France wins the Padel Nations Cup 2018

The French padel team enters the history of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) which organized the first edition of the Padel Nations Cup.

This was the very first event of the ITF and "it will not be the last" explains Marta Conean, the head of padel for the ITF and Tennis Europe.

The victory of the French team is all the more beautiful as it was acquired after games in suspense, in pain too and sometimes even in the rain ... But the Team France was resplendent in taking revenge on Italy.

France has its revenge on Italy

Italy has often hurt France. We still remember the European Padel Championships in Lisbon last year where Italy managed to beat France in the quarter-finals at the end of an incredible saga.

This time, France won a very nice final against Italy. While the French padel team had lost in the group stages against Italy, it managed to beat Italy in the final thanks to the decisive mixed match… and the 3rd set!

France, however, had lost the 1st set, but Benjamin Tison and Mélissa Martin managed to bring back to France the following 2 sets, synonymous with victory in this first edition of the Padel Nations Cup.

Léa Godallier, Marianne Van Daele, Mélissa Martin for the girls and Mathieu Lapouge, Julien Maigret and Benjamin Tison thus become the first players to win a padel competition in the history of the International Tennis Federation.

A competition that has caused a series of changes in the global padel organization chart?

This victory is beautiful. And nothing will hinder the success of our French.

But inevitably, the fact that this competition is totally independent of the International Federation of Padel raises questions about the ins and outs of Padel Nations Cup ...

It is beyond us, but this event could well trigger tensions and perhaps even (radical?) changes in the organization of world padel.

Case to be continued. Well done Team France Padel !

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.