Seven French people are in the running in Sydney  for the  FIP Silver Australian Open  2025. The tournament starts on January 2. A good memory for Julien Seurin, he won the tournament in 2024 with Manuel Vives.

The tables

 In boys 
For the first FIP ​​Silver of the year 2025,  Several French people flew to Sydney  in order to score points from the start of the season.  Bastien Faoro , associated with Portuguese  Andrew Ferreira , managed to get out of the qualifiers. Their next challenge: facing the Spanish  Sergio Esteban  et  Paul Pastor , seeded No. 6.

For their part, the French pair composed of  Nicolas Rouanet  (364) et  Pierre-Vincent  (332), 9th pair of the tournament, will face another Spanish pair:  Pol Alsina  et  Edu Altimires With a favourable draw, the French can hope to qualify for the last 16, where no seed awaits them.

Finally  Philemon Raichman  (221) et  Julien Seurin  (150), seeded No. 2, will face the pair  Weyers/Ignacio Ybanez . This tournament brings back good memories for Julien Seurin, who won this competition in 2024 with  Manuel Vives .

 At the girls 
The French pair  Marie-Amelie Dardaine  et  Camille Sireix  will face the Japanese  Kae Tokumoto  et  Saki Tsukamoto  in the first round. In case of victory, they could meet the number 4 seeds, the Spanish, in the second round  Carla Fernandez  et  Nerea Guerra .

 French Program – January 3, 2025 

We start with the gentlemen this Friday, January 3:

(Times given for Sydney, i.e. +10 hours compared to mainland France)

 From 12 noon on court 5 (2 a.m. in France): 

  • [Q]  Andre Ferreira Van Holstein  (POR) /  Bastien Faoro  (FRA)
  • [6]  Sergio Esteban Barroso  (ESP) /  Pablo Pastor Landaburu  (ESP)

 Around 16 p.m. on court 6 (6 a.m. in France): 

  •  Weyers Meintjes  (RSA) /  Ignacio Ybañez Cuerda  (ESP)
  • [2]  Philemon Raichman  (FRA) /  Julien Seurin  (FRA)

 Around 16 p.m. on court 10 (6 a.m. in France): 

  •  Pol Alsina  (ESP) /  Edu Altimires Ros  (ESP)
  • [9]  Nicolas Rouanet  (FRA) /  Pierre-Vincent  (FRA)
Henri Pasquet

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