The French will not leave Malaga empty-handed. Nathan Courrin and Louise Bahurel won the silver medal in the mixed first division World University Padel Championships , While Louise Bahurel and Clara Mansart finished third in the women's competition. In the men's competition, Courrin and Eliot Deknuydt took fifth place.
Courrin and Bahurel, world runners-up
Top seed in the mixed draw, Nathan Courrin and Louise Bahurel had secured their place in the final by defeating the Spanish team Alvaro Sola and Valeria Atencia , seeded 3, with a score of 6 / 2 6 / 4 .
The French, however, were unable to conclude their run with a title. Defeated in the final by another Spanish pair, they leave with a silver medal and become the first university world runners-up in the discipline.
Bahurel and Mansart snatch the bronze
Already involved in the women's draw with Clara Mansart Louise Bahurel's run ended in the semi-finals against the overwhelming favorites, Spain. Laura Lujan , ranked 44th in the world, and Agueda Perez 40th in the world.
After a hard-fought first set, the French women were defeated. 7 / 5 6 / 1 They managed to bounce back in the third-place match by dominating the Italian team TS3. Francesca Ligotti and Giorgia Rosi , 6 / 4 7 / 6 .
A victory that allows them to leave Malaga with the bronze medal .
Courrin and Deknuydt finished fifth
In the men's table, Nathan Courrin and Eliot Deknuydt They negotiated their placement matches well.
After beating the Swiss Till Brunner and Philip Gabriel Orloff in two sets, 6 / 3 7 / 5 The French team continued their winning streak against Thomas Panken and Pieter Hermu , 7 / 5 6 / 4 .
They thus conclude these first World University Championships at the fifth place .
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