Hylo Open 2026 semi-finals: a French mixed pair into the final, Lakshya Sen faces Jonatan Christie
Saturday's semi-finals at the Super 500 in Germany: France keeps one pair in the draw, India's Lakshya Sen beats Toma Junior Popov and meets Indonesia's Jonatan Christie.
What happened
At the Hylo Open, the BWF Super 500 played in Saarbrücken, Germany, the semi-finals took place on Saturday 31 October 2026.
In the men's singles, India's Lakshya Sen beat France's Toma Junior Popov in two games, 21-17 21-13, according to Orange Sports. Indonesian media report that he will meet Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in the final, after Denmark's Anders Antonsen retired from the other semi-final.
The French pairs
France had two pairs left in the doubles. Delphine Delrue and Thom Gicquel won their mixed doubles semi-final, and Orange Sports shows the highlights. Before that, they had won their quarter-final in straight games, 21-12 21-11, against the German pair Nguyen/Seidel, according to the tournament page on Wikipedia.
In the men's doubles, Julien Maio and William Villeger lost their semi-final, the same page shows. They had reached it by beating the Danish pair Lundgaard/Vestergaard 25-23 21-14.
Elsewhere in the semi-finals
Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong lost her women's singles semi-final in a deciding game, 26-28, according to the Wikipedia tournament page. The same page shows India's P. V. Sindhu in the other final.
Why it matters
A Super 500 title is worth fewer ranking points than the Super 750 events of the previous two weeks, but a French pair in a final is a good result for French mixed doubles. The finals were played on Sunday 1 November: read the results in our finals article.