the end of a high-level fight that propels them into the final round of qualifications with real ambitions.

In the other track match,  Alex Tur Checa / Tade Jensen  took over  Nil Pérez Martínez / Sergio Bursa  and they too will be present for the final round.

 Mendoza / Pirovani and Perez Gonzalez / Moreno Andrei are all present 

Finally, on the  Track 5 – Prosol ,  Simon Pirovani / Pau Mendoza  have dominated  Rafael Marquet / Santiago Ignacio Casas  in two sets:  6 / 4 6 / 2 .

Then,  Manuel Perez Gonzalez / Alberto Moreno Andrei  secured their qualification for the final round thanks to a decisive victory  6 / 1 6 / 2  face  Sergio Pascual / Marc Sapina .

 The posters for the third round will be available from 14pm. 

Le  third and final round of qualifying  will therefore begin  from 14pm , with the last few places available for the  main board  to go and get.

Posters to watch:

  •  Arnau Carbonell Ortells / Saul Duran Heras  vs  Simon Pirovani / Pau Mendoza 
  •  Lucas Potel / Natan Etienne  vs  Adria Costa Lechon / Pedro Gonzalez Martin 
  •  Manuel Perez Gonzalez / Alberto Moreno Andrei  vs  Théo Suzanna / Tristan Piombo 
  •  Théo Barthe / Aaron Demontis  vs  Alex Tur Checa / Tade Jensen 

Decisive matches, with several more to come  French in the running  to try and secure a qualification in the main draw.

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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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