FIP Silver Espoo – Fonteny and Bergeron cause a sensation by signing two players from the world's top 40

The first round of FIP Silver Espoo offered a contrasting scenario for the French side.
Between logical eliminations, impressive confirmations among the women, and above all a XXL performance by Johan Bergeron / Timéo Fonteny The day was very informative.

Bergeron / Fonteny achieve one of the biggest French performances of the season

This is clearly the achievement of the day.
Opposed to the TS3 David Gala / Pablo García Rodrigo , respectively 35th and 37th in the world The French delivered a benchmark performance to secure the victory. 6/4 3/6 6/3 .

Solid in key moments, able to hold their own against two top 40 players, Bergeron and Fonteny showed a level of play rarely seen on the FIP circuit.

They will then face the Swedes in the round of 16. Adam Axelsson / Willy Släryd , 2nd rotation at 10am (9am in France) on court 2 .

Hugounenq / Robert stopped in the first round

Having emerged from the qualifiers with authority, Arthur Hugounenq / Jérémy Robert failed to continue their winning streak in the main draw.
Defeat 6 / 3 6 / 4 face Olsson / Sebber Gormsen .

Dufour / Ledrap: a print run that's too high

Drafted as lucky losers, Benjamin Dufour / Guillaume Ledra inherited a very large share:
la TS6 Pol Hernández / Guillermo Collado .

Facing two players from world top 40 The French bow down 6 / 2 6 / 2 .
A logical but formative defeat against a very high-level pair.

Sichez/Lambrechts defeated after a close second set

Same fate for Romain Sichez / Nathan Lambrechts , also lucky losers.
beaten 6 / 1 7 / 5 by the Swedes Axelsson / Släryd However, they showed some good things in the second half.

The adventure is over for Rouanet/Huysveld

For their last tournament together, Nicolas Rouanet / Isaac Huysveld bow 6 / 3 7 / 6 facing the wild card Takal / Maldonado Fornieles .
A frustrating exit that brings to a close a collaboration of more than six months on the international circuit.

The women secured two French victories.

The results were positive for women.

Carla Touly / Camila Fassio (TS8) mastered their entry into the competition with a victory 6 / 2 6 / 4 salary. Ordoñez Romero / Foguer Lapuente .
In the round of 16, they will meet Casali / Dominguez Gracia à 10 a.m. (9 a.m. in France) – short 2 .

Cassandra Senjean / Manon Marcarie also delivered a strong performance by winning 6/4 2/6 6/2 salary. Santamaria Landa / Alvarez Castro .
Next major challenge against the TS4 Nuria Rodríguez / Giulia Dal Pozzo or a 10 a.m. (9 a.m. in France) – short 3 .

On the other hand, a complicated day for Camille Sireix / Mélissa Martin , beaten 6 / 0 6 / 0 by TS7 Ortiz Gascó / Martínez .

A feat that changes the dynamic

While the overall assessment remains mixed, the enormous victory of Bergeron / Fonteny gives a completely different flavor to the French day.
Beating a pair from the top 40 on a FIP Silver confirms their rise to power and opens up very interesting prospects for the rest of the tournament.

Attention will now turn to their round of 16 match… and to the performances of Touly / Fassio and Senjean / Marcarie, who are still in contention.

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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 !