Le  FIP Silver Bandol  begins this Thursday with the  men's qualifications An appetizer before the main draw takes to the courts and the main men's draw kicks off on Friday.

Four matches are scheduled for tonight and the stakes are simple: the four winners will secure their place in the final draw.

Two tracks will host the qualifying matches starting at 18:30 p.m.

Two tickets to collect on the Alpine track

From  18:30 Nicolas Escavabaja and Tom Taieb will face the Monegasques Dario Maturi and Pierre Valsot.

Not before  20:00 , the number 1 seed in qualifying, composed of  Théo Suzanna and Rémy Gourre  will be opposed to the Italians Edoardo Vittorio Galbusera and Alessandro Ciaccia.

Two more posters on the Easy Sushi trail

Also at  18:30 Raphaël Rubio and Hugo Cazaban will challenge Louis Jover and Alexandre Toppin for a place in the main draw.

Not before  20:00 Vial Romain and Benjamin Tullou will face the number 2 seeds in the qualifiers.  Lucas Filippini and Mathis Maître .

The real work begins on Friday

This first day will primarily serve to finalize the bracket before the start of hostilities on Friday. The best players involved in this  FIP Silver Bandol , which distributes 80 FIP points to the winners, will then enter the competition with the launch of the men's round of 32.

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 !