And another footballer who comes to padel. It is Loris Karius, a beautiful baby of 1,89 m for 90 kg who plays as a goalkeeper in Newscastle. Originality, he is from Germany, a country where the padel is less developed than elsewhere in Europe.

No wonder then that we find him on a trail of padel not in Germany, but in Italy, in Padel Palace of Milan, alongside his fiancée Diletta Leotta. The latter, an Italian radio and television host, has also posted a story on Instagram, where she has no less than 8,5 million followers (Karius has “only” 1,8 million, despite equally advantageous pecs). This story makes us admire the perfect plastic of the young woman and elegantly illustrates the laws of gravity.

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The couple show all their sense of humor there by saying they are “ready for theAustralian Open” to the tune of Eye Of The Tiger”, by Survivor. But after a few rough hits, the following sequence is sounded by a version filled with false notes of “My Heart Will Go On”, by Celine Dion. The sequence is also available on Youtube.

No matter the faults, the padel wins two new ambassadors, while the number of practitioners in Italy has reached one million and that of the slopes exceeds 6000, nearly five times more than in France.

After 40 years of tennis, Jérôme falls into the pot of padel in 2018. Since then, he thinks about it every morning while shaving… but never shaves pala in hand! Journalist in Alsace, he has no other ambition than to share his passion with you, whether you speak French, Italian, Spanish or English.