Cànovas and Rodríguez stun sixth seeds to reach Bordeaux quarterfinals

Noa Cànovas and Maria Eulàlia Rodríguez ripped through the sixth seeds in Bordeaux, beating Marta Ortega and Martina Calvo 6-3, 6-2 in about an hour and a half to reach their first-ever Premier Padel quarterfinal. It was not a scrape-through upset. Cànovas and Rodríguez looked settled from the opening games, controlled the tempo, and never let Ortega and Calvo find the rhythm a seeded pair usually expects.

The result, dated 2 July 2026 in Premier Padel’s event coverage, changed the shape of the Betclic Bordeaux Premier Padel P2 at the Patinoire de Bordeaux Mériadeck. The tournament runs from 28 June to 6 July and carries €262,250 in prize money, but the bigger story in the women’s draw was that the quarterfinal lineup would otherwise have been all top-four pairs. Cànovas and Rodríguez forced their way into that company and became the lone surprise package in a bracket that mostly followed the seeding.

That makes the next assignment far steeper. Cànovas and Rodríguez meet Bea González and Paula Josemaría, who arrived in Bordeaux fresh from the Valladolid title and already had six trophies this season, the most of any women’s pair. González and Josemaría had just beaten Ari Sánchez and Andrea Ustero 6-4, 6-2 in the Valladolid final, and they brought that same authority into France. Bordeaux now gives the Catalan pair a chance to prove the Ortega-Calvo win was not a one-off burst but a level they can keep reaching.

The rest of the women’s draw kept close to script. Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea moved past Caldera-Goenaga 6-3, 6-3, Ariana Sánchez and Andrea Ustero beat Dal Pozzo-Rodríguez 6-2, 7-5, and Sofia Araújo with Claudia Fernández came from behind to defeat Castelló-Talaván 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. By the time the quarterfinals were set, Cànovas and Rodríguez were the only pair still standing from outside the top eight on the women’s side.

Martina Calvo’s exit also closed the run of a teenager who had already made history. At 16, she became the youngest player ever to reach a Premier Padel quarterfinal in the elite global circuit, and Bordeaux ended that landmark run against a pair that looked sharper and more settled than the ranking suggested.

The men’s side stayed on schedule. Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia opened with a 6-0, 6-1 win in 53 minutes, Fede Chingotto and Ale Galán advanced comfortably, and the third and fourth seeds kept pace without dropping a set. Bordeaux is still being dominated by the names everyone expected, which is exactly why Cànovas and Rodríguez now stand out.