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 finalEither 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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