P1000: Outsiders rule, no TS1 prevails in Narbonne, Lacanau, Allauch and Valenciennes

Four P1000 were on the agenda this weekend at Narbonne, Lacanau, Allauch and Valenciennes And one observation clearly emerges: No number 1 seed managed to win. .

Each time, the hierarchy was shaken up, with outsiders capable of going all the way and several particularly close finals.

Silk Sets Padel Narbonne: Boronad/Barthe at the end of a weekend of battles

In Narbonne, Yoan Boronad / Théo Barthe (TS3) eventually won the title.

Their journey, however, was anything but smooth. Before the final, the two players had to compete three matches in three sets , including a completely crazy semi-final against Victor Deligne / David Soleirol .

Boronad / Barthe had saved a match ball before turning the game around 6/3 3/6 7/5 .

In the final, they found Thomas Messina / Mattis Perrot (TS4) After going down 0-2 early on, the home team quickly responded to take the first set, before closing out the second in a tie-break: 6 / 4 7 / 6 .

A special title for Théo Barthe , manager of the Set Padel Narbonne, while the club was celebrating its third anniversary, but also for Yoan Boronad who had just celebrated his 19th birthday.

La TS1 Cancel / Cazaban She, however, had been eliminated in the quarter-finals.

P1000 Set Padel Narbonne: Boronad and Barthe win the title and a double birthday present

Twins Padel Lacanau: Vignat / Dammak take down TS2 then TS1

The biggest surprise of the weekend may have come from Lacanau.

Grégoire Vignat / Mohamed Malek Dammak (TS4) have had a superb tournament to clinch the title.

After winning the quarter-final 6 / 2 7 / 5 They made a strong statement in the semi-final by dominating Elie Sarrat / Thomas Cazes Carrere (TS2) 6/2 6/2 .

But the biggest part was yet to come.

In the final, they faced the favorites Robin Roux / Julien Motz (TS1) After a tremendous battle, Vignat and Dammak emerged victorious. 7/5 6/7 7/6 .

A title acquired by successively defeating the seeds 2 and 1 .

P1000 Twins Padel Lacanau – Vignat and Dammak defeat Motz/Roux in a third-set tie-break to clinch the title

LB13 Allauch: Vial / Tullou save a match point and overturn the TS1

Another totally crazy final on the side of the P1000 LB13 Allauch .

Romain Vial / Benjamin Tullou (TS2) managed to bring down Tristan Piombo / Nicolas Molinero (TS1) after three sets: 6/7 7/5 7/5 .

Piombo/Molinero had the opportunity to finish, but Vial/Tullou saved a match point before completely turning the final on its head.

They thus secure their first P1000 together , once again at the expense of the number 1 seed.

Vial and Tullou save a match point against Piombo / Molinero and win the P1000 Allauch by LB13

TSB Valenciennes: Fontaine/Synaeghel stop the Briez/Païs upset

In the ladies, Marine Fontaine / Lauren Synaeghel (TS4) have established themselves at P1000 TSB Valenciennes .

In the final, they stopped the very impressive run of Sophie Briez / Ilyana Païs , with a victory 7 / 6 6 / 3 .

Briez/Païs had, however, been the tournament's biggest revelations. They had emerged Stéphanie Weil / Laura Robineau (TS1) in the quarterfinals, before very clearly eliminating Alicia Keppenne / Mathilde Mattei (TS3) 6/2 6/2 in the semifinals.

But in the final, Fontaine / Synaeghel were stronger in the important moments.

This success offers a Lauren Synaeghel's first P1000 title , While Marine Fontaine secures her second of the season .

Fontaine / Synaeghel win the P1000 TSB Valenciennes after a very solid tournament

No TS1s were crowned champions this weekend.

Ultimately, that's the main lesson from these four P1000s.

À Narbonne TS1 falls in the quarter-finals.
À Lacanau She loses in the final.
À Allauch She also lost in the final.
À Valenciennes She was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Result: no number 1 seed wins the title .

A weekend clearly marked by surprises, big fights and outsiders capable of knocking the favorites out until the very end.

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !