The first day of main draw of the FIP Silver Champ Fleuri concluded this Friday evening at Réunion, with many French players in the spotlight and a great team dynamic. While some seeded players imposed their law, several French pairs managed to secure their ticket to the round of 16.

Vanbauce / Seurin, get out of it

Thomas Vanbauce et Julien Seurin, have confirmed their status as best French pair of the tournament. Opposed to the premises Alexandre Pichon de Bury et Leo Perez, they first had to work hard in the first set before rolling out to win 7 / 5 6 / 1. Logic respected and an eighth final at stake, where they will meet Bilal Duprat and Guillaume Ledrap, earlier fallers of Baptiste Master et Silvain Moreau.

The top seeds are present

The favorites generally held their own. The number 1 seed, Anthony Fernandez et Pablo Garcia Rodrigo, left no chance to Charles Marot et Florian Guerin (6 / 2 6 / 1). They will face tomorrow Kamel Mouimen et Lilian Foure, winners of Christopher Verdura et Tom Biotti.
Same solidity for the seed 3, Fran Ramirez Navas / Miguel Gonzalez, victorious 6 / 1 6 / 1 de Alexandre Cabon / Jaouad ZoubaaThe Spanish will meet the local pair in the last 16. Romain Grenet Laffont / David Saintot, author of the big performance of the day by beating Julien Biron et Hamza Berrahou (4/6 6/2 6/2).

The French continue on their way

Another important French victory: that of Lucas Landais et Jeremy Charton, winners 6 / 3 6 / 1 face Nicolas Dereeper et David PayetThey will challenge the formidable seed 4 tomorrow. Gustavo Nunes / José Solano.
Brothers Ronan and Loïck Bruandet have also taken a turn seriously (6 / 1 6 / 3 face Bourahli / Maunier) and will have a lot to do against Alejandro Prados / José Pedro Montalban Martin, quick-witted conquerors of Quentin Anelli / Hugo Saintot (6 / 0 6 / 1).

Finally, the pair Aitor Garcia Bassas / Andres Britos, seeded 8, extinguished all suspense against Mickael Grenier / Giovanni Romeo (6 / 0 6 / 1).

The FIP Silver of Champ Fleuri continues tomorrow with a high-level final table, where Vanbauce / Seurin will lead the French delegation, also starting the women's table.

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 !