The adventure of Blue Seniors team competition ended this Saturday in European Championship final in Valencia. Opposed to a Spain favorite, the French women failed to create the feat and lost 4-1, thus giving the title to La Roja.

A one-way finish

The Spanish quickly took the lead:

  • +55 years: Eva Gayoso / Pilar Santibáñez fight Géraldine Sorel / Catherine Bignotti (6/0 6/2)
  • +50 years: Barbara Alcántara / Icíar Montes dominate Céline Verdier / Emmelien Lambregts (6/4 6/2)
  • +45 years: Lorena Figueres / Carolina Gago impose themselves in the face of Amélie Detrivière / Catherine Lalanne (6/4 6/3)

With these three victories, Spain was already assured of the title, the last two meetings no longer being able to influence the final result.

The following matches were still launched:

  • +40 years: Nuria Rivas / Lorena Alonso lead 7/6 3/0 against Marie Lefevre / Julie Pécastaing, before the French women drop to preserve their strength for the Open Pairs final.
  • +35 years: Mélissa Martin / Charlotte Soubrié impose themselves in the face of Cristina Gomis / Lara Tena (1/6 7/6 1/0).

A deserved silver medal

Despite this defeat against the world reference of padel, the France wins a superb silver medalThe Tricolores had achieved a perfect run in the group stage, before a heroic semi-final against the Sweden (3/2), won mentally after being 2-0 down.

Gold goal in Open pairs

The day is not over yet: several French pairs will compete in the Open finals tonight in their respective categories, all from 18h :

  • +35 years: Charlotte Soubrié / Mélissa Martin (seed 1) vs Gabriella Victoria van der Willige / Dido Blonk
  • +40 years: Marie Lefevre / Julie Pécastaing vs Elke Clijsters / Leonie Geukens
  • +45 years: Amélie Detrivière / Catherine Lalanne (ts1) vs Emma Pettersson / Ingela Pihl (ts2)
  • +55 years: Nathalie Mancion / Catherine Bignotti (ts1) vs Birgitta Bengtson / Monica Lundqvist (ts2)

After the collective money, the Blues will have a great opportunity to aim for gold individually.

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !

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