As usual with the Head Padel Open, the tournaments are hotly contested. The best French pairs are present and ready to fight. This time, The HPO dropped off its luggage at the famous Mas club in Perpignan.

With a wind at 70 km / h, the locals certainly had an advantage over the pairs used to play indoor. Back on this first day.

The pair to beat

Even if a pair acts as "scarecrow" of the competition (José Luis Salines and Aitor Garcia), it is hoped that some French pairs will be able to create the feat of lying the odds.

Some French pairs seem well armed in this last great straight: Ritz / Scatena, Haziza / Aromi, Moreau / Morillon.

1 / 4 hung but not so much

Not surprisingly, we find the favorites in the semifinals, except ... the pair Boulade / Nicol. In front of her, the pair Scatena / Ritz. It was clearly a semi-final before the hour. A match hanging especially in the first set, but Scatena / Ritz wins 7 / 5 6 / 2. To note, the small wound of Laurent Boulade during his previous match. Nothing serious a priori.

For the pair Morillon / Moreau, little fright 2e set against Tournemire / Tecles since it stands out 6 / 1 5 / 7 6 / 0. Strange rather irregular match. The wind did not help. But the favorites are passing.

The local pair Henry / Pellicer will have also held up against the Spanish Salines / Aitor Garcia at the 2e set but will lose 0 / 6 5 / 7. We note the very positive return of Jean Pascal Pellicer on the field after his injury. A first tournament that begins with a quarter-final in a P1000 and a nice win against Bourgoin / Lepanse.

The second local pair Planes / Bisserier can not do anything against Haziza / Aromi since it bows 0 / 6 0 / 6.

Start of the semi-finals

The semifinals start at 10h00 and will find us:

Ritz / Scatena vs. Morillon / Moreau

Haziza / Aromi vs Salines / Aitor Garcia

We will meet again the 100% French semi-final in livestreaming on our Youtube channel.

Alban Serra
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Alban Serra is one of the great chroniclers of Padel Magazine. Videographer, photographer and live-streamer, he can do just about anything. For the bandeja, it's something else, but we like it anyway!

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