On European Seniors+ Championships of padel, played this week in Spain, are smiling on the French. Many French pairs qualified for the finals of their categories, confirming the great momentum of the French veteran padel.

In the men

En + 35 years, the pair Maxime Forcin / Adrien Maigret (seeded number 3) continues its excellent run and will meet the Danish duo in the final Mads Thunoe Laudrup / Marc Andreas Møller (ts8). The final is scheduled for 11h30.

En + 40 years, the favorites Morgan Mannarino / Norman Sanchez (ts1) will try to win the title against the Italian pair Marcelo Federico Capitani / Emanuele Fanti (ts4), this Saturday at 10h15.

En + 45 years, the beautiful adventure ends in the semi-final for Arnaud Di Pasquale / Arnaud Clément (ts3), forced to abandon against the Danes Martin Monrad / Ole Svendstrup Frølich-Jensen (ts8), while the score was one set each (7/6 4/6).

In the ladies

En + 35 years, the number 1 seed Charlotte Soubrié / Melissa Martin had to work hard to defeat in three sets ofAlessia La Monaca / Antonella CavicchiThe French will play the final against the Dutch. Gabriella Victoria van der Willige / Dido Blonk (ts4).

En + 40 years, Marie Lefevre / Julie Pécastaing dominate their Open table and will play the final against the Belgians Elke Clijsters / Leonie Geukens (ts5).

En + 45 years, the number 1 seed Amélie Detrivière / Catherine Lalanne will face the Swedes Emma Pettersson / Ingela Pihl (ts2) to 18h.

En + 50 years, end of journey for Céline Verdier / Alexandra Fouquet, beaten in the semi-final at the end of a very close match (4/6 6/1 7/6) by the number 3 seed Marianne Marescotti / Helena Dahlstrom.

Finally, in + 55 years, the number 1 seed Nathalie Mancion / Catherine Bignotti confirms its status and will play the final at 18h against the Swedish women Birgitta Bengtson / Monica Lundqvist (ts2).

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.