After a Tuesday marked by the  first French eliminations in the quarter-finals The French team still have several cards to play this Wednesday in the  Mediterranean games .  Three quarter-finals  The program includes:  Louise Bahurel / Dylan Guichard  in mixed form  Steffi Merah / Charlotte Soubrié  in women and  Dylan Guichard / Bastien Blanqué  among men. With, in sight, a place in the  last square .

Bahurel / Guichard to kick off the day

The first French skiers are expected on the slopes this Wednesday.  Louise Bahurel and Dylan Guichard  will play their mixed draw quarter-final as soon as  10 hrs Seeded 3rd, the French pair will start  overwhelming favorite  against the Slovenians  Simon Javoršek and Tina Lah .

A victory could open the door to a semi-final against the  Italian seed 2 Marco Cassetta / Giulia Dal Pozzo with a real  medal opportunity  in this mixed picture. Especially since the Spain, a major nation in world padel, is not participating in the event. making the picture particularly open.

Merah / Soubrié facing the Spanish challenge

After a perfectly executed opening,  Things are getting serious for Steffi Merah and Charlotte Soubrié In their first match, the French women, seeded 8th, had only conceded two games to the Kosovars.  Donika Bashota / Adrijana Lekaj , with a victory  6 / 1 6 / 1 .

This Wednesday, the level will rise significantly. Starting from  18 hrs Merah and Soubrié will challenge the Spanish women  Jimena Velasco Postiguillo / Nuria Rodriguez , the third seeded team, who also largely dominated their first match,  6 / 2 6 / 0  facing the Croatians Balog / Jurkovic.

On paper, the French women will not be favorites, but will try to  surprise  to secure a place in the final four and keep French hopes alive  female painting .

Mediterranean Games: French teams win all four of their matches, advancing to the quarterfinals with Fonteny/Boronad and Pothier/Bahurel

Guichard/Blanqué, a quarter-final that can open anything up

After a perfectly controlled opening match against Monaco  Nicolas Fedoroff / Noah Minioni , beaten  6 / 2 6 / 2 ,  Dylan Guichard and Bastien Blanqué  They face their first real test this Wednesday. The French, seeded 5th, will play on the  central court ,  following the match scheduled for 18pm , the Italian 3rd seed  Alvaro Montiel Caruso / Flavio Abbate She too was quick in the previous round with a victory  6 / 1 6 / 0  against the Albanians  Curri / Naska .

Mediterranean Games – Egypt's feat against Hernández / Collado reshuffles the cards for Blanqué / Guichard

A tough quarter-final, but one that could  open up promising prospects in case of victory In this part of the painting, the Egyptians  Georges Wakim / Youssef Hossam  caused a major upset by eliminating the Spanish number 1 seed  Pol Hernandez / Guille Collado ,  6/4 4/6 7/5 The elimination of the Spanish favorites  inevitably reshuffles the cards  and could offer a real opportunity to the French if they manage to overcome the Italian obstacle.

Raphael Degironde

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