The French Champion of padel 2018, Bastien Blanqué, is in a way a UFO of the padel. He, the modest tennis player, the soccer player, is considered one of the best players in padel French. And this while he does not have a past of very good players, or even good tennis players. An atypical profile.

In the midst of all these great tennis players, there is me. (To laugh).

I certainly played tennis being small, but by the age of 11 years, I did not pursue.

I then played 8 years in football as goalkeeper.

At the age of 15 I started Padel in Blagnac, then I had good results with a participation in the World Championships in 2012 in Cancun.

At 18 I quit football to devote myself to Padel and at 21 years old direction Spain.

So we will say that I have an atypical profile, even more in France where we observe that overall, tops French players, are current or former very good tennis players.

Bastien Blanqué: "A season that allowed us to grow up"

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.

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