Their breath, the Saint-Germanois will use it against Biarritz, Saturday in the semi-finals. The finalists of the last edition made the difference against the promoted, and neighbor of Pont Royalle Manville Estate, in the singles of the afternoon. The morning of foursomes, very balanced, indeed ended with a score of parity. Adrian Mountain et Martin Engel had to push to 18 to win against Nathan Trey et Hugo Riboud. Same thing, but with a favorable outcome for the Basques, in the second foursome: victory of Joseph Linel et Faustin Labadie-Destenavesin the 18th, on Antoine Pelissier et Mathis André.
Tight until then, the scenario was noticeably decanted in the afternoon. In the single head, Philippe Schmohl has disposed of Romain Lanteri, 4&3. After the success of Nathan Trey on Louis Louchet3&2, only one point was missing for Biarritz to afford a new appearance in the last four.
A final victory that came throughHugo Riboud. The one who signs his reappearance at the Gounouilhouwhich he had last played in 2017, remained solid until the end to win against Louis Theillet2 up.
Saint-Cloud had to work
Olivier Patience illustrated himself against the wall. (Alexis Orloff / ffgolf)
Tight, the 100% Ile-de-France quarter-final between Saint-Cloud et Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche ? In a pocket handkerchief, you mean… Out of seven matches, only one did not go until 17 (but until 16), two needed extra time to designate a winner, the last of which in course, which ultimately decided the fate of a meeting that never made victory for one team appear more likely than victory for the other.
The phenomenon appeared from the foursomes of the morning, shared between the two “Saints” on the same score of 2&1: victory of Paul Franquet et Nicholas Bauer for Saint-Nom against Julien Sale et Maxence Mugnierand equalization of Paul Piedelievre et Martin Perrigot for Saint-Cloud, against Oscar Couleau et Michael Najburg.
From tight, the meeting went to unbreathable in the afternoon, during the singles. Julien Sale et Maxence Mugnier certainly brought two points to Saint-Cloud, winning respectively 3&2 against Gregoire Hoyeau and 3&1 against Edouard Cereto. But Saint-Nom reacted, also in a double-edged fashion. First of all by the success ofOscar Couleau2&1 on Marin d’Harcourtthen by the point torn off at the 20th hole by Paul Franquet, Martin Piedelievre having put his ball in the water on the par 3 of the 2, thus missing a first match point.
The second then returned to Olivier Patience, who showed that when it comes to match point, his experience could pay off. In front of Michael Najburg, the former tennis player started by winning the 18th hole, to prolong the match. On par 4 of 1, he managed to get around the tree on the left of the fairway, before gently bouncing and then rolling his ball towards the flag. His victory, in stride, meant the qualification of Saint-Cloud, at the end of a trying day.
Cannes-Mougins sells Campagne
When finishing for Cannes-Mougins, Toméo Tissot was on time. (Alexis Orloff / ffgolf)
This quarter-final session was also trying for Cannes-Mougins, future adversary of the Clodoaldians. And this from the morning, which had almost completely become the afternoon whenHugo Amsallem et Hugo Archeron the 20th hole, put an end to the leading foursome which pitted them against Tom Vaillant et Filippo Serraand brought a first point to Campaign. A point of equalization, precisely, since Rafael Bobo-Lloret et Armand Papaziani opened the scoring for Cannes-Mougins, 4&2, against Romain Buttarazzi et Frederick Requier.
In the afternoon, if no match experienced a major change, the five singles all remained hanging until the end of the return. Cannes-Mougins has, however, gained an advantage by the successes of Tom Vaillant3&1 on Hugo Archerand D’Armand Papaziani4&2 on Carlos Hamou. But between the victory ofHugo Amsallem for the Nîmes, 3&2 against Nicolas Mullerand the battering ofAnthony de Schutter in front of Galaad Hoarauthe people of the Riviera found themselves in search of deliverance.
The latter arrived from the single head, where Tomeo Tissot defeated, at the end of the suspense and the 18th, the captain of Nîmes Romain Buttarazzi. Now the best qualifying team still in the running, Cannes will therefore face Saint-Cloud on Saturday in the semi-finals. A poster that is not cinema, but of which everyone expects a festival.
