Tennis: Hauts-de-Nîmes at the time of transition

Jonas Mouly, Cédric Nouvel et Romain Boumessata sont les trois coaches de l’équipe 1 en N1 cette saison.

The new Hauts-de-Nîmes TC club, via its senior 1 team, begins its exercise in Nationale 1, Sunday April 28 (start of matches at 9 a.m.) in Maisons-Alfort. A season where the primary objective will be to remain in the division.

The Hauts-de-Nîmes Tennis Club has lived. Welcome to… Hauts-de-Nîmes tennis club. Since June 2023, it’s a bit “new balls.” on the courts of the Nîmes club. ''The TC des Hauts-de-Nîmes has been put into liquidation, explains Cédric Nouvel, new coach this season, with Jonas Mouly and Romain Boumessata (main), from a training relegated from Pro B, on the field, in 2023. Sportingly, we should have started from scratch. But, taking into account the particular circumstances, the Federation and the League took a completely innovative step by agreeing to transfer the sporting achievements of the former club to Nationale1, based on the principle that there was real continuity on the sporting plan.''

A team without Robin Bertrand

In this Nationale 1 (pool of six, five days, one relegation), it is the maintenance that the Nîmes club will play. ''It’s a year of transition, we are going to tackle it with young players from the structure.'' Gone are the days of mercenaries. ''The hazards meant that we were unable to prepare for the season in a normal way, continues Nouvel. In terms of subsidies, the Town Hall was awaiting the decision and we did not know what budget we would have (35,000,000). Not only do we not have any recruits but we have also released players, including Robin Bertrand (411th ATP), who should have had the assurance of funding for the coming season.&# 39;'

At the Academy, it trains well

For Nazim Makhlouf (number  1, – 15, absent this Sunday) and Hauts-de-Nîmes, the season begins at Maisons-Alfort. ''The idea, concludes Nouvel, is that everything that happens at the level of the Academy, in terms of training, allows us, on both , three years ago, the return of young people (14-15 years old) who, today, are among the best French people of their age.''

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