During these European Championships of padel, Team France Padel ladies managed to get this bronze medal after a good performance against Italy.

In match 1, they are the vice-champions of France of padel, Audrey Casanova and Laura Clergue who opened the ball against the Italian pair Sandrine Testud (the former French tennis champion who now plays for the Italian team) and Sara Celata.

The French will be above Italian during the whole game. From the start of the game, the French take off to lead a break. Italians will never be able to return to this first set as they lose 6 / 2.

The 2e set is a little tighter. Our French play less speed and want to ensure to win this first point for Team France. Only, by doing so, Italian women are more dangerous by going to the net more often. But Laura and Audrey will finish this match on a new break and win this second set 6 / 3.

France is on very good tracks. Especially since the strategy of the captain of the French women's team, Patrick Fouquet, to align the French pair 1 in match 2 is paying off since they will play pair 3 of the Italian team. Alix Collombon and Jessica Ginier therefore left no chance for the Italians and won the match for bronze 6/1 6/1 in less than half an hour.

France thus becomes the 3rd European nation of padel.

The 3e match is no problem. For the record, it is Italy that wins this 3e point against Léa Godallier and Marianne Vandaele in 3 sets (6 / 4 2 / 6 7 / 5).

The balance sheet of the French is very positive since they confirm that France is the 3e nation European. Only Portugal and Spain are in front of France for the moment in Europe, but the nation has shown some very nice things for the rest of the events.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.