Little  sensation  this morning at  Tennis / Padel Lésigny Club , where the French pair  Olivier Guy de Chamisso / Lucas Pillon  created a surprise by eliminating the  seed n ° 1  (6/3 6/4) of the tournament  U18 , composed of the Spanish  Jose Enrique Gimenez Barcelona  et  Alvaro Pozo Marroyo .

A great victory for the young French players, who thus join the  quarter-finals  du  FIP Promises Paris by WME , first edition of the tournament bringing together the best young players in Europe.

"We really played a very good match."

At the microphone  Teo Vieau The two Frenchmen reflected on their performance of the day.
 Lucas Pillon  he confided:

"Honestly, we played a really good match. At the beginning, I was a bit tense because we were playing against tough opponents, with a lot of people around, but once we managed to break serve, I felt good. The courts are great."

His partner  Olivier Guy de Chamisso , originally from Paris, was enjoying the local atmosphere:

"Honestly, it's great. Well, the conditions aren't the same as when I train; in Vichy it's hot! Here, at 10 a.m., it was cold, but it was okay. We were a little tense at the beginning, there were a lot of people, it was very nice."

A winning tactic against the number 1 seed

When questioned about their strategy, the two players explained that they had targeted  Alvaro Pozo The player on the right and world number 1 U18:

"We lobbed the right-hand player, Alvaro, a lot. Olive would come charging at the net and we'd make him repeat it. Honestly, it worked really well. The left-hand player was playing really well, very impactful, but we managed to stay solid in the tense moments."

A winning tactic, since the Spaniards eventually succumbed to the consistency and aggression of the French duo.

Objective: to go all the way

Now confident after this landmark victory, the two Frenchmen do not intend to stop there:

"It's clear, we come here to  win the tournament  " says Lucas Pillon.
"We'll give it our all in the quarter-final, then we'll take  match by match  " adds Olivier Guy de Chamisso.

The appointment has already been made for  tomorrow morning , on the central track of Lésigny, where the young pair will try to continue their superb run.

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 FIP Promises Paris by WME 
Tennis / Padel Lésigny Club
From October 30 to November 2, 2025
Category U12 to U18 – Boys & Girls

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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