The 2023 French Interclub Championships and the competition awards ceremony were an opportunity to pay tribute to Marina Ponzio, a player much appreciated by the whole of French padel, unfortunately died on July 20. The FFT and the players participated in this intense moment.

If the Gémenos Tennis Club finished in seventh place and was therefore relegated, the main thing was elsewhere. Marina's friends had a weekend full of emotions, as Gracia Radovanovic, who returned specially from Serbia for the occasion, explains: “I hope that this Championship will help me to mourn, it was a way to say one last goodbye. All the players wanted to pay tribute to Marina, who had made the team.”

Corinne Bonney, from the Gémenos club, wanted to address David, Marina's husband, and their daughter: “David, we always think of Marina and your little princess will know later that her mother left her mark on French padel.”

Gracia concludes on the lack left by the absence of Marina Ponzio: “On the field, we did not go far from maintaining, but we felt the absence of Marina in all aspects, whether sportingly or humanly speaking. .”

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