It's a first for many players: heading to Montenegro for a FIP Promotion, more precisely to Tivat, which starts tomorrow with a final scheduled for September 22.

This tournament, although in the FIP Promotion category, promises to be special, largely thanks to or because of a strong French representation.

After the French Championships, we are witnessing here a sort of mini-national championship. Among the first 10 pairs of the tournament, we find 9 French players, including 4 exclusively French pairs. Such representation in a FIP tournament abroad, and again in a category supposed to be relatively accessible, is probably a first.

As seed number 1, we find the Franco-Italian pair: Johan Bergeron / Simone Cremona.

Seeded at number 3, Maxime Moreau / Julien Seurin, at number 4, Dylan Guichard / Maxime Joris, and at number 7, Arthur Hugounenq / Philémon Raichman.

Among the 100% French pairs, we finish with Timéo Fonteny / Yoan Boronad, who constitute the 10th pair of the tournament. Certainly a team that no one will want to face in this draw.

Finally, we note the presence of a little-known French pair, without points to date: Jean-Alexandre Willem / Jean-Bastien Willem, ranked in 16th position.

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.