Thomas Seux et Arthur Hugounenq are the only French team to have managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIP Rise Manilla. For their part, Laura Buteau, who was at FIP Rise Oeiras, lost as soon as they entered the competition!
In the Philippines, Kamel Mouimen et Alexandra Fouquet failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.
FIP Rise Oeiras
Portugal did not smile on Laura Buteau and her partner Michela ZaccagniniThe Franco-Italian pair had a particularly complicated first round against the tournament's 8th seed: Candela Lucendo (112) and Valentina Tommasi (130).
The step proved a little too high for the Buteau / Zaccagnini duo who bowed out 6 / 0 6 / 3.
FIP Rise Manila
Four Frenchmen were entered in Manila this morning. Only the 100% French pair managed to win their two matches of the day. Indeed, Arthur Hugounenq and Thomas Seux did not tremble in winning, twice, 6 / 0 6 / 0There could not have been a better start for the two French players who have qualified for the quarter-finals!
Kamel Mouiment and his partner, the Spaniard Saul Rubio Ponce, lost in their first match against the 5th seed: Sergi Nogueras Lorenz and Marc Bernils Garcia: 6 / 1 6 / 2.
Alexandra Fouquet and Sirui He passed the first round against Mayumi Jane Toribio and Pairin Panjasilpa: 6 / 1 6 / 0. However, they came up against stronger teams in the second round. Defeat 6 / 3 6 / 3 against the Japanese Yoshino Kushima and Rio Yamada.
It was her brother who one day told her to accompany him to a padel court, since then, Gwenaëlle has never left the court. Except when it comes to going to watch the retransmission of Padel Magazine, World Padel Tour… or Premier Padel…or the French Championships. In short, she is a fan of this sport.