Le men's main draw du FIP Silver Bandol launched hostilities this Friday in the Var, with many French players involved. If Yoan Boronad et Timeo Fonteny have distinguished themselves brilliantly, Dylan Guichard and its Portuguese partner Antonio Luque also made it through this first round in pain. For the other French players, the step was too high.

Boronad and Fonteny impress

The day had started with a convincing victory for Yoan Boronad and Timéo Fonteny face Julien Seurin et Albert Trillas Garcia. Thanks to a big quality lob et tactical rigor (only 15 unforced errors against 32 on the opposing side), the young Frenchmen controlled the match, despite losing the second set, to win 6/2 4/6 6/1.

They will face tomorrow a big challenge : the seeded 4 Pablo Lijó / Juan Cruz Belluati, an experienced pair on the circuit Premier Padel.

Guichard and Luque come through by the skin of their teeth

On the short 1, Dylan Guichard et Antonio Luque had a hot fight against the guest pair Jérémy Garcia / Jérémy Robert. These latter, used to playing together and recently titled at the P1500 of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, came close to creating the feat. The French even served for the match at 5/4 in the 3rd set, before giving in under pressure. Final score: 6/1 6/7 7/5 for Guichard and Luque, who reach the round of 16. Tomorrow they will face a team from the qualifiers, Alejandro Calvo Perez and Jose Pedro Montalban Martin.

FIP Silver Bandol – Garcia / Robert narrowly eliminated against Guichard / Luque.

Raichman / Joris very close to the feat

Opposed to the seeded 6, Pol Hernandez / Guillermo Collado, Philemon Raichman et Maxime Joris offered a great resistance. They even managed to break in the second set, but the Spanish experience ended up making the difference: 6 / 4 7 / 5.

End of the road for Inzerillo / Hugounenq and Mouimen / Ronco

In a duel of lucky losers, Arthur Hugounenq et Jerome Inzerillo were unable to confirm their good start to the match against Abraham Muñoz Zurita / Alejandro Garcia Calahorro. After a controlled first set, they were knocked down: 3/6 6/2 6/4.

Same scenario for Kamel Mouimen et Adrian ronco, also fished out, who lost 6 / 3 6 / 3 facing the Spaniards Alejandro Calvo Perez / Jose Pedro Montalban Martin, without ever really succeeding in imposing their rhythm.

Surprise of the day: fall of the 9th seed

Among the notable results of the day, we will note the elimination of the number 9 seed, Clement Geens (82th in the world) and Simon vasquez (84e).

Place for the eighth tomorrow

In total, two pairs with at least one French player (Boronad / Fonteny and Guichard / Luque) will be there for the round of XNUMX. The opportunity to see if youth and freshness Boronad / Fonteny can shake up the big names on the circuit... The matches will be followed live on Padel MagTV.

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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