Until Sunday, the 14th open of Brisants welcomes on the sand enthusiasts of Beach Tennis of all levels. Among them, the best players in the world, who came to compete on a tournament that has become essential in their discipline, with a price of $ 100,000 in total.
Johanne Chung / Thierry Chapuis • Posted on May 8, 2025 at 5:49 p.m., Updated on May 8, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.
Since Wednesday, the Brewers beach in Saint-Gilles has become the essential place for the Beach Tennis fans. There is something: until Sunday compete here “gratin“Global of the discipline, prides itself on Renaud Bourjea, director of the Brewing International Open.
For this 14th edition, more than 600 players (including 83 foreigners) are expected on 18 fields, from Sunday player to the best in the world. 23 different nationalities are present on this tournament which, over the years, has become a real event in its environment.
So that the international breakfast open is now one of the “Sand Series“, Or the biggest world tournaments in Beach Tennis, like the Grand Chelem in tennis.
The “prize-money”Understand in good French the award offered to the winner, has come to the next level: from 75,000 dollars last year, the sum is now $ 100,000! “”It is the biggest prize-money tournament in the world in terms of awards distributed“, Proudly displays Renaud Bourjea.
Elsewhere in the world, other tournaments certainly welcome more people than the 1,500 seats here allowed, but none offers so much money.
“Reunion is highly appreciated for its welcome. Not Ti Caillou, has become essential on the planet Beach-Tennis”
Renaud Bourjea, director of the Brew Open
It is therefore without surprise that the break of breaking attracts not only the best in the world, but also the enthusiasts who will have the opportunity to see playing sizes of the Beach Tennis.
Like this mother and her daughter, accustomed to the Brew Open, who came with their racket in order to have them signed. “”They are still international stars, and it’s nice to see them there. It is now the most renowned tournament in the world, each year we are the faithful spectators of all this“Smiles the mother.
-“Here we have the gratin of the world beach tennis, with the Italians, Brazilians, Spanish …“, adds the director of the open.
Among them, the Frenchman Nicolas Gianotti, the Italians Michele Cappelletti (8 times winner of the Brewers Open) and Mattia Spoto, the Spaniard Antomi Ramos, the Brazilians Daniel Mola or Giovanni Cariani in men. Among women, Italians Ninny Valentini, Giulia Gasparri, the Brazilian women Rafaella Miller, Sophia Chow, or the Venezuelan Patricia Diaz, to name a few. All are in the world top 10.
“It is one of the biggest tournaments of the year among the international tournaments we play. There is a prize-money record, at 100,000 dollars in total, we are really happy to be able to play here in this magical atmosphere that we have in Reunion”
Michele Cappelletti, Beach Tennis player (1st world in double)
Beside them, around thirty players from France, Corsica, Antilles, and above all, around 500 Reunion players.
Because in parallel with the tournament in “100k$“Until the other tournaments of all levels are played up, until Sunday: leisure, over45, as well as young tournaments.”We have 142 Marmailles registered in the U12, U14, U16 and U18 tournaments, is a participation record in France“, want to note Renaud Bourjea.
The approximately 600 competitors, all tournaments combined, will compete until Sunday evening on the Brewers beach. Qualifications for the main tournament “100k$“Has started since Wednesday, for quarter-finals on Friday, semi-finals on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday.
This Thursday morning, Tery Bray and Benjamin Tessanne, the Binomial Champion of the Beach Tennis meeting qualified for the round of 16, facing a pair of Italians, however at the world top 30.
“It is one of the most important tournaments of the season so we necessarily wait to make good matches. It is especially the level of play on the field that will be important. The result we try to detach from it, but it is clear that a good result here is always a pleasure. (…) But the level is very high, it’s very very hard“, Reacting Tery Bray after his victorious match this Thursday. Despite the difficulty and the very strong competition, he still intends to pass one or two laps of this open he plays at home.
