85-åriga spelare tävlar i franska tennismästerskapen

Veteranidrottare över 85 år intog grusbanorna på Roland Garros för de franska mästerskapen i 85+-klassen. Semifinalmatcherna bjöd på imponerande baslinjeduseller och nätspel bland deltagarna.

Jean-François Houlier besegrade Jean-Pierre Olivier De Sardan i en semifinal för herrar. Houlier gick vidare för att möta Gérard Valles i finalen.

I damernas lottning vann Mary Jane Marty över Marie-Françoise Kerbrat. Hon var planerad att möta Genevieve Tournade i mästerskapsmatchen.

Finalerna var schemalagda till den 19 juni 2026. Dessa evenemang är en del av ITF World Tennis Masters Tour, som omfattar ålderskategorier från 30 till 90+.

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