When the Breton Manuel Guinard and the Franco-Monegasque Romain Arneodo equalized at one set all, we said to ourselves that they would succeed in creating a surprise against the big favorites Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul. But in the super tie break, “with a little success on the first two points”, as Fabien Reboul confided afterwards, the Toulouse pair was relentless (10-3) and won their second Quimper Open in doubles ( after 2023), tournament for which they committed 20 minutes before the online closing at noon, Sunday January 19. “We were at the Australian Open and we had just lost in the round of 16. We left the court at 11:20 a.m. (French time) and we said to ourselves that we were going to come and play in Quimper, a tournament that we like, even though it didn't make much sense in relation to our calendar,” says Sadio Doumbia.
With humor, at the time of the awards ceremony, Manuel Guinard explained that he would have done well without the arrival of the “two zigotos” from Toulouse, whom he nevertheless hopes to find in the semi-final during the ATP 250 Montpellier, at the end of next week, associated with his Quimper teammate Grégoire Jacq. This would be the sign of a nice journey.
Result
-Sadio Doumbia (N.36 ATP doubles) and Fabien Reboul (N.28) beat Romain Arneodo (N.77) and Manuel Guinard (N.70) 6-4, 2-6, 10-3.
