Qualified this Friday for the  Bordeaux P2 quarter-finals ,  Jessica castello  et  Lorena Rufo  embody a rare duo on the circuit:  partners on the track… and in life Their start to the partnership is more than decent and proves that playing as a couple on the track is possible!

Jessica Castello to accompany Lorena Rufo

The most experienced,  Jessica, has already been part of the world top 10  By ranking 8th in the world at her best ranking, the Spanish left-hander takes the opportunity to  bring her experience to the younger Lorena Rufo.  They have reached  several round of 16 and quarter-finals in recent weeks,  showing clear signs of growing in power which for the moment is not paying off against the best players.

In Bordeaux, they passed the last 8 stage for the first time, today they face the formidable pair  Araujo / Ustero , seeded No. 4. A big test that could mark their  first semi-final in a P2 tournament , and establish their status as a duo capable of shaking up the hierarchy.

Being in a relationship and partners: mission (im)possible?

Padel is a doubles sport, where  human relationships are central . When two players are also a couple in real life, the chemistry may seem obvious… but the reality is more nuanced. But  Castello and Rufo seem to have found a rare balance  : they manage to separate their private relationship from their professional goals, while drawing additional strength from their personal connection.

At a high level,  pressure, fatigue and defeats  can weaken the duos, rare are the pairs who manage to  to last over time  and we very often see separations leading to  a game of musical chairs  between the players.

Top 8 objective for Castello/Rufo

Their association is definitely launched,  Jessica Castello and Lorena Rufo  who are currently ranked 9th in the world can consider entering the  top 8 world l. An advance in the ranking which would allow them to enter the  highly coveted tournament seeds , granting them  more lenient tables.  

And if we still wondered if  love and performance  could coexist at this level, Jessica and Lorena are responding to it, ball after ball.

Teo Vieau

He discovered padel in 2016 in Nantes and quickly became attached to the game, even climbing to 474th place in France. Commentator on Padel Mag TV, he covers the various tournaments on the French circuit as well as international tournaments organized in France!

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