Team Padel Magazine

Kristina Clément: I discovered padel by agreeing to be a driver for the Fed Cup in July 2006 in my club in Cagnes sur Mer. Two years later, I found myself competing in my first padel world championship... Who could have believed it? It all started with a great meeting with the physiotherapist of the French Fed Cup team (tennis) where he told me, at the end of 2007, to look for a partner for his wife Karin in padel with the aim of participating in the next padel world championship in Calgary... At the beginning of 2008, I arrived on the padel courts of the Set Club in Aix en Provence and started training with Karin... In 2008 and 2010, we reached a great 4th place in the world, the best places ever achieved at the time (in 2006, France had finished 6th) and became the first amateur nation behind the 3 professional nations that are Spain, Argentina and Brazil. In 2012 in Cancun, we obtained the first world medal for France in Padel. Recently, I have been in charge of the new padel club in Beausoleil, Le Royal Riviera Padel Club

Emmanuel Tecles: PE teacher, I discovered padel in sports and sports but really started playing 4 years ago. Since then I have devoted myself completely to this fabulous sport. It has become a real passion that motivates me to travel to all the national tournaments... the goal is to have fun... And then little by little we make real friends. Because padel, we can never say it enough, is a team sport but also a sport of communication; it necessarily brings people together. So, each time, getting together allows us to spend nice moments together. Padel also allows me to take pictures... Be careful, I am never very far away to take your picture so be on your guard!

Franck Binisti: I discovered padel in Les Pyramides (78) 5 or 6 years ago. But serious health problems kept me away from the sport for a few years. Padel saved me because instead of taking up tennis and squash, I was able to get back into sport by playing padel. My many trips to Spain allowed me to learn a lot about this sport. I trained, which resulted in a monitorship from the Madrid federation, and it was through these trips that I fell in love with this sport. I still play at the Pyramides club. But the weather doesn't allow us to play for a good part of the year. So, we go to the south of France or Spain. Our goal: to develop this sport in France.

Clement Forget: I have been playing padel for a decade and I am crazy about it. I try to play whenever I can, especially at the Set Club. I have participated in many padel competitions and have a great experience in international padel. I offer you articles oriented towards techniques, but also on international padel news which makes this sport even more exciting!

Frederic Bertucat-Martinez: I am a big fan of padel. Certain that padel in France will one day or another explode, I try to bring my experience and my skills through Padel Magazine, the first padel site in France. Frenchman living in Madrid for over 10 years, padel is my world and I have been working there for over 10 years. Since my studies, the yellow ball was the center of my concerns since I studied at La Sorbonne (Paris I) on the History of the Evolution of Tennis Equipment. This led to freelance work for Tennis Magazine in the Equipment section, then to Decathlon as a Tennis product manager and Padel then director of international development at Vision /Padel Lobb. Padel Magazine is a huge opportunity for France but also for French-speaking countries. All with Padel Magazine and French padel!

Clément Arico: Snowshoe sport enthusiast, turned player and passionate about Padel for 7 years, I first played tennis for 15 years at a low level then I discovered this sport when I arrived in Toulouse, I immediately got hooked because of its fun, friendly and of course competitive side. I have done most of the national tournaments in the South of France, whether in Toulouse, Marseille, Aix, Nice, or more recently in Perpignan. I have also done a few tournaments in Spain or even in Morocco. Padel has been taking off since 2012/2013. Padel Magazine can only improve this sport.A big fan of this sport, I want to bring my experience, my motivation and my desire to this great site that is Padel Magazine and so to padel!!

Laurent Single: Because it is always nice to have a Belgian on duty in your team “once”, I join  Padel Magazine in order to provide information related to current events Padel from the Flat Country. Passionate about sport since 2006, I was part of the Belgian national team. My reference match? A double 6/0 against Mieres :p . I am no longer part of the typical team, but continue to train with them. I will therefore feed the magazine with the news of Belgian padel and with a penchant for my “national team”.