"APT Padel Tour, the benchmark international circuit "

Was it in 2023. , the only circuit of padel reference became theAPT Padel Tour ? For Fabrice Pastor, the President of the APT Padel Tour and Monte Carlo International Sports, the benchmark professional circuit is the one that shows the way. "Must be present internationally ”

2 stages in Paraguay and great projects in Europe

“The APT Padel Tour will most certainly be launched in Latin America in Paraguay for 2 weeks. With the crisis in Chile, we decided with the organization to stay in Paraguay. This also allows players to divide travel costs.

In France, we will have a good stage at Tennis Padel Sun, the starting point for the launch of the APT Padel Tour in Europe. We will offer some great stages everywhere. And this is the image we want to convey. This is the benchmark international circuit and we are showing it. “

“I am a little disappointed with some players”

“I am obviously a little disappointed to see that players that I have brought to the highest level cannot come to the stages of the APT Padel Tour.

I know very well that it is not obvious for these players contractually and perhaps they do not even believe in this reality yet. But I can tell you that we have players from all over the world present in this circuit. Top players will be there.

And in 2023, I think we will see some players who are still reluctant to join us for good.

By staying there (on the World Padel Tour), they think they are playing it safe. “

“They copy us, they want to slow us down”

“Moreover, once again, I observe that they try to copy us and even slow us down in our development. I would like to be left alone, to be left alone.

With the team, we are doing a lot of work. Thomas Johansson became the Circuit Director and it will bring a lot. We are internationally oriented and we are proving to you that this is the future, this is where we must invest.

Le padel is booming. And it is normal that the professional circuit relies on international stages.

Spain is obviously the bastion for the moment. But it is not by staying in Spain, in this form of ease, that we will allow the padel to develop oneself.

Today the APT Padel Tower is the locomotive. And we fully intend to be present on all continents in the long term. “

Clubs of padel signed MCIS

“In total, these are 3 major club projects padel that could see the light of day. For the moment, things remain to be validated. With the health crisis, we have had delays or postponements. It's hard to know where we're going, but yes, I really have this ambition to be able to create big clubs of padel.

We have this wonderful, very family oriented club in Rosario. But in Argentina, I am currently at a sports complex of a much larger scale. I promise, I will come back to this theme later because there are still things to tie up definitively. ”

Monte Carlo Sports International launches an incredible club

“In Belgium, I have this project with David Goffin to create a beautiful club of padel. Our correspondent on site has done a magnificent job. I can't tell you who he is yet, but I want to thank him for his work.

David Goffin is a tennis player who I really appreciate. And it will inevitably be magnificent for this sport to see a player of his caliber officially embark on the adventure of padel.

Can you imagine the impact when David launches in Belgium? “

The open door to the FFT

“With FFT, the door has always been wide open. And we are ready to work with the new team. Unfortunately, for administrative and political reasons, the FFT has always been distant and absent despite the investments and the large-scale projects that we are proposing in France.

I think it's a shame especially for the FFT. Especially since I don't ask for anything. And the proof: we continue to move forward.

We will see with the new team and the new president of the FFT. We are now waiting for a first step from them to move forward together. ”

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.