On the program for this week in blue: the disappointment of the French team beaten in the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, a 4th title for Mathys Erhard and a double for Pauline Déroulède in the Yvelines.
Billie Jean King Cup: the Blues fall in Colombia
Julien Benneteau had warned that this meeting would be very difficult. Beaten by Great Britain in April, the France team had to go through a play-off match in Colombia to save its place in the world elite. But despite a lot of courage and self-sacrifice, the Blues lost in the decisive doubles at the Hatogrande Country Club. The difficult conditions (altitude and changing weather) as well as the injury of Diane Parry during his victory in singles weighed heavily in the balance.
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Challenger: new final for Hemery
No Lyon title but a final for Calvin Hemery at the All In Open. The Frenchman fell on the last step against the Belgian Collignon, losing his third Challenger final this season after Tampere and Blois. He is nevertheless getting very close to the Top 200 thanks to his journey in Lyon (201st this Monday).
ITF et juniors : Erhard en 4e vitesse
In Sao Paulo (Brazil), Mathys Erhard won his 4th “$25,000” of the season. The 23-year-old Frenchman enters the ATP Top 300 for the first time in his career.
In the rest of the circuit, note the doubles victory for Felix Balshaw with the Italian Carboni at the “15000$” in Heraklion. Sophia Biolay finished finalist at the W15 in Clemson (United States) with the Polish Bergler. Final also in doubles for Leo Raquin and the Czech Ondrej Horak at the M15 of Guatemala and for Luc Fomba at the “15000$” in Monastir (Tunisia) associated with the American Chopra.
Among the juniors, Arman Dubreuil et Luc Haberkorn emerged victorious in the doubles at the J30 in Abidjan against Thomas Coppi et Octave Pujo. In the women's table, Léa Crosetti won the title with Italian Virginia Comi.
Moreover, Laura Valentine Pop reached the final of the J100 in Nairobi (Kenya) just like Mila Bastianelli at D30 in Oujda (Morocco). Final also for Sasha Colleu, but in doubles at the J100 in Zapopan (Mexico) with the American Joseph Oyebog Jr.
Armchair: Déroulède doubles the home setting
Superb double Pauline Déroulède in Feucherolles during the BNP Paribas Yvelines Wheelchair Tournament. The Frenchwoman, who trains in the 78, won the singles of this ITF 3 Series after a breathtaking final against the number 1 seed, the Chilean Macarena Cabrillana. She also gleaned the double, associated with the British Shuker, against the pair Charlotte Fairbank / Cabrillana.
In the tables gentlemen, Frederic Cattaneo reached the final in both singles and doubles.
Padel: Thomas Leygue and Carla Touly in the spotlight
French people shone during the FIP Star Beau Plan tournament in Mauritius. Thomas Leygue and the Argentinian Ignacio Piotto dominated in the final Maxime Joris et Timéo Fonteny. For the ladies, Carla Touly and her Spanish partner Ana Dominguez only lost in the final against young Laura Lujan and Marta Arellano.
