The stands of the  Marseille Sports Palace  They filled up nicely for the start of the  women's semi-finals  du  FIP Platinum A beautiful atmosphere to accompany two very different posters in their storylines, but which have delivered their verdict: the  seeds 1 and 3  will be present at the final.

 Alonso/Salazar, a long, calm river… 

For his final season on the professional circuit,  Ale Salazar  opens the farewell tour in the south of France, in Marseille, alongside his new partner for the season, the young Spanish padel prodigy  Ale Alonso .
And for their first tournament together, their new partnership is already working wonderfully.

Since they entered the race, the two  "Ale"  They play with ease: no sets conceded, a budding but already evident partnership. In the semi-final, the number 1 seed faces the number 4 seed.  Velasco / Barrera , who defeated them in the quarter-finals of  Sharifova / Borrero .

The scenario is one-sided. A first set dispatched  6/1 Without question, Salazar dictated the tempo while Alonso finished the rallies and gained confidence smash after smash. The second set began with a break conceded, but without ever sowing doubt. The reaction was immediate: a break back in quick succession, regaining control, and then a logical conclusion.  6/4. 

A  clear victory , mastered from beginning to end, which sends  Alonso / Salazar in the final  with a lot of certainty… and always  Zero sets dropped  since the start of the tournament.

 Sainz/Eugenio, experience finally speaks for itself 

The other semi-final pitted the 3rd seed against,  Lucía Sainz / Raquel Eugenio To the pleasant surprise of this FIP Platinum in Marseille: the South American pair composed of the Brazilian  Raquel Piltcher  (98th) and Argentina  Daiara Valenzuela  (83e).

An outsider pair who had already made a strong impression from the first round by eliminating the FIP Silver champions of Caen,  Alix Collombon  et  Jana Montes But facing them is a solid, experienced pair, already well tested physically after a hard-fought quarter-final against  Martinez / Perez (6/3 3/6 7/5). 

The first set was generally well controlled by Sainz/Eugenio. Very  enterprising Raquel Eugenio demonstrates her initiative, while the  regularity  Lucía Sainz's game science stabilizes the whole thing. Result: a logical 6/3.

The second set takes on a completely different character. Freed from their inhibitions, the  South American  They take control of the game, break away, and quickly lead.  3/1.  The public is beginning to believe in a  third round But that was without taking into account the  perseverance  and  experiment  de  Sainz The former world number one is back in action, implementing her game plans, simple on paper, but formidable in execution. The pressure mounts, errors begin to pile up for the underdog, and the third seed eventually turns the tide.

Final victory 6/3 7/5 for Sainz / Eugenio, a pair that wavered, but never really faltered.

Eugenio Sainz in the final of the FIP Platinum in Marseille

 A prestigious final at the Palais des Sports 

Join us on Sunday at the Palais des Sports in Marseille for a highly anticipated women's final between  Alonso / Salazar (TS1)  et  Eugenio / Sainz (TS3) . A duel that smells of experience, notably with a reunion between Lucía Sainz and Alejandra Salazar, two former queens of padel, two players who know each other inside out and who continue, past forty, to dictate the tempo at the highest level.

The women's and men's finals of the  FIP Platinum of Marseille  will be available to watch live on the YouTube channel  Padel MagTV .

Maceo ZERHAT

Maceo Zerhat discovered padel in 2020 in Savigny-sur-Clairis, Burgundy. He contributed to the club's expansion by bringing his energy and curiosity. Padel Magazinehe transmits his Padel"mania" by skillfully bouncing on all the latest news about your favorite sport!

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