The  French Championships +45 years 2026 , organized at  EARTH Padel The results were delivered this Sunday morning after the semi-finals. While the expected outcome prevailed in the women's draw with a final between the top two seeds, the men's draw held more surprises.

 Pecastaing/Verdier and Detrivière/Lalanne will meet in the final 

In the women's competition, the favorites lived up to expectations.

The number 2 seed,  Julie Pecastaing / Céline Verdier , had to work hard to overcome  Peggy Maignien / Magali Camps  in a hard-fought semi-final. After winning the first set 7-4 in a tie-break, they saw their opponents come back into the match before finally prevailing in the decisive set:  7/5 4/6 6/1 .

In the other semi-final, the No. 1 seed,  Amélie Detrivière / Catherine Lalanne confirmed its status by dominating  Alexandra Yandian / Aurélie Voisin  on the score of  6 / 0 6 / 3 .

The two best pairs in the tournament will therefore meet in the final for an expected showdown between the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.

 Préauchat / Kischkewitz defeat the 2nd seed 

In the men's competition, the picture was much more eventful.

The sensation of the day came from  Sébastien Préauchat / Nicolas Kischkewitz who pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament by eliminating the No. 2 seed,  Frédéric Loriedo / Christophe Henry .

In an extremely close match, Préauchat and Kischkewitz were able to make the difference at key moments to secure the victory.  6/7 7/6 6/1  and secure their place in the final.

 The Martel brothers are taking advantage of an open game 

In the other part of the table,  Steven Martel and John Martel  continue their superb journey.

The Martel brothers benefited from an open draw after the early exit of the number 1 seed. In the semi-finals, they dominated  Jean-François Planchais / Vincent Kubler  in two sets:  6 / 2 6 / 3 .

A solid performance that allows them to reach the final and dream of a national title.

 An unprecedented final in the men's competition 

The men's final will therefore pit against  Sébastien Préauchat / Nicolas Kischkewitz  à  Steven Martel / John Martel .

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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