André Lafenêtre, the co-president of the French Open of padel 2019 ends a weekend where he was particularly in demand because of the success of the 13th edition. After such a show during these 4 days. He gives us his feeling on “the most beautiful test of padel French".

An exceptional French Open on the Capitol Square. Collombon / Bergeron wins the international mixed race of Padel facing Llaguno / Gay. Beyond victory, an incredible world. And we can say that new players of padel joined the family of padel.

To do this kind of competition, you need a team of passionate and very professional. And there is definitely a team that we can be proud of.

Work is very important. But when you see tens of thousands of people coming every day to the Square to discover this sport for some and participate in our initiations padel with the players who remained present all weekend, we necessarily say to ourselves that it is worth it.

As we have seen, we are already talking about the 14e edition. The Mayor, Jean-Luc Moudenc, already has a thought for next year. More than a thought. Given the success of this event also for the city and the excitement around this sport, we will see what we will do next year.

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.