L'Estrella Damm Valencia Open from World Padel Tour starts this Sunday, August 30, the opportunity for us to take stock of the table of French competitors.

In the men

As always, honor to the gentlemen since they start their tournament before the girls. Of the Sunday, 5 French will do their entry into preprevias of the Estrella Damm Valencia Open.

It starts at 10h for Benjamin Tison (121) and Jeremy Scatena (101)and an first round of pre-previas not easy in perspective facing David Fernandez (175) and Jesus Ruiz Bohorquez (156), Johan Bergeron's partner in previous tournaments, and whom they know well since he trains like them in Barcelona...

Seeded 11 of the previas, 100% French pair will leave all the same favorite. In case of victory, she could fall on Aitor Garcia (117), well known in France, and his partner Pedro Vera Castillo (113) if they also win their first round. Here again a big match in perspective…

Right after, at 11:00 p.m., Maxime Moreau (161) and his new partner Adrian Marques Berdonce (199) will have a very difficult first against the seeded 15 made of Nicolas Suescun (115) and José María Mouliaa López (106). In case of victory, they would have a second round more open on paper because no seed: Alejandro Tasa Van Beek (191) and Javier Palasi Lozano 273, or David Garcia Campos (108) and Eduardo Abaitua Vazguez (342)
Finally, at midi, Johan Bergeron (119), who will this time be associated with Victor Manuel Mena Gil (135), will enter the arena facing Alvaro Melendez Amaya (189) and Jesus Espero (114). Here again, a not easy match, which could lead in the event of victory to a confrontation with the seeded 10 of the pre previas Miguel González Garcia (94) and Jose Solano Marmolejo (105), who comes out of a final at the Andalusian championships.
Serial number 8 preprevias, Bastien Blanque (150) and Jordi Munoz (81) will enter the tournament on Sunday night in 19h. They will face the winners of the clash between Alfonso Sánchez Arriaga (161) / Pelayo Villaverde Millan (223) against Carlos Mora Iscar (155) and Marc Pou Serra (277). A first round within reach of the Franco-Spanish pair, who could find the seeded 9 of the pre-previas Facundo Dominguez (112) / Vasco Pascoal (97) in the next round.

In the ladies

For girls, the tournament will be played without Melissa Martin since his partner Meli Garcia cannot make the trip to Valencia due to a family problem. But a Frenchwoman replaces another since it's the big comeback of Fiona Ligi (143) and his partner Diana Silva (97), who had not participated in the previous three events. They will meet Carlotta Casali (90) and the very young but no less talented Claudia Jensen (15 years old, 424) Monday at 19:30 p.m., au first round of preprevias.

Recall that Fiona and Diana had won their first match together on the WPT by beating Casali in Marbella who was playing with another partner. If they win, they will meet Marta Caparros (80) and Carmen Garcia (79), former partner of Léa Godallier.

Lea Godallier (71) et Laura Clergue (57), seeded 4 of the previas will compete Tuesday at 18 p.m. against qualified pre previas. If the logic of the classification is respected, it is Aitana Garcia Roman (87) and Carmen Castillón (88) who will face the French. In the event of victory, Léa and Laura could find Marina Lobo (65) and Sandra Bellver (56), whom they had beaten after a very tight match in Marbella.

Alix Collombon (30) and Nicole Traviesa (30), who start directly in the main draw, will not have a warm-up lap since they will immediately be opposed to the current in-form team , Virginia Riera (25) and Sofia Araujo (28), who had reached the semi-finals of the Vuelve A Madrid Open. A big test for the Franco-Spanish pair that will take place Wednesday at 15:00 p.m. !

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