The FIP Star Beau Plan tournament starts this Tuesday at Mauritius with the participation of 32 French players, including several members of theFrench padel teamAmong them are the French numbers 1 and 2, Thomas Leygue et Dylan Guichard, But also Thomas Vanbauce, Timeo Fonteny et Max Joris.
You will find the trio Jean-Thomas Peyrou (tournament director), David Matéo (head referee) and Mario Cordero (commentator) all week to follow the tournament.
Men's competition
The tournament's number 1 seed is the Spanish Aitor Garcia Bassas (98) et Miguel Angel Solbes (69). Here are the pairs including French players:
- Thomas Leygue (105) / Ignacio Piotto Albornoz (ARG, 82): Tournament favourites Leygue and Argentinian Piotto occupy the No. 2 seed spot.
- Clément Geens (BEL, 100) / Dylan Guichard (119) : the Franco-Belgian duo is seeded number 3.
- Maxime Joris (171) / Timeo Fonteny (292) : first association for Joris and Fonteny.
- Thomas Vanbauce (179) / Simon Wagner (604)
- Dorian De Meyer (321) / Guillem Figuerola Santiago (ESP, 214)
- Pierre Vincent (452) / Benjamin Grué (604)
- Maxime Forcin (699) / Nicolas Rouanet (773)
Other French pairs involved
The other French men's teams involved, all ranked 1769th, are as follows:
- Silvain Moreau / Romain Gutstein
- Michael Grenier / Lucas Landais
- Charles Marot / Florian Guerin
- Yohan Borgel / Samy Charni
- Nicolas Dereeper / David Payet
- Josselin Cotin / Nicolas Legros
- Louis Couvercelle / Cyril Gaillard
- Pierre Guiraud / Ronan Bruandet
Qualifications
The pairs in the qualifying phase are:
- Raphael Dorne / Axel Bellancourt
- Alexandre Pichon De Bury / Baptiste Maitre
- Thierry Park / Brice Lescroart
- Alexandre Taormina / Antoine Couvercelle
The full list of players is accessible and allows you to follow each French team involved in this international competition:
The FIP STAR for the ladies:
The favorites of the women's tournament at the FIP Star Beau Plan are the Spanish Esther Carnicero Martin (35) and the big favourites in the women's table are the Spanish Esther Carnicero Martin (35) et Lucia Martinez Gomez (26), who occupy the number 1 seed. The second seed is also Spanish, composed of Marta Arellano Navarro (68) et Laura Lujan Rodriguez (70)
Pairs with French players :
- Carla Touly (95) / Ana Dominguez Gracia (ESP, 76): seeded No. 3, Carla Touly teams up with the Spaniard Ana Dominguez Gracia.
- Melissa Martin (240) / Amélie Detriviere (284)
- Cassandra Senjean (436) / Manon Marcarie (436)
- Elisa Guiraud (892) / Anna-Blue Houareau (892)
- Rachel Bardet (892) / Anaise Riviere (892)
The complete list of players allows you to follow in detail the participation of French and other international players present in Mauritius for this competition.
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 !