Philémon Raichman and Menno Nolten offer themselves a gala quarter-final against the big favourites of the competition, the Argentinians  Leonel Daniel Aguirre  et  Gonzalo Gabriel Alfonso  visit us at the  Gijon P2 .

For the pair  Franco-Dutch , this performance marks a  fourth consecutive victory  in this first  P2 of the year . An exceptional journey for  Philemon and Menno , even if, factually, it is not a feat compared to the opponents beaten. Their success is based on a well-negotiated qualifying draw, followed by an affordable main draw. Result: a place in  quarterfinal , synonymous with a prestigious match against references from the  A1 Padel .

In terms of points, this performance is equivalent to a  FIP Gold final i.e  90 point , to which are added  5 bonus points  for being out of the qualifications.

A victory at the end of the suspense

Facing the Spanish pair  Pablo Pastor / Samuel Rivas , the match lived up to its promise. The fight was fiercely contested, as announced. After several missed break points in the second set,  Philemon and Menno  found themselves led  0/2 in the third  before continuing  five consecutive games . In  5/3 , they save a break point thanks to a  Phil's backhand par 4 , before concluding the meeting.

This victory also allows the French pair to be avenged  Thomas Vanbance / Simon Wagner , beaten in  round of XNUMX  in three sets by these same Spaniards. Another notable fact:  This is the first time that a French person  (for men)  reached this stage of the competition on Premier Padel . It remains to be seen whether this statistic will go down in history. Some players in the  world top 100  believe that this tournament should not even have been played and that it does not reflect the real level of the circuit.

A leap in the world ranking

Anyway,  Philémon Raichman and Menno Nolten  have well deserved their place in  quarterfinal . Before facing  Tolito and Gonzalo , the only star pair of this tournament, they will be able to savor this performance.

With  113 point  obtained in this tournament,  Philemon Raichman  add to  95 point  to its total. A gain which will allow it to make a  jump in world ranking , with the hope of reaching the  top 170 , his best career ranking.

 This quarter-final will be followed live on the YouTube channel of Premier Padel around 18 p.m. 

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Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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