Another memorable match for the French in Gran Canaria!  Timeo Fonteny   (200e)  et  Benjamin Tison   (530e)  achieved a feat this Friday by eliminating the number 3 seed in a completely crazy scenario.

A very complicated departure

Facing  Diego Gil   (104e)  et  Javi Ruiz (54th) , the Blues had a difficult start to the match. Quickly led  6 / 2 3 / 1 , they seemed without a solution in the face of the pace imposed by their opponents.  Javi Ruiz  quickly builds up power on the smash and  Diego Gil is imperial in defense  but also in the counter smash, we don't feel our French are capable of competing today... Until the youngest one wakes up on the court!

It's finally him,  Timeo Fonteny , who got the machine going again. Thanks to a series of powerful and precise smashes, he reversed the trend, allowing the French to win  5 consecutive games  to win the second set  6/3 .

A stunning dynamic

Carried by this rise,  Benjamin Tison  perfectly kept pace. Stronger in the exchanges, the two Frenchmen continued their momentum to win  2/6 6/3 6/4  and secure a place in the round of 16.

Tonight,  Fonteny and Tison  will find the wild card on the central track  Cordoba/Pereyra . On paper, the poster seems more affordable, but  The French will have to stay focused to confirm  their performance. A match that will be watched live on the  FIP YouTube channel from 20 p.m. 

Only one French pair left on the women's side

 Charlotte Soubrié (138th) and Fiona Ligi   (238e)  handled their first round perfectly, winning 6/1 6/1 this morning. We will see them again this evening around 19 p.m. against the number 4 seed,  Marta Borrero (53rd) and Agueda Perez (48th). 

On the side of  Sireix/Martin , the adventure already ends after a defeat this morning against  American Brittany Dubins (122nd) and Portuguese Margarida Fernandes (117th), 7/6 6/4.  A setback for the two players who reached the FIP Bronze semi-final together last month in Portugal.

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Teo Vieau

He discovered padel in 2016 in Nantes and quickly became attached to the game, even climbing to 474th place in France. Commentator on Padel Mag TV, he covers the various tournaments on the French circuit as well as international tournaments organized in France!

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