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 lifeTheir 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 worldl. 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, commentating 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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