Navarro and Di Nenno, Icardo and Jensen reach Bordeaux semis
Paquito Navarro and Martín Di Nenno, along with Tamara Icardo and Claudia Jensen, reached the Betclic Bordeaux Premier Padel P2 semifinals and were set for Saturday’s 1pm session at Patinoire Mériadeck in Bordeaux, France. With the event running from June 29 to July 5 and a €264,534 prize pool on the line, the decisive weekend became the first real test of whether both pairs had built something lasting or only caught fire for a few rounds.
For Navarro and Di Nenno, Bordeaux was a chance to remind the tour why their reunion mattered. The Spanish-Argentine duo had been rebuilt for the 2026 season, and their return to the last four immediately restored the tactical edge that has always made them dangerous: Navarro’s shot-making instincts, Di Nenno’s control, and the ability to change pace enough to disrupt even the strongest opponents. A semifinal listing put them against Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia, the pair that later won the men’s title, which showed the level of the benchmark they had to clear just to keep the week alive. In a men’s draw packed with elite combinations, simply reaching that stage already carried weight.
Icardo and Jensen arrived with a different kind of momentum. Their semifinal run came after a two-month gap, a detail that made Bordeaux feel less like a routine deep run and more like a reset in real time. Icardo’s experience and Jensen’s energy gave the pair a balance that worked through the early rounds, and the semifinal spot offered them the kind of stage that reveals whether confidence is temporary or transferable. Premier Padel’s last-four framing made that point clear: Bordeaux was where their progress had to stand up to the pressure of a late-stage weekend, not just the rhythm of an opening section of the draw.
The women’s bracket later showed how far that momentum could travel. Icardo and Jensen went on to reach the final and beat world No.1 pair Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea for their first Premier Padel title as a pair, turning the semifinal breakthrough into a landmark result. That finish gave extra meaning to the Saturday session in Bordeaux, where the crowd, the pace of play and the calibre of opposition combined to make the week feel bigger than a standard P2 stop.