While a large part of the global padel community has its eyes on the Valence P1 Several French athletes will also be competing this week in the FIP Tour , spread across four international tournaments: the FIP Gold Shanghai , the FIP Silver Palermo , the FIP Bronze Slovenia and the FIP Bronze Lanzarote .
With plenty of opportunities to score points, several French players will have high ambitions.
Louise Bahurel, seeded 7th at the FIP Gold Shanghai
This is undoubtedly one of the best opportunities of the week for women.
Committed to the FIP Gold Shanghai , Louise Bahurel will team up with the Spanish Ivet Val Lopez The pair will be seeded 7 of the tournament.
In a less competitive draw than some European tournaments, the Frenchwoman will have a great opportunity to pick up significant FIP points. Already showing marked improvement in recent weeks, Bahurel could use this trip to Asia to get even closer to the top... Top 100 worldwide .
Heading to Palermo for several French people
Le FIP Silver Mediolanum Palermo will host the largest French contingent of the week.
In the women's category, the finalists of FIP Bronze Dakar , Melissa Martin et Charlotte Soubrié They continue their series of tournaments together. The two Frenchwomen arrive with confidence after their excellent week in Senegal and will try to confirm their form in a higher-level tournament.
We will also find Kimy Barla , associated with the Spanish Irina Ceresuela .
For the men, the French star will be Dylan Guichard , associated with the Belgian Clement Geens Their pairing is among the tournament favorites with the status of seeded 5 .
Other French players entered in the main draw:
- Thomas Seux / Nathan Courrin
- Thomas Basso / Julien Biron
- Romain Sichez / Nathan Lambrechts
- Philemon Raichman / Enzo Couacaud
In qualifying, Jules Mary et Guillaume Ledrap will try to reach the main table.
Bergeron and Seurin are aiming for a double in Slovenia
Freshly crowned at FIP Bronze Dakar , Johan Bergeron et Julien Seurin immediately follow up with FIP Bronze Slovenia .
The new French number twos will arrive with great ambitions and will be seeded 7 of the tournament.
Another French pair to watch: Manuel Vives associated with the Spaniard Eneko Arija , which will form the top 8 seed.
The young Timeo Fonteny , still progressing rapidly, will team up with the Swede Albin Olsson An association that is among the outsiders in the rankings with the status of seeded 5 .
Finally Arthaud Dumoulin et Sami Iznasni will also be present in the main table.
Boronad headlines French act in Lanzarote
Au FIP Bronze Lanzarote Several French players will also try to distinguish themselves.
The best-placed will be Yoan Boronad , associated with Spanish Jaume Romera Barceló Their pair occupies the seeded 5 of the tournament and will clearly aim for the semi-finals.
We will also find:
- Arthur Hugounenq / Louis Jover
- Théo Bergamaschi / Hamza Berrahou
In the ladies, Steffi Merah will team up with the Spanish Maria Delgado Medina The two players arrive with the status of seeded 3 which opens up real prospects for them to achieve results.
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