The French had a great day on the FIP Tour this Friday. Between successful qualifying matches, quick victories, and strong performances in the main draws, several French players are continuing their journey in Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands. This sets up a busy schedule for Saturday's round of 16.

 Porto: Guichard cruises, Godallier and Bahurel continue their run 

Au  FIP Silver of Porto ,  Dylan Guichard  and the Belgian  Clement Geens The third-seeded team gave the Spaniards no chance.  Jorge Cordoba  et  Javier Del Cacho  (6-0, 6-0). They will meet again in the round of 16.  Lucas Mañero   et  Samuel Rivas .

Same scenario for  Thomas Seux  et  Louis Jover , victors without faltering over the Italians  Alessandro Ciaccia  et  Edoardo Galbusera  (6/3 6/3). Their next challenge will be much tougher against the No. 5 seeds  Ramiro Pereyra  (106e) and  Juan Zamora  (124e).

However, the step was too high for  Sami Iznasni  et  Raphael Rubio , coming from the qualifiers, beaten by the same pair Pereyra / Zamora (6/1 6/1).

Same outcome for  Tom Basso  et  Julien Biron who put up a fight but ultimately lost in two tight sets to the No. 4 seeds  Diego Garcia  et  Octavio Alvarez placeholder image  (7/5 6/2).

Having made it through the qualifying rounds,  Enzo Couacaud  and the Spanish  Roger aromi siquier  continue their magnificent week. After qualifying the day before, they delivered a fine performance by dominating  Alvaro Pozo  (137e) and  Anselmo Guerrero  (601e)  7 / 5 6 / 4 In the round of 16, they will face the No. 8 seeds.  Victor Tur  et  Agustin Reca .

However, the adventure ends for the young winners of the  FIP Promises Paris U16 ,  Nathan Perrot  et  Sacha Huard from La Marre Opposed to the Portuguese  Pedro Araujo  (127e) and  Pedro Graca  (159th), seeded No. 7, they lost  6 / 2 6 / 2 , after having already achieved a superb campaign in qualifying.

In the ladies,  Léa Godallier  and Argentina  Daiara Valenzuela The No. 4 seeds got their tournament off to a perfect start with a victory  6 / 2 6 / 0  salary.  Laura Buteau  et  Carmen Villar They will now face the Spanish team.  Sandra Gamez  et  Maria Martinez .

Another source of French satisfaction,  Louise Bahurel  and the Spanish  Ivet Val Lopez  dominated the Portuguese  Maria castro  et  Beatrice Ferrera  (6/3 6/0). They will have a tough match in the next round against the No. 2 seeds  Noemi Aguilar  et  Letizia Manquillo .

Finally  Steffi Merah  and the Portuguese  Mafalda Fernandes  imposed themselves  6 / 3 6 / 0  face  Joana Soares  et  Laura jackson In the round of 16, they will face the No. 5 seeds.  Ana Nogueira  et  Camila Fassio .

 Rovato: a clean sweep for Blanqué, Vives and Dufour 

Au  FIP Bronze from Rovato The French had a perfect day with three wins in as many matches.

 Arthur Hugounenq  et  Bastien Blanqué The sixth-seeded team, [names omitted], perfectly controlled their opening match against the Italians.  Andrea Bettineschi  et  Federico Morano  (6-2, 6-2). In the round of 16, they will face the Italians.  Matteo Quatrana  et  Matteo Greco .

The same authoritarian success for  Manuel Vives  et  Olivier Guy de Chamisso , seeded No. 7, winners  6 / 3 6 / 3  from Polish  Michal Bartusek  and Argentinian  Ignacio Corbo They will face Argentina in the next round.  Emiliano Martin  and the Italian  Mauro Salandro .

Finally  Benjamin Dufour  et  Natan Étienne  continue their superb run. After getting through qualifying, the French confirmed their form by dominating the Italians.  Gabriele Laurino  (541e) and  Matteo Sperati  (400th) on the score of  6 / 3 6 / 4 Their reward will be a big challenge in the round of 16 against the  top seeds Antonio Fernandez and Pedro Melendez Amaya .

In the ladies,  Kimy Barla  and the Venezuelan  Oriana Meza Those who were exempt from the first round will enter the competition in the round of 16.

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 Alicante: Chedorge falls short of the podium 

Au  FIP Bronze San Juan Alicante ,  Maxime Chedorge  and the Argentinian  Maximiliano Sepulveda  They failed to make it past the final round of qualifying. They were defeated.  6 / 0 6 / 3  face  Kevin Uriel  et  Hugo Estebanez .

 Lelystad: Jules Marie turns the situation around 

In the Nederlands,  Jules Mary  and the Belgian  Maxime Deloyer  had to fight hard to secure their qualification for the round of 16. Trailing after the first set, they ultimately overturned the Dutch  Robin Sietsma  et  Nikander Damianos   7/5 6/7 7/6  at the end of a very hard-fought match.

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A largely positive day for the French camp, which will have many representatives in the round of 16 on Saturday, with several challenging matches to follow in Portugal and Italy.

Maceo ZERHAT

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