This week, French eyes will be on two FIP Tour tournaments. While the qualifications of the FIP Silver Bandol The tournament begins this Wednesday with several French pairs competing before the main draw; two French associations will attempt to secure the 40 FIP points awarded to the winners. FIP Bronze Dakar , in particularly open-ended paintings.
FIP Bronze Dakar – Bergeron / Seurin and Martin / Soubrié aim for the title
The Senegalese tournament represents a great opportunity for French players to collect valuable FIP points.
At men's, Johan Bergeron et Julien Seurin will leave with the status of number 2 seed The two Frenchmen will begin their tournament against the pair composed of the Frenchman Hugo Houedessou and from Senegal Mouhamed Daffe .
In a relatively weak draw, Bergeron and Seurin have a real opportunity to reach the final, or even win the title and the 40 FIP points .
In the ladies, Charlotte Soubrié et Melissa Martin will number 4 seed With only fourteen pairs entered, including several without any real experience on the international circuit, the French women also have a good chance.
They will face the Senegalese pair in the first round Laurent / Ghozaiel with the ambition of reaching at least the semi-finals of the tournament.
FIP Silver Bandol – Qualifying starts this Wednesday
The first qualifying matches of the FIP Silver Bandol will begin this Thursday evening with four matches involving exclusively French, Monegasque and Italian players.
Schedule for the first round of qualifying
From 18 hours
- Théo Suzanna / Rémy Gourre (TS1) vs Edoardo Galbusera / Alessandro Ciaccia
- Nicolas Escavabaja / Tom Taieb vs Dario Maturi / Pierre Valsot
Not before 20 p.m.
- Raphaël Rubio / Hugo Cazaban vs Louis Jover / Alexandre Toppin
- Romain Vial / Benjamin Tullou vs Lucas Filippini / Mathis Maître (TS2)
The final table of FIP Silver Bandol is still expected and should be revealed in the next few hours. Several French pairs will be particularly closely watched, starting with Thomas Vanbauce / Philemon Raichman , Maxime Joris / Jérémy Robert , Benjamin Tison / Lucas Pillon or, Yanis Muesser / Arthur Hugounenq all involved in a tournament that will serve as the first real test for several new French associations.
In the ladies, Louise Bahurel / Valeria Atencia , Fiona Ligi / Lisa Rachel Phillips et Manon Marcarie / Cassandra Senjean will also be among the French pairs to watch closely.
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