Federico Chingotto will not have had the best possible holidays. Indeed, the Argentinian player had traveled to Chile before Christmas and has been tested positive coronavirus during his trip. He therefore had to carry out quarantine far from his family.

No respite for Chingotto

The season barely over, the n °10 of the ranking of WPT traveled to Chile to play an exhibition. the padel is growing a lot in this country, and that's why the Argentinian made a jump there before joining his family in Argentina for the holidays. However, Federico tested positive in the pre-screening of the exhibition match, and had to do quarantine in Chile.

“At first I tried to take a little more care of myself, because even though I didn't have severe symptoms, they tell you to take it easy. I did some little physical training, but the coach gave me a few days of rest, so I went easy ”, Explain Chingotto in an interview in the podcast Rey Padel.

“I have the Omicron variant. On the 10th day they do one more test and I also tested positive so I had to wait four more days. When they told me again that I was positive, I couldn't believe it ”, continues the Argentinian who therefore had to spend the holidays alone.

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The perfect player according to Fede

During this interview, the teammate of Juan Tello establishes the perfect player, with the best shots from WPT players.

“This player would have the lobs of (Fernando) Belasteguín, the smash of my partner (Juan Tello), the exit from the window of Paquito (Navarro), the groundstrokes of Martin Di Nenno and the volleys of Galán and Lebrón. And also the vibora of Sanyo ”.

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 !

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