The French women's team has qualified for the final of the Senior European Championships+ in Valencia. Seeded number 2 in the tournament, the French team put up a great fight against a team of Sweden catchy, before imposing itself on the final score of 3 matches to 2.

France vs Sweden: 3/2

The matches were sometimes played in parallel, and every point counted in this hard-fought duel.

  • Jonna Opitz / Helena Dahlstrom fight Géraldine Sorel / Catherine Bignotti : 6/3 6/2
  • Antonette Andersson / Marianne Marescotti impose themselves in the face of Céline Verdier / Emmelien Lambregts : 6/4 6/1
  • Catherine Lalanne / Amélie Detrivière won their match 7/5 6/2 against Ingela Pihl / Emma Pettersson
  • Marie Lefevre / Julie Pécastaing dominate Birgitta Bengtson / Malin Nyberg : 6/1 6/2
  • Melissa Martin / Charlotte Soubrié seal the French victory with a 6/4 6/1 success against Anna-Viktoria Björkman-Lind / Linn Kallio

This victory allows the French women to join the final where they will face the number 1 seed, Spain.

Europe Seniors+: French women battle for a place in the final against Spain
Photo credit FIP

Imperial Spain versus the Netherlands

For its part, Spain did not give the slightest chance to Netherlands, imposing 5-0 with undeniable scores. Among the Spanish players, we find in particular Iciar Montes, former world champion and true legend of women's padel.

While the Spanish team is the favorite, the French have proven they possess the fighting spirit and solidarity needed to try to shake up the world's leading player in senior padel. This would obviously be a feat France wants to achieve.

Events this Saturday from 10 p.m. on the chain FIP YouTube to follow the final live.

Didier AUBERT

Passionate about racket sports such as badminton, squash or jokari since my early childhood (so not so long ago), I fell into the Padel a few years ago and I haven't been out of it since...