The main draw of the Sète P1500 tournament begins this Saturday with the entry of the eight seeded players. While several pairs arrive as favorites, the depth of the field suggests a very open tournament, where each round could hold its share of surprises.
The upper part of the painting under the gaze of Couturier / Dumoulin
Number 2 seeds, Tom Couturier et Arthaud Dumoulin will launch their tournament against the winners of the duel between Robin Petitdidier / Tristan Brechemier et Thibault Verdier / Nicolas Boutier .
If they qualify, they could face the No. 6 seeds in the quarter-finals Jules Mary et Julien Motz who will first have to overcome the obstacle of the winner of Alexandre Toppin / Louis Jover salary. Pierre and Lucien Samitier A quarter-final between the No. 2 and No. 6 seeds thus seems likely.
In this same half of the draw, the No. 4 seeds Guilhem Perez Le Tiec et Jeremy Garcia will start against the winner of Pierre Joule / Robin Houssain against the qualified teams.
They could then cross paths with the No. 8 seeds Sami Iznasni et Raphael Rubio , opposed to the winner of Slevin Pasanau / Aaron Demontis face Thibaud Pech / Benoît Théard .
Ayuso / Raichman expected in the lower half
The tournament favorites, Quentin Ayuso et Philemon Raichman The number 1 seeds will enter the competition against the winner of the match between David Soleirol / Mattis Perrot et Lilian Fouré / Loïc Le Panse .
If successful, they could reach the quarter-finals Guillaume Ledrap et Eliot Deknuydt , the No. 7 seeds, who will enter the competition against the winners of Dimitri Contout / Maxime Forcin face Téo Larrue / Robin Roux .
In the last quarter of the draw, the No. 5 seeds Timeo Fonteny et Nicolas Molinero will begin against the winners of Kevin Guguin / Valentin Toussaint salary. Florian Armand / Romain Vial .
They could then face the No. 3 seeds Norman Sanchez et Morgan Mannarino who will first have to eliminate the winners of Dimitri Contout / Maxime Forcin salary. Téo Larrue / Robin Roux A quarter-final between the No. 3 and No. 5 seeds would be one of the most anticipated matches of the day.
High-level semi-finals ahead
If the hierarchy is respected, the final four could offer two great matches:
- Quentin Ayuso / Philémon Raichman (TS1) salary. Guilhem Perez Le Tiec / Jérémy Garcia (TS4) ;
- Tom Couturier / Arthaud Dumoulin (TS2) salary. Norman Sanchez / Morgan Mannarino (TS3) .
But several outsiders will have their say, in particular Timéo Fonteny / Nicolas Molinero , Jules Marie / Julien Motz , Guillaume Ledrap / Eliot Deknuydt or, Sami Iznasni / Raphaël Rubio , all capable of disrupting the hierarchy.
A decisive day
The first round of 32 matches will begin as soon as 9 h , before the entry of the eight seeded players starting from 12 h The quarter-finals are scheduled to begin from 17 h with the four places for the semi-finals of this P1500 in Sète up for grabs. Padel Club.
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