Before embarking on the secondary board to try to get a 5th place in the world In Qatar, the players looked back on their defeat against Italy. Overall unanimous, they recognized that " Italy was stronger ». Johan Bergeron even expressed some frustration with his level of play in the first match alongside Timeo Fonteny, facing the two best Italian players: Aris Patiniotis (53) et Facundo Dominguez (60). For Thomas Leygue, the observation is simple: Italy was superior.

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Thomas Leygue (who played left in game 2):

"We are obviously disappointed with the result, the goal was to reach the semi-finals, but yesterday, Italy was stronger. We are not giving up, the competition Keep going! We will give everything to win the 5th place, and it starts right now against the Brazil. Meeting at 11:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. French time). »

Johan Bergeron :

"Well done to them, they were stronger yesterday. On our side, the disappointment is great because we completely missed our meeting. Bravo to Timeo Fonteny, who was exceptional yesterday! We raise our heads and set off to conquer 5th place, starting this morning against Brazil »

Timeo Fonteny (who suffered his first defeat in World's Championships:

"It's hard to find the words because the emotion is so great... We didn't know how to find the solutions to win against this great Italian team. Well done to them and good luck to Italy for the rest of the season competition. Now it's time for the classification match today facing the Brazil, to go and find a possible 5th place in these World's Championships »

2024 World Championships – The French face Brazil
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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