Sometimes, two padel players are not meant to go together. The reason: they both play in the same position on the court. Goodbye to the hopes of one day seeing a pair Agustin Tapia / Alejandro Galan ou Federico Chingotto / Arturo Coello.

However, this problem is often brushed aside by players. Paquito Navarro left his preferred left to find himself on the right alongside Juan Tello. Or Momo Gonzalez here evolved for a time to the right to be able to associate with Javi Garrido.

A change of side sometimes necessary

Juan lebron has long been a left-wing player. In 2018, associated with Juan Cruz Belluati, he is also on that side of the field. However, when the opportunity to play with Paquito Navarro (then Alejandro Galan) presented itself, he did not hesitate for a single moment to bequeath his fetish side. It worked rather well for him, especially with Alejandro Galan, since they have long occupied the place of world number 1.

This season, many players have also undergone changes. The Russian Ksenia Sharifova, left-wing player alongside Lucia Martinez, left her place to Marta Marrero, iconic left-wing player.

Delfi Brea also spent some time on the left during Bea Gonzalez's extended absence. She was notably seen alongsideAndrea Ustero or, Lucia Sainz. Of course, this was only temporary (although at the World Cup, the selectors did not hesitate to play her on the left in the final, alongside Claudia jensen).

A little tour and then he leaves

However, not all of them had the same path. We are thinking in particular of Fernando Belasteguin who, apart from his association with Agustin Tapia, did not have very good results on the right. Of course, we remember very well his association of Cat, Juan TelloBela's right-hand passage will not remain engraved in history and the separation was obvious.

Paquito Navarro did not have a successful experience on the right side of the track. With Juan Tello, they shared the court for a few months, but it was not a real success. So much so that Paquito Navarro had finally opted for the Chingotto option, which had been much more promising.

In the end, despite a very good level on the right, a position where he no longer has to prove himself, Juan Lebron himself has found his favorite place. Since his association with Martin Di Nenno, Wolf went back to the left of the track, like in the old days!

At the end of the season, there are still a few on the “wrong side of the court”. We talked about them: Ksenia Sharifova, Juan Lebron… but also Sanyo Gutierrez, Alex Chozas or, Javi Ruiz. It remains to be seen how long this will last!

Gwenaelle Souyri

It was her brother who one day told her to accompany him to a padel court, since then, Gwenaëlle has never left the court. Except when it comes to going to watch the retransmission of Padel Magazine, World Padel Tour… or Premier Padel…or the French Championships. In short, she is a fan of this sport.

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