There are many of us: in the -12 category, Maria Andrea CARDENAS, the young Venezuelan; in the -14 category, Loïs BAUDY, 13 year old from France; Sol ESKENAZI, an Argentinean also born in 1993; Sebastian LAVIE, from New Zealand, and Sam BARRY, from Ireland. Irena PAVLOVIC is also present. She came to train with me on the premises and does not participate in any event. In the coaches corner, Alex LISIECKI, Vince MELLINO, Ronan TANGUY, and the physical trainer, Frédéric LEFEBVRE.

And finally, Jérôme and François, two members of the television series “Decisive Game”, which tells the story of young players, also live in the house with us.

 Frederic and Maria

The mood is tense and I do not feel a team spirit. The results quickly disappoint: Sol loses harshly in first round qualifications, unable to let herself go and play her game. Same goes for Maria Andrea in the first round draw where she was nevertheless considered the favorite. Sam meets the same fate at the outset of the first round draw. The only two players who stepped out of the pack were Loïs who loses in three sets only in third round qualifications, and Sebastian who loses in the second round against the future finalist, Kacharyan of Russia, but showed some interesting things.