For this last face-to-face in April, Arnaud Clément, the former 10th world tennis player, winner of Wimbledon in doubles with his friend Michaël Llodra, member of the France tennis team for 10 years, former captain of the French tennis team and current 40th French player in the padel will be at our microphones.

We will come back to many topical issues but also to the future of padel.

Containment and history

1- We are going through difficult times with this health crisis. How does he live it? What exercises he does to keep himself in shape.

2- Has tennis already been impacted because of a health crisis? There has been no shortage of crises since the 2000s: SARS between 2002 and 2003, avian influenza (H5N1) in 2004, influenza A (H1N1) in 2009 have been there before COVID.

3- What advice should be given to padel like tennis players with that long forced break? What exercises to do when you have to wait for the season to resume?

4- We will come back to the story of Arnaud Clément in the padel : its beginnings, its results ...

The boundaries between tennis and padel are very thin

Many tennis players are embarking on the padel. Today in the French top, we see many good tennis players taking the best places. We can see in the world top that Marta Marrero, the former quarter-finalist at Roland Garros is currently number 1 in the WPT.

4- Arnaud Clément, could he have an ambition to go further than 40th place in France? And test yourself on a few tests on the World Padel Tour in the long term? What partner could he have? How does he define himself as a partner? And what profile is he looking for?

For example, we have seen Alizée Cornet achieve very beautiful things in the padel notably with Michael Kuzaj in the mixed event at the National Padel Cup at Cap d'Agde. Would trying to win in this sport be possible one day?

A few weeks ago, there was to be a meeting of a French team of padel enlarged. If tomorrow, the current captain of the France team of padel, Alexis Salles contacted Arnaud Clément to participate as a player in a rally ... A possibility of seeing him respond favorably?

5- With his tennis experience, could we see him in the instances of padel or as captain of the France team of padel ?

6- We often talk about tennis players who get into the padel… Is the reverse possible?

7- Many tennis players invest in the padel professionally like Henri Leconte, Andy Murray or even Robin Soderling.

Arnaud Clément who invests in padel professionally, possible one day?

8- We remember the incredible adventure of Gaël Monfils at the Lyon Open in February 2017 where he reached the semi-finals with the former French champion of padel Robin Haziza. Is the padel can tennis help the game? On the fly ? Could he have played padel during his career as a professional tennis player? Is the padel would have helped him duplicate for example?

Little aside: as a former captain of the French tennis team, how would he have taken Gaël's adventure in Lyon while Team France was in Japan for the Davis Cup (which she won 3/0 )?

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1149260705243491

The opinion

Arnaud Clément will also be asked for his opinion on the cascading cancellations of tennis and tennis competitions. padel especially. Indeed the director du challenger in Aix-en-Provence has a good experience in sports organizations.

7- The FFT postponed Roland Garros to next October. A nice touch from the FFT?

8- The FFT cancels the FFT Padel Tour , the elite circuit of the padel French, including the Master scheduled for next October in Toulon.

The finals were to take place during RG from September 25-27. Jean-Michel Pequery, 17th French player and mental coach, wondered if we could not rather wait to see how things developed before making a decision for such an important competition initially scheduled for the end of September. Wasn't the decision taken too quickly?

9- Finally we will end with his general opinion on the padel French and its development. How does he see the rest of this development?

What does he find at padel that he does not find in tennis? And are there any qualities, aspects in the padel from which tennis should be inspired?

Questions

10- If we could change a tennis rule, what would it be? (Baptiste Ranoldi)

11- If we could change, add or delete a rule from the padel, which one would it be?

12 - Arnaud Clément plays with Nox Padel. Why isn't he playing with his sponsor?

13- Paul-Henri Mathieu recently told Robin Haziza that his abs had pain after his games of padel. Does Arnaud have any particular genes as well?

14-How does Arnaud Clément define himself in padel ? A rower? An explosive, offensive player?

15- Arnaud Clément plays right at padel. In tennis doubles, he played on the left. Why ? What are the differences ?

16- The legend: Arnaud Clément could train or play sports for more than 20 hours a day. True or false ?

Is the padel tired enough?

17- In tennis, we saw him all the time with the famous glasses. At padel, he does not have it. A reason ?

18- Behavior: In tennis, one must above all not talk or get angry at the risk of being penalized. However ? In the padel, it is quite the opposite: We must speak. On the ground does he speak?

19- The 3rd half: Did he succumb to the 3rd half of padel ?

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.