Last weekend, the club  P2 - Padel Sauvian South Mediterranean  hosted the first edition of its  P1000 Gentlemen The event brought together a high-caliber lineup, with  11 players from the French top 100  from  36 committed teams , as well as a large audience — nearly  1000 visitors  over the entire weekend.

Starting Friday evening, the  qualifications  put on a great show, especially with the presence of  Yoan Boronad (n°9) , along with his coach  Yannick Maurel (2000) The duo distinguished themselves by saving two match points in the decisive super tie-break against  Clément Fourdain (634)  et  Théo Pallies (848) .

The day of  Saturday  was marked by closely contested matches all the way to the quarter-finals.
In the upper part of the table,  Benjamin Dufour (46) / Hugo Cazaban (56)  won in three sets against  Perrin (112) / Alvergnas (228) , While  Arnaud (314) / Boutier (133)  also won in three sets against  Barthe (206) / Biron (44) .
In the lower part,  Chavey (164) / Arumi-Siquier (10)  confirmed their status in the face of  Hayet (174) / Hue (62) , as  Rubio (47) / Fonteny (8) , winners of  Verdier (90) / Durand (179) .

P1000 Sauvian: Fonteny and Rubio win without dropping a set

Le  Sunday morning The semi-finals followed the logic of the standings.
The # 1 seed  Fonteny / Rubio  dominated  Chavey / Arumi-Siquier  on the score of  6 / 3 6 / 4 , while the No. 2 seed  Dufour / Cazaban  won by the same score against  Boutier / Arnaud , despite a strong resistance from the latter who led  4/1  in the second set.

La  final  offered a great contest between the two best pairs in the tournament, in front of approximately  150 spectators .

Despite an initial break,  Dufour / Cazaban  were unable to confirm. The local pair formed by  Timeo Fonteny , recent  French U18 champion , and  Raphael Rubio then played his game to win  6 / 4 6 / 2 winning the title  without conceding a single set  of the weekend.

Un  P500 Ladies  was also held on Sunday. The victory went to  Victoria Isaac (93)  et  Emmelien Lambregts (36) who prevailed in the final over  Céline Verdier (44)  et  Cécile Bertheas (62) .

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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