A colorful finale at the P1000 The Apple Orchard who saw the pair crowned Mathieu Paumard / Marc Durieux, opposed to Clément Filho and Charles Gortzounian. A three-set battle that lasted less than two hours and ended with a score of 3/6 7/6 6/2.
Advantage Filho / Gortzounian
Clément Filho and Charles Gortzounian made a flying start in this P1000 final. Not intimidated by the stakes of the tournament, the outsiders of the match played their chance perfectly to get the break from the start of the game. Quickly, it made the scoreboard 3/0.
For their part, Mathieu Paumard and Marc Durieux were unable to catch up, which cost them the first set: 6/3.
The resurrection of Paumard / Durieux
Once again, Filho/Gortzounian had the advantage in the second set, even serving for the match at 5/4. However, far from being ko, the Paumard / Durieux pair managed to snatch the break to the point of pushing his opponents into a tie-breaker decisive!
Strengthened by this remontada, Marc Durieux and Mathieu Paumard simply dominated the deciding game: 7/0.
The release of favorites
The third set was ultimately almost a formality for Marc Durieux and Mathieu Paumard. After being tossed around in both sets, the two players managed to find a little more serenity in the deciding set, to the despair of Clément Filho and Charles Gortzounian who failed to put back in place what worked well in the first round.
After an unbearable suspense, the crowd of spectators present in Caen were able to salute their champions and their local player because Mathieu Paumard and Marc Durieux ended up winning 6/3 in the last set!
It was her brother who one day told her to accompany him to a padel court, since then, Gwenaëlle has never left the court. Except when it comes to going to watch the retransmission of Padel Magazine, World Padel Tour… or Premier Padel…or the French Championships. In short, she is a fan of this sport.