Padel Buzz - Focus on Aitor Garcia, Spanish player who rubs shoulders with padel French for several years now. Recently qualified for the Miami WPT Master from 24/30/04, it was time to learn more about this talented player.

Le padel and you is that a long story?

I come from Gerona and was born in 1994. I started with tennis before getting into tennis. padel circa 2009. But at the time it was more of a hobby. Today the padel it's my life.

I am a player of World Padel Tour and I teach my favorite sport in the fitness club and padel X3 (“by three”) from Gerona, my hometown.

What are your goals for this 2017 season?

At the start of the year my goal was to get into a WPT final table and finish the season in the top 80. World Padel Tour.

In principle, I will focus in 2017 on the FCP Catalan Federation circuit of Padel and on the entire WPT circuit.

Can you imagine that your recent qualification for the Miami WPT Masters is very important to you?

Indeed it's a great first for me! Being part of a final WPT table matches my sporting goals. Going to play in the USA is just fantastic.

During these last two years, you participated in several events in France (Padel Horizon PIT - P1000 Padel Central Lyon and inauguration of Mougins). Will you have to put the French now!

We owe all this to Olivier Laurent (Padel International Trading) who detected a certain potential in me and took charge of making me known in France, both in official tournaments and in internal events. For me these are great experiences.

Out of curiosity, I like to know the relationship of the public and the players with their sport, now I have a little idea of ​​how the padel lives in France.

I also think that this is good for my future since it brings me international visibility.

You are a relatively young player, well ranked in FCP (nº18 - 130 Wpt). We often hear that the padel is a sport of maturity and patience. You seem to have acquired them quickly ...

Le padel is now a sport in its own right, more and more young players are getting into it, the schools are working well and some like me want to become pros.

This makes the change of generation and renewal happen little by little.

Your impression on the development of padel in France ?

Overall, the level in France is much lower than the level on the peninsula, there is nothing new ... That said, there are exceptions and some of your players are doing well in Catalan League.

In competition, I would say that the game and the speed of ball remain too fast in France. Bontennisman are illusions at first, but their strengths turn against them when the level increases. This is only my opinion but I think it should play slower and play a little more with the head.

What are we missing to allow French players and clubs to pass a level?

Difficult to answer, given that I mainly work outside of France. That said, the parties involved (Federation and Clubs) must play the card padel 100%: let's hope that with time, the amount of tournaments, the publicity and the interest of the public around the padel increases.

A French player in a final table of the World Padel Tour, possible?

In the short term, I think it's a dream. It depends on the boom mentioned before.

If you padel wins in France, the blue white red players will certainly find a place on the WPT circuit.

Aitor, thanks for the interview, do you have a particular message to pass?

A big thank you to my sponsors, without whom nothing would be possible:

Trus, Nivarius, Proelio, Nautica Casas, Box Sports, X3 Padel & Fitness, Sensación Rural, Fisiolucions, Ceriux, Palax and Black Crown.

Thank you to my family, my audience and my friends.

Find Aitor Garcia on the networks

  • Instagram: @gbaitor
  • Facebook and Twitter: Aitor García Bassas

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Jean-Marc Herard is the chronicler Padel Magazine internationally. Barcelona offers us a more international vision of padel including his chronicle Padel Buzz. JMH is the scanner of padel World.