Padel, a booming racket sport, is integrating   gradually to French racketeering  in the form of a “ table 5 rackets “, positioning itself as the fifth sport of the competition. This integration is visible in various tournaments across France, notably in St Chamond, Rochefort, Lagord, Bourg lès Valence, Grenoble, Montpellier, Nancy and Rennes. Details on the tournaments including padel are available on the official website of French racketlon: French racketlon tournaments. These events typically take place on Sundays, thus adding an additional dimension to the traditional doubles and mixed draws.

Padel players, often from tennis or other racket sports backgrounds, are invited to compete against seasoned racket athletes in matches where versatility is king. For a deeper immersion in this sporting synergy, a podcast entitled “Sport à la loupe” discusses this fascinating subject from the 34th minute, available here: Sport in Focus – Podcast.

The craze for multi-racket tournaments continues to grow, combining padel with other racket sports in a format inspired by racketlon. These tournaments are held in different structures:

This evolution has also seen former racketlon champions convert to padel, like  Christopher Krenn , Austrian number 1 and former racketlon world champion, as well as Margaux Randjbar, French number 30, former French number 1 and world top 10 in Racketlon. Their journeys illustrate the permeability and complementarity between these disciplines, and their stories can be discovered in more detail through the following links:

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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