Bela: "Sanyo, the best player on the right"

To end 2020, Vincent Laureyssens meeting exclusively for Padel Magazine, Fernando Belasteguin. He looks back on his sporting year, opening his first White Padel Center, and its development prospects for the coming years.

A look back at 2020

“The year 2020 has been a bizarre year, because with the pandemic, only 11 of the 18 tournaments planned could be played on the World Padel Tour. We ended the year very well with this second in the world with Agustin (Tapia). On a sporting level, the finding is very positive. "

“Sanyo is the best player on the right”

“I have better expectations for 2021, with the vaccine that will allow us to have a more normal season.”

"The challenge with Sanyo is very beautiful and very motivating. At my age (42 in May), that I can still aspire to fight for the first place in the ranking, alongside the one who is, in my opinion, the best right-wing player of the moment. "

Wilson Bela, a great success

“I am very happy with the agreement reached with Wilson. They trusted me to help them develop and spread the padel. For me, it is very important to be able to work with such a multi-national to develop the padel as a sport. It is an honor to feel listened to in developing the Wilson palas. ”

“The Bela Padel Center: a dream come true ”

“It is a center in which, through the padel, I want to transmit principles and values that sport gave me. I want that in a White Padel Center, my philosophy of life can be breathed. ”

“I will never say that the White Padel Center is the best school in the world, but I will say that in this center we will educate with the values and principles of sport. ”

An ambition without borders

“For me it was necessary to quickly develop a first Bela Padel Center, and Alicante is a very international city with an incredible climate. ”

“From now on, I want to develop the Bela brand Padel Center by opening it up to the world with this franchise concept. But always paying particular attention to the concept of the club, to its image, and above all to the philosophy that we want to convey. ”

“Alicante is the first, and we are currently working to open franchises all over the world, and help develop the padel. "

“I hope we can quickly have the first White Padel Center in Belgium. "

Bela's dreams for the future

“I hope the best moment of my career hasn't come yet.”

"Le padel gave me a lot, and I want to give it back to him. For that, I will work, as long as I am professional, and when I am no longer professional, I will continue to work every day, from Monday to Monday, to make this wonderful sport known all over the world. ”

“Only one possible path for the padel : Success"

“The development of padel in the world is very good, for one simple reason: I don't know of any other sport that has been so easy and fun since day one that the padel. "

“When a sport has been so easy, fun and social from the start, it is a sport which has only one path for the future: success. ”

“We all have to work together, in the same direction, to help develop it all over the world.”

Lorenzo Lecci Lopez

From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !