This Tuesday was played under the Doha sun (before night fell) the second day of competition for our Blues. And it was against Paraguay that the French won 2 to 1.

Indeed after a crushing victory against Germany yesterday, this time it was Paraguay who came to challenge the French.

Alexis Salle had decided for this day to line up the following teams. Compared to yesterday, Max Moreau passed to the right with Jérémy Scatena, while Johan Bergeron and Benjamin Tison, the reigning French champions, found themselves. Still the Blanqué / Leygue pair in third position, a strategic choice as the coach explained to us yesterday.

Surprisingly, the Paraguayans did not field their best player, Matias Popovich, 26th in the APT table Padel Tower. Horacio Adorno, 48th at the APT, was not in the game either ...

The program was therefore as follows:

Match 1: Bergeron / Tison vs Benitez (58 APT) / Castañeyra (42 APT)

Match 2: Moreau / Scatena vs Abud (32 APT) / Gonzalez (61 APT)

Match 3: Blanqué / Leygue vs Rodriguez (202 APT) / Galeano (398 APT)

Tison / Bergeron in pain

Benjamin Tison clenched fist Qatar 2021

The champions of France succeeded at the end of a hung match to win the victory against the Paraguayan duo.

After a first set won in the tie-break for the Habs, the South Americans, after saving two set points, in turn won a tie-break game. In the 3rd set, Benjamin and Johan were able to be solid in the key moments to allow the France team to win a first precious point.

Final score: 7-6 / 6-7 / 6-4.

Defeat at the end of the suspense for Moreau / Scatena

Jeremy Scatena Qatar 2021

After this first hooked match which saw the champions of France win in 3 rounds, the next meeting promised to be just as complicated for the Moreau / Scatena pair. And it did not fail. After fighting for 3 rounds, they finally lost against the pair Abud / Gonzalez who had better control at the end of the match.

Final score: 4-6 / 6-3 / 3-6.

Blanqué and Leygue did not tremble

Thomas Leygue joy Qatar 2021

A decisive match was therefore needed to decide between the two teams who were looking to finish at the top of this group D, in order to avoid the top names in the quarter-finals.

The vice-champions of France therefore had to win against the young Rodriguez and Galeano. In this match which could promise to be a trap, the French were imperial. A real health walk for our Blues whether in the first or the second set!

Final score: 6-1 / 6-0

As Bastien Blanqué told us in an interview, the vice-champions of France knew how to be “Immediately aggressive, so as not to give them a chance”!

Tomorrow, the French will play against Poland to consolidate their first place in this group D.

 

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