As we told you earlier, the World Padel Tour presented its new formula yesterday during the Menorca Open.

Among the novelties, we note that the circuit wants to draw inspiration from tennis to offer fans an ever more complete show. No coincidence when you know that its Vice-President is none other than the former tennis player Alex Corretja.

Thus, several technological novelties were presented.

The Foxtenn system

By choosing to partner with Foxtenn and its technologies used on the ATP and the WTA, the World Padel Tour wants to offer a show never seen in the padel.

Indeed, the cameras, lasers and other sensors developed by the company will allow a number of improvements:

  • No more refereeing errors
  • Viewing angles never seen before in the padel
  • More accurate game data ever (like smash speed)

The arbitration revolution

Thanks to Foxtenn sensors, no more debates on contentious points. Indeed, we will know exactly where the ball bounced, if a serve was made with an impact above the hip or if a player touched the net.

Improvements that will make the game smoother and prevent players from getting frustrated.

Statistics galore

Trainers are going to have headaches because they will have more data to mine than ever. As in tennis, we will know exactly the percentage of points won and lost on the return, on the serve, at the net, when the score is in favor or against etc. and this in real time! Statistics enthusiasts will therefore have a gold mine to exploit.

It remains to be seen whether these improvements, which will obviously be very interesting for the public, will be able to tip the balance towards a renewal of the contract between the WPT and the stars of the padel worldwide ...

Xan is a fan of padel. But also rugby! And his posts are just as punchy. Physical trainer of several padel, he unearths atypical posts or deals with topical subjects. It also gives you some tips to develop your physique for the padel. Clearly, he imposes his offensive style as on the field of padel !

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