On February 4 and 5, Padel Lyon Club (Padel Central) offered a great men's event (P500) won by the Franco-Spanish pair: Justin Lopes and Airtor Garcia.

This P500 could be considered in more than one way as a P1000 as the general level was high and the overall organization perfect.

Justin Lopes (French top 10) and Aitor garcia (No. 127 of the World Padel Tour) managed a very good tournament by succeeding in beating the surprising Parisians Benjamin Tison and Frédéric Pommier in the final in 2 sets 6/1 7/6.

The match we will remember is the beautiful victory in 3 sets of Gaël Monfils and Robin Haziza (French Champion 2015 and 2016) in the quarter-final against players in the French top 10: Maxime Moreau and Laurent Boulade. Their road stops in the semi-final against the future winners of the tournament.

« Le padel is a physical sport especially when you have several matches ” Gaël Monfils will comment. Robin Haziza, his partner will explain that the padel is far from being a long quiet river " thus undermining some conventional wisdom ».

The 4 and 5 march, it will be the turn of the ladies to highlight with a tournament P1000 100% female.

Franck Binisti - PADEL MAGAZINE

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.

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