The first qualifying rotations have delivered their verdicts for the French athletes competing in the  FIP Bronze Agrigento  and  FIP Silver Espoo Between solid victories, withdrawals, and the final rounds in sight, the overall assessment is positive, while the  main tables men and women  also begin in Finland.

Guy de Chamisso / Pillon as boss in Agrigento

Perfect entry for  Olivier Guy de Chamisso / Lucas Pillon who dominate the Belgians  Stas / Torres-Jacobs   6 / 2 6 / 2 .
They will face the  TS4 Filippo Nicocia / Juan Manuel Lasgoity  in the next round, match scheduled  at 11 p.m. on court 4 .

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Packages and demonstrations on the Espoo side

In Finland,  Rafael Marquet / Arthaud Dumoulin  et  Adrien Maigret / Benjamin Tison  had to withdraw before they could even enter the competition.

Conversely,  Benjamin Dufour / Guillaume Ledra  took place:
victory  6 / 2 6 / 3  against José Miguel Garcia Ruiz / Carlos Gomez, then  6 / 0 6 / 1  against the  TS6 Asimakopoulos / Pelt .
They will play the final round of qualifying against the Finns.  Wuorinen / Aarnio ,  Second rotation at 10am (9am in France) on Centre Court .

Same durability for:

  •  Romain Sichez / Nathan Lambrechts  (TS8), winners  6 / 3 6 / 1  against Tapanainen / Sillanpää. In the final round of qualifying they will face the  TS1 Alonso Chillaron / Lupon Martinez ,
     2nd rotation at 10am (9am in France) court 4 .
  •  Arthur Hugounenq / Jérémy Robert  (TS2), winners  7 / 5 6 / 4  against Axel Waris and Antti Kampman, in the next round they will play against the  TS7 Bjorkman / Gavelin The match is scheduled for  2nd rotation at 10am (9am in France) court 3 .

Several French pairs will therefore be playing for their qualification for the main draw.

Launch of the main tables in Espoo

In parallel, the  main board  starts with the women and with the men.

Female table

Three French pairs are entering the competition:

  •  Camille Sireix / Mélissa Martin  vs  TS7 Anna Ortiz Gascó / Aida Martinez 
     2nd rotation at 16pm (15pm in France) – Court 6 
  •  Carla Touly / Camila Fassio (TS8)  vs  Claudia Ordoñez Romero / Sara Foguer Lapuente 
     Not before 16 p.m. (15 p.m. in France) – Centre Court 
  •  Cassandra Senjean / Manon Marcarie  vs  Ainize Santamaria Landa / Coral Alvarez Castro 
     Not before 16 p.m. (3 p.m. in France) – Court 15 

Male table

At men's,  Johan Bergeron / Timéo Fonteny  will face a major challenge right from the start against the  TS3 David Gala / Pablo Garcia Rodrigo ,
match scheduled  in 2nd rotation of 6:30 p.m. (18:30 p.m. in France) – short 17 .

Places still available

If they succeed in the final round of qualifying, other French players could join the  main board which would further strengthen the French presence in Finland.

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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 !

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