Victory for Maxime Moreau and Pablo Acevedo during the Head Padel Open of the Fox's Center against the Parisian pair Tison / Maigret in 3 sets. This stage was the last stage of the HPO 2018 before the final stages which will take place in two months.

Moreau / Acevedo on a small cloud

What part of Maxime Moreau and his Mexican partner Pablo Acevedo, the Mexican. This pair is already doing very good games on the professional circuit of padel (The World Padel Tour). She once again offers us a quality score facing the Parisian pair Benjamin Tison and Adrien Maigret.

However before the final, the Tison / Maigret pair seemed to be the favorite of this match in view of the matches they had delivered so far. Above all, she seemed to be sharper and more aggressive.

At the beginning of the match, their aggression pays clear. Parisians play their game to perfection. And the Franco-Mexican pair can not do much despite some heroic points.

The ghost of Sophia back

The ghost of Sophia has again looked at the case Maigret / Tison this Sunday.

Remember, in the quarter-final against Scatena / Haziza at the Padelpro Cup, the Parisians had led 5/0 before seeing their opponents come back and win.

In the final of Head Padel Open at Fox's Center, the Parisians again experienced a set almost identical to that of 2 weeks ago.

While she led 5 / 1 and led the debates clearly, the game of the Parisians was slightly stopped without real reason. While the pair Moreau / Acevedo has clung and proposed a game of cons and exceptional defense, but we also had a pair Tison / Maigret with a little less panache and intensity in his shots.

It was not so much to rebalance the match and allow the brawlers Pablo Acevedo and Maxime Moreau to return to the game and win the first set, a little against all odds.

In the second set, the Parisians find some of their superb 1er set being more aggressive and they succeed this time to win the second set 6 / 3.

In the 3e set, it's a real duel. There is a lot of tension in this game. The exchanges last ... And in this game, it is the Franco-Mexican pair that dominates slightly. We feel that Parisians are trying to give more in their shot. However, it is the French-Mexican pair that breake at 4 everywhere to lead 5 / 4 service to follow in this last set.

Maxime Moreau and Pablo Acevedo end up winning 6 / 4 in the last set. But a match that ends with a controversy ...

The big controversial point

While the Franco-Mexican pair leads 5/4 30A on their serve, we had the right to a real altercation between the two pairs. To get an idea, just go see the point that is debating in HD:

There is a lot to say about this incident at a key moment in the game.

Maxime Moreau serves his first service in the axis. Benjamin Tison makes a mistake in return.

1 / Adrien Maigret indicates that Pablo Acevedo says foul on this first serve and that there is therefore a second serve for Max Moreau.

Pablo Acevedo explains that it was right to tell Max Moreau to let the ball pass since she was taking the window.

In the image, we see Pablo make a hand gesture but after the impact of the return of Benjamin Tison.

So, in principle, this gesture would not have had any consequences on Benjamin's fault.

2 / Adrien Maigret and Benjamin Tison do not indicate that the ball is foul. But they manifest themselves after committing the fault.

So again, normally there is no debate on the settlement plan.

However :

1 / Max Moreau's serve is indisputably out. Pablo Acevedo who is stuck to the net and Max Moreau who is in the center are therefore very well placed, and they must at least have a doubt about the validity of this first serve.

2 / Benjamin Tison believes he played the ball, but that the ball is clearly a fault. He says so to Maxime Moreau: "You know that the ball is foul“. And it is true that the players of padel generally fail to clearly announce a fine fault, especially if it appears obvious.

Here the fault is obvious. But, given the tension on the ground and the fatigue of players, Benjamin Tison makes the mistake of playing this return and especially not to announce. Same for his partner Adrien Maigret who should have immediately announced the lack of service. They did it but after the fault return.

So what to do? Our opinion

If we apply the regulation strictly, the point is for the pair Acevedo / Moreau.

Nevertheless, given the importance of the point and the obvious lack of service of Max Moreau, the pairs could / had to put back two balls.

But it's always easy to talk after such a high and tense match.

If you have an opinion, do not hesitate to give it

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.