The  European Padel Championships for Veterans in Pairs  are in full swing, and the  France  is particularly well represented there. Many French pairs have qualified for the  quarter-finals  in the different age categories, both among  gentlemen  than among  Women .

Men: several French duos in the quarter-finals

In the category  + 35 years , two French pairs will be in the running on Thursday morning for a place in the last four:

  •  Matthieu Armagnac / Benoît Théard  will face the Danes  Mads Thunoe Laudrup / Marc Andreas Møller  à  10:30 .
  •  Adrien Maigret / Maxime Forcin , another experienced duo, will face the Italians  Nicola Remedi / Luca Mezzetti  à  10:30  also.

At the  + 40 years , the pair  Morgan Mannarino / Norman Sanchez  will cross paths with the Italian duo  Alessio Luchetti / David Verde  à  9h  for a France – Italy duel.

En  + 45 years , two French pairs will be on the slopes from  9h  :

  •  Julien Datcharry / Nicolas Kischkewitz  against the Dutch  Jasper Sebastian Smit / Martijn Robbert Van Haasteren .
  •  Arnaud Di Pasquale / Arnaud Clément , our two former professional tennis players, will face  Hector Carlos Palacios / Daniel Picard .

En  + 50 years , the pair  Christophe Henry / Frédéric Loriedo  fought a great battle before losing in  three sets (7/6 4/6 7/6)  in the round of 16. There are no longer any French representatives in this category.

Finally, in the category  + 55 years , the French  Olivier Launo / Olivier Romary  will play their quarterfinal on Thursday at  12 hrs  facing the Spaniards  José Maria Oltra / Jaime Morey .

Ladies: the French are also well represented

At the  + 35 years ,  Charlotte Soubrié / Melissa Martin  will be opposed to  Alicia Keppenne / Astrid Dierckx  à  20 hrs .

En  + 40 years ,  Marie Lefevre / Julie Pécastaing  will face  Veera Nurmi / Michaela Björnström  à  19 hrs .

At the  + 45 years ,  Amélie Detrivière / Catherine Lalanne  will try to secure their place in the semi-finals against the Belgian duo  Sophie Hosten / Sofie Werckx  à  19 hrs .

En  + 50 years , two French pairs will be in action:

  •  Emmelien Lambregts / Géraldine Sorel  against the Italians  Sandra Lazzeretti / Marcella Lorenzin  à  20 hrs ,
  •  Céline Verdier / Alexandra Fouquet  salary.  Nicole Wehrberger / Kristina Clement , also at  20 hrs .

Finally, in  + 55 years ,  Nathalie Mancion / Catherine Bignotti  will play  19:30  against the German duo  Petra Lohse / Petra Richter .

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.