Benjamin Tison: "Grids, I like that!"

What if he was the best left-hander in France? Benjamin Tison is a player who could be hated by the padel . Here he is making a dazzling entry into the French too 5 when he is only 2 years old. padel behind him. There are those who struggle to win a match in the small tournaments of padel for decades and others who have only been playing for 2 years and won 8 P1000 in just 10 months. Wore.

Padel Magazine - Tell us that you play for more than 2 years ... It would be easier for our ego

Benjamin Tison - Well unfortunately for you, I play padel “That” for 2 years. 🙂 We had to wait to finally play Le Padel Club de Bois d'Arcy and train.

But, nevertheless, I had already touched the pala, 4 years ago at the magnificent Mas club in Perpignan. I played with Fred Pommier 3 times this summer and the following year always in summer in Portugal and Perpignan.

But back in Paris, no more land padel. Where then it was necessary to make 1h30 of road and it was not possible.

When the club padel de Bois d'Arcy has finally opened, we were really able to get started seriously with Adrien Maigret, Frédéric Pommier, Sébastien Ruiz de Conejo, and many others.

This club has launched many players in Yvelines.

Now I had to padel in my tennis club in Mantes-la-Jolie where I work there. No more excuses for not playing padel !

So you had to have an interesting racquet past ... to have these facilities.

Of course. Between tennis and the beach, I necessarily had facilities to play padel. I was -4/6 in tennis and suddenly necessarily whether it is on the fly or in a smash or find tennis sensations in the padel, habits. Cutting trajectories and half volleys are classic tennis shots, especially from a certain level.

But be careful, tennis players: To progress, you will have to leave certain reflexes in the locker room because the padel is a sport apart ...

For example ?

Well when I started, I had problems in defense. Moreover, it is often the Achilles heel of tennis players who embark on the padel. Playing with the walls didn't come right away, we had to practice to understand the placement and the shots to be played.

Now, I play more with the walls and it's a real plus in competition.

I know this is an area where I still have to improve a lot but the progress in defense is notable because I play just more tactically. The fact of posing the game also is an additional tool available during games.

You are now tipped to be part of Team France with Adrien ...

Yes indeed, with my partner Adrien Maigret we had a perfect start to the season with 5 victories in P1000 (including 1 with Yoan Romanowski during the Head Padel Open of Strasbourg).

We start the team France rally on Thursday, and compared to the other players who are used we are the new ones with Adrien.

We are having a good season but this is only the beginning. It's great for the French team that there are plenty of players of good levels, it pushes us to continue to progress and try to get closer to stronger nations.

When we see that the best French team (Bastien / Blanqué) for the moment cannot qualify for the previa (qualification) of the professional circuit of padel (The World Padel Tour), we realize all the work that remains to be done.

There is a blow that you are fond of and that make him moan more than one!

I have to talk about my “grid” smash, I think it's one of the shots that bothers my opponents the most and that I really enjoy doing. And maybe also my 2-handed crossed short lapel return.

On the other hand, I can progress and do worse on the fly.

Ready for the big jump in Spain?

Motivate like never before with Adrien! We want to test ourselves on stages of World Padel Tour. And it could be done as early as August. Now, we would have to be able to get at least one Wild Card on an event to be able to get started. The level is so high that it will not be obvious but it will allow us to gauge ourselves.

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.