Massacre among the favorites in Sète

2024-03-02 22:13:54

Big names fell by the wayside from the very first battles of this Sète International. We take stock of the favorites of this 6^e editing.

Players know it: in pétanque, the draw can play a crucial role. Sometimes the coin falls on the wrong side, and fate is cruel… or generous, if we look at it from the spectators’ point of view! On this 6^e edition of the International de Sète, the first knockout games have already delivered real shocks. In particular this summit between the French team of Philippe Suchaud and the CASE training of Nice led by Mickaël Bonetto! A match worthy of a final four, which ended in victory for the Blues, with “Sparrow” Feltain and Ludovic Montoro. Proof that the weekend plateau on the Sète docks is high…

Big teams out of the race

From the next part, another thunderclap! Philippe Suchaud’s Blues are eliminated in turn! In 64^e in the final, the triplet of the French Team, European champions this fall in Albertville, fell by the wayside, beaten by the team of Jessy and Angelo Lacroix, with Johan Demol. Sébastien Rousseau, with Jean-Claude Jouffre and Abdelmalik Ayadzeddam suffered the same fate of premature elimination. Jean Michel Puccinelli, Lucas Desport and José Murati also stop in 32^e final, released by Frédéric Bauer. Philippe Pietri, Kévin Philipson, Tyson Molinas… so many names that we will not see on Sunday, from 1/8^e of final.

Series of surprises among women

On the women’s side, the surprises also keep coming. A true copy of the French team, the Saint-Tropez armada must already stop. Cindy Peyrot, Anna Maillard and Sandrine Poinsot stop at 16^e, made of chickens. Victorious in 2022 and finalist last year, Nelly Peyré will not go further either. An elimination that completely reshuffles the cards, since she officiated with Angélique Colombet and Emma Picard, for one of the big favorite teams. Same thing for Charlotte Darodes, the title holder. With Alexia Pinto and Torea Tairio, they lost to their younger sister in the Bleues, Océanne Bodenghiem.

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