If you just watched Canal + this Thursday evening, you now know the difference between a bladder and a lantern, thanks to Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka. The former world No. 3 and winner of three tournaments in the Grand Chelem, who made his career in the shadow of Roger Federer, knows better than anyone what a top athlete is and what sacrifices must be made to associate his name with a sport.

Stan the Repeat Offender

So when he participates in the program “En Aparté”, presented by Nathalie Levy, Stan the Man does not let himself count. When the presenter suddenly speaks to her of the “padel, this racket sport derived from tennis", and cites as the only reference the name of his friend Cyril Hanouna, Wawrinka's answer springs as quickly as his long backhand: "Hanouna, a player of padel ?” Okay, admits the Swiss, he's aiming for the Top 100 and he can get there, but when you say "player of padel, we do not say Cyril Hanouna first”. Here it is sent.

Well, this is not the first time that Stan the recidivist exhausts the C8 ludion on the theme “Cyril Hanouna, he thinks it's god in the padel”. However, the two men are friends: “I even lodged with him during Roland-Garros and we played a few times together”, admitted the tennis player.

“I would like to play more padel"

For a long time there has also been talk of a challenge to padel between Stan Wawrinka, Benoît Paire, Gaël Monfils and Cyril Hanouna. Will this ever happen? Better still, the 37-year-old Swiss has acquired the property rights to one of the tournaments of theAPT Padel Tour, which could be added to the calendar as early as 2023. 

In short, Wawrinka is a connoisseur, who sometimes trains with Adrien Maigret. “I would like to play more padel, but doing it on the days when I don't play tennis would be too much for my body”. Roll on retirement, Stan, and a dream team padel with Federer !

After 40 years of tennis, Jérôme falls into the pot of padel in 2018. Since then, he thinks about it every morning while shaving… but never shaves pala in hand! Journalist in Alsace, he has no other ambition than to share his passion with you, whether you speak French, Italian, Spanish or English.

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