During the press conference held in Aubervilliers to present the Greenweez Paris Major 2023, Padel Magazine was able to interview Arnaud Di Pasquale, tournament director. This meeting was an opportunity for him to share the ambitions of the French Tennis Federation (FFT).

Sound and light show in Aubervilliers

In the padel, we are not used to seeing so many animations and light effects. We want to gain notoriety and drive all of this as a federation. We had this idea to add a second highlight in addition to the Greenweez Paris Major. The objective is to carry out a communication operation, with a press conference and initiations to make this sport known. We want to make it a real party and promote the padel. "

sound and light show Aubervilliers GPM

"This sound and light game has given many lfeel like you're on the Center Court of the Rolex Paris Masters at Bercy. It is true that at padel, we see very few of them. We have this desire to surprise and create things like this every year”

"We also have economic issues, budgets to respect, because these facilities are expensive. To see something like this on Center Court would be great, but we're not there yet. There are already many new features and developments for this 2023 edition, but eventually, why not? We don't have to forbid ourselves. "

"Le padel must also be a launch vector, the goal is not to compare, the padel it's the padel. VS'is why there will be surprises at the Greenweez Paris Major."

greenweez paris major stadium

The Central of Roland-Garros filled for 2024?

"We advance gradually with the desire to reach maximum capacity. We are already sold out for Saturday and Sunday, with 8 people expected on Center Court. Filling the stadium this year was already a major goal. For next year, we will see to open the upper part of the stadium, which would make it possible to accommodate up to 15 people, but we must submit authorization requests to the prefecture. Everything in its time."

"The low crown was already an ambitious goal. We may be able to increase the gauge to 10 and we will see that at the end of the tournament during the review. In any case, there are many encouraging signals.”

Du padel-armchair on the Central

"We want to honor the padel-armchair. We are going to set up an animation of padel- wheelchair on Saturday on the Philippe Chatrier between the second and the third match (semi-final). We have chosen this niche to allow maximum visibility. We still have to define the format it will take.”

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Vincent Gallie

A fan of oval football, round ball but also racket sports, he was stung by the padel during his adolescence in Galicia. As comfortable in front of the camera as behind a microphone, Vince will be able to bring his vision and expertise as a fan of the little yellow ball.

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