Defeated by Spain in the semi-finals, the French teams will try to get bronze this Saturday. A task that is obviously not easy, but far from impossible.

Opposed to Spain this Friday, the French teams gave everything to try to score as many games as possible, but the gap was too large against a selection that only includes stars of the World Padel Tour.

This Saturday, the Habs will have much more affordable matches to play, with a superb stake: to afford two bronze medals. It would be wonderful for France, which would assert itself, in the absence of Portugal, as the third nation in the world! But for that, the Blues will have to play their best padel !

The French as outsiders ...

Opposed to Brazil, the French will not start favorites on paper. Indeed, the selection auriverde, coached by Ramiro Choya and led by Pablo Lima, 10th player in the world, has a team on paper superior to the gang of Alexis Salles. We find Lucas Bergamini and Lucas Campagnolo, former Top 30 of the WPT, but also some of the very best players of the APT: Julio Julianoti, Stefano Flores, Lucas Da Cunha…

A great team therefore, but nothing insurmountable for the Blues. The Brazilians were swept away 3-0 by Argentina this afternoon (failing to win a single set), and they are clearly below the two teams that will play tomorrow in the final. Campagnolo and Bergamini are having a complicated season, and they are down to 40th and 46th place respectively on the WPT. Benjamin Tison will necessarily be able to motivate his teammates by telling them that they are imposed against players of this caliber less than a month ago with Teo Zapata!

Jérémy Scatena and Max Moreau know the Brazilians of the APT very well. Padel Tour for having faced them this season. Jérémy has made two quarterbacks on the APT, and he knows that these players can be taken. Max and Victor Saenz had also hooked the Da Cunha / Flores pair in Sweden.

Max Moreau setback France team qatar 2020

We therefore have every reason to believe it even if the Brazilians will be the favorites at the start of the meeting!

The match is to be followed at 08:30 am French time just below:

50/50 for the French?

The French may not be favorites in the meeting, but they clearly have every reason to believe in it too. First, because the two best players on the field will be on their side. Alix and Léa (with their respective partners) regularly beat the members of the Italian selection on the World Padel Tour or on FIP tournaments and they know they are totally takeable. We can count on them to transmit confidence to their teammates.

Alix Collombon Léa Godallier Qatar 2020 discussion

The Italians, on the other hand, have the advantage of having a very homogeneous selection, with 3 players from the Top 60 of the WPT: Sussarello (54), Pappacena (59) and Orsi (60). If we add Casali (75), Tommasi (97) and Stellato (100), we see that the Transalpines have a certain density, which makes it possible to mix the pairs and to offer either three more or less equivalent pairs. , or two stronger pairs.

The composition of the teams could therefore have a key role in the outcome of the match but in any case we can be sure that the match will be hooked, and we have a good chance of thinking that the Blue can bring us back the medal of bronze! It would be a perfect way to end this week in Qatar!

The meeting is to be followed at 08:30 am, just below:

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