France knows its opponents in the main draw of the World Cup padel Juniors 2019 in Castellon, Spain. And yes, she gets a favorable draw, especially among boys.

In girls, the French will play against Sweden. A nice draw where France will be favorite. Recall that the French beat the 1 seed of their pool, Brazil, thus offering the luxury of hoping to reach the semi-finals. Clearly: The French are aiming for an 3e place. The captain, Patrick Fouquet reminds that it is "a great first for our young French in this competition and that we do not know enough our opponents to make predictions ".

In boys, France falls between the cracks. Arriving 2e of hen, she had no choice but to hope to fall on Portugal. And ... it will be Portugal for France! Phew!

Spain and Argentina will end up in the final as usual, unless Paraguay sow discord in this duo of shocks.

For the assistant coach of the French team of padel, Eric Quillet, “Portugal is a nation that will be difficult to beat, but there is still hope for our French to make a shot and try everything to reach the semi-finals."

François Lorenzo, one of the experts padel and father of Manuel LORENZO (U16 Player) explains that “France benefits from a favorable draw. If the girls have been relatively safe thanks to their first place in the pool, it is the boys who get the best possible draw, especially avoiding the Spanish and Argentinean ogres.".

Alexis Salles, the captain of the boys' France team, knows how far the path will be complicated to pass the Portuguese course. "But at least we can still dream in this competition!"

For schedules, go tomorrow morning live to 10h for girls and 15h for boys.

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.