Gilles Moretton, officially the 15th President of the French Tennis Federation. And already big files to be carried out with this health crisis which is hurting the sports ecosystem.

The estimates, the trends linked to his “super voters” have therefore been confirmed. Gilles Morreton becomes the new President of the French Tennis Federation. He wins against the outgoing president Bernard Giudicelli with approximately 60% of the votes.

A victory by KO

The outcome of theGeneral assembly of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) is not yet unveiled this morning but already known! And this vote thus perfectly illustrated the advance of the henceforth future former President of the ARA league.

The count of the votes of the delegates of the leagues and the departmental committees, convened to the general assembly of Saturday February 13, 2021, shows an overwhelming majority for Gilles Moreton. It benefits from the support of major leagues, such as that of Île-de-France.

The native of Lyon therefore succeeds, at 63, to Bernard Giudicelli, and settles in a difficult position in a very particular situation. The eighth finalist at Roland Garros 1979 will have many hot topics on the table to deal with.

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Policy change padel

When Bernard Guidicelli considered the padel as a “second discipline” of the FFT, and even if it has certainly evolved a lot since, with the elected official in charge of padel Hubert Picquier,  Gilles Moreton has repeatedly expressed its desire for a change in relation to the FFT's policy vis-à-vis the padel.

"The padel must have its own license. There it is “diluted” in tennis; however, consumption and recruitment patterns differ. The padel requires a delicate marketing exercise of simultaneous creation of supply and demand. ”

By creating this license padel, there is this idea of ​​giving the padel a bit of independence from the king sport of the FFT: tennis. He believes that the padel needs this to grow in France.

For Gilles Moretton, “le padel has characteristics which open the field of potential players to the whole of society. Thus, the objective is to attract new athletes, and not restrict the practice of padel to a "hobbie" of tennis players".

“You have to get the player to padel don't be “fair” the club tennis player. ”

The Lyonnais' solution to introduce this discipline to non-enthusiasts of racket sports is to organize discovery tours, and to promote this sport in companies.

The south-korean Gilles Moreton seems to be ambitious regarding the development of the practice of padel, a sport which is at a pivotal moment in its development and which requires a lot of work from its federation to bring it to light.

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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