Akisphère 2015

The Akisphere 2015 was played amongst locals but still offered some interesting play. In the doubles finals François Depatie-Pelletier came back from a one year drought to win his 5th title in 7 years with the help of his partner Luc Legault. Their opponents, Patrick Asswad and Manu Bouchard offered a good opposition in the first game but kind of crumbled in the second as we can see from the scores: 15-10 / 15-5

In the singles finals François, again, beat veteran Martin Côté in a tough three setter. 21-15 / 17-21 / 21-18. The weather was hot and muggy so the players had to work very hard to finish the match.

The podium in doubles was completed by a last minute team formed by Gilles Demers and Yves Archambault. In a completely crazy match they had the better of Martin Côté and Luka Weyler-Lavallée. After loosing the first game by 3-15 they came back from huge deficits in game 2, from 8-13 to 17-15 and game 3, from 0-7 to 15-13

Here’s a glimpse of that match:

AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles 3rd place teaser from Pro Kicker

The 2015 AKISPHERE from Pro Kicker

2015 AKISPHÈRE  – RESULTS

July 10-12, 2015, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Simple – Singles

1. François Depatie-Pelletier
2. Martin Côté
3. Luc Legault
4. Luka weyler-Lavallée

Double- Doubles

1. François Depatie-Pelletier – Luc Legault
2. Emmanuel Bouchard – Patrick Asswad
3. Yves Archambault – Gilles Demers
4. Martin Côté – Luka Weyler-Lavallée
5. Maude Landreville – Geneviève Bousquet

See the complete games of the doubles podium here.

Initial seeding:

Simple – Singles

1. François Depatie-Pelletier
2. Luc Legault
3. Martin Côté
4. Luka weyler-Lavallée

Double- Doubles

1. François Depatie-Pelletier – Luc Legault
2. Emmanuel Bouchard – Patrick Asswad
3. Yves Archambault – Gilles Demers
4. Martin Côté – Luka Weyler-Lavallée
5. Maude Landreville – Geneviève Bousquet

1. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles Finals Game 1   16:47

2. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles Finals Game 2   11:44

3. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles 3rd place Game 1   08:24

4. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles 3rd place Game 2   17:13

5. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles 3rd place Game 3   13:02

6. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles Finals Trailer 2:32

7. AKISPHERE 2015 Doubles 3rd place Trailer  3:24