The captain of the Blue, Robin Haziza, analyzes this France vs Italy semi-final. France was not not far from the feat against the Italians, who count in their ranks seven players in the world top 90. This shows the performance of the French women despite the defeat. The competition does not stop there, on the contrary, bronze is more than ever in the captain's sights:

“I am extremely proud of the girls’ performance. We lost in the decisive match against Italy, who were the big favorites. I remind you that it is a team that has seven girls in the top 90.

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Italy is the second country in the world in terms of the number of courts and padel players. It is one of the big padel countries. They are progressing and working very well. The girls, in particular, participate in many tournaments, including the tournaments Premier Padel.

So it was a strong nation that was the favorite. Nevertheless, we pushed them to their limits. An incredible match. The first match didn't really come down to much for Lucile Pothier and Soussou (editor's note: Charlotte Soubrié), who played very well.

Alix and Léa had an incredible match, despite a bad start. They were led 7/5 4/2, ball 5/2. And then they managed to turn the match around and win with courage and daring.

Unfortunately, Jessica and Carla, after a fantastic start to the match, were caught up by the level of play of their opponents, who clearly raised it. So, nothing to regret, neither my choices, nor what the girls proposed on the pitch.

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On the contrary, we came off the track with our heads held high, congratulated by everyone, because everyone expected a 3/0 for Italy and in the end, we really weren't far away. Now we have to recharge our batteries and digest this painful defeat, since we came very close to victory.

From tomorrow, concentrate, even from this evening, on Portugal, because Portugal is a very strong nation. With Araujo and Nogueiras, we have already played them in the group. We won 2/1.

It's complicated to play twice against the same nation in a competition. They will inevitably propose another composition, something else. They will also be even more motivated, because by finishing second in their group, they will be able to play for third place.

It will be a very complicated match tomorrow, but we are ready, we will recover and give our best as usual.”

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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