Bordeaux P2 experienced an unexpected and memorable moment this Wednesday on the central rink of the Mériadeck Ice Rink. While the crowd was watching an anticipated duel between the Deus brothers and the number 2 seed, Chingotto/Galán, a general power outage plunged the arena into total darkness.

At 1-1 in the first set, everything suddenly stopped: no more lights, no more screen, and even the spectators following the match live saw their broadcast cut off abruptly, with a frozen image for a long time. On site, it was almost completely dark. Fortunately, it was still broad daylight. An extremely rare interruption at this level of competition.

Blackout at Bordeaux P2: A power outage plunges the rink into total darkness. Super Ratón "may have chewed through a cable"...

When the live feed resumed, the four players were still in the dark. It would take a few more minutes and another warm-up before the match could truly resume in good conditions.

And inevitably, some members of the team – and it must be said, some mischievous fans – did not hesitate to make the connection with Fede Chingotto's famous nickname:  Super Ratón . That was all it took to make the connection between this sudden power outage and the cartoon hero... A far-fetched accusation? A priori yes, since  Fede had an excellent alibi  : the thousands of spectators present on site and live, who can testify that he was indeed on the track at the time of the events. In short, this track... falls through!

Despite this unusual play, the match resumed without any major incident. The Portuguese Deus brothers, who were very combative, were unable to reverse the trend, however, despite the impressive solidity of Chingotto and Galán, who won authoritatively with a score of 6/2 6/2.

This victory further reinforces the status of the Spanish-Argentine pair as favorites in this half of the table, on the way to an expected final against Coello / Tapia, if the logic of the ranking is respected.

An incident that will have left its mark... without upsetting the world padel hierarchy. But it's certain that in Bordeaux, the match played in the dark (and Super Ratón, of course) will be remembered for a long time.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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