Terrible news for the French and necessarily for the padel : Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health announced a reinforced plan for fight COVID-19, this Wednesday evening.

This morning, we can bring you more details on the consequences of this plan.

Toulouse P2000 Padel Club: Possible?

11 large cities are directly impacted by the plan put in place by the government and from this Monday, September 28. We learn that cities have already taken restrictions for this weekend. The cities concerned are: Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux, Paris and its inner suburbs, Lille, Toulouse, Saint-Etienne, Rennes, Rouen, Grenoble and Montpellier.

As you can see, the city of Toulouse, among others, is in the eye of the storm and the majority of restrictions should be effective Monday, even if Europe 1 announces that many cities could implement certain restrictions as of this Saturday. Which means that there are chances that the P2000 of Toulouse Padel Club be canceled. Bad news for the club which will certainly have to close no later than Monday like all clubs in padel indoor located in “lenhanced alert zone".

The P2000 will not bring together 1000 people on site. The event will remain small compared to larger events. Couldn't we see this operation going on at least all weekend? Especially since Sunday, only the semi-finals and finals will take place. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. Even if security prevails over everything else and the FFT has shown that the precautionary principle is its leitmotif.

For the players, this is necessarily very bad news, even if the financial consequences are to be taken with hindsight when we see the consequences on the general economy of our centers. padel.

"theenhanced alert zone”Should last at least 2 weeks. This means that the clubs could once again suffer financially if this measure continues over time.

The P2000 of El Padel Club de Wambrechies scheduled for October 9 to 11 could also be directly impacted if the government does not note a health improvement.

We are talking here only of the main events of padel. But the most serious is the life of the clubs affected by these new measures. What consequences for our centers? Will the FFT be able to intervene more effectively for the hard-hit centers? Will the government put in place specific plans to sustain sectors facing a gigantic problem?

The National Tennis Cup canceled

The biggest amateur tennis event in the world will not take place this year. Too complicated, too much risk. Christophe Lesage wants to stay positive by thinking about next year. Same for the National Padel Cup which will therefore not be repeated this year.

It is a great sadness to cancel for the first time the finals of the National Tennis Cup in 33 years of existence. A 33rd edition which will therefore not take place. But all fans of tennis and padel are already meeting next year at the Cap d'Agde International Tennis Center.

National Tennis Cup in Cap d'Agde: canceled

A reinforced plan that will hurt

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.