Le World Padel Tour is the professional circuit of padel reference. Today, more than ever, it has become the lung of padel professional and participates in the development of padel in the world. But you will see that behind the glitter hides a lot of criticism from some players.

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"I have never received a single boost from the WPT"

I play padel for over a decade. I fight every day to make ends meet and participate in stages of the World Padel Tour. And I see new faces, foreigners, obtaining privileges, facilities, and sometimes even wild cards for certain events… This is not normal.

We explain.

Going a step further, we realize that this player has already played foreigners in the past. And that his results are very positive in the face of "these new heads".

Some players who are far less good in all aspects get advantages, opportunities to express themselves in the media, and I regret that the World Padel Tour couldn't take more setbacks.

Indeed, what we have noticed is that these players fully understand the desire of the professional circuit to make their circuit more international, which remains dominated mainly by Spain and Argentina. But they would like that to happen in "respecting all players".

"The World Padel Tour should not behave like a brand ”

But we would like the WPT to behave like a brand or a sponsor. She must be more neutral and behave more justly. Life is already complicated enough like that.

A year ago, players who were not part of the world top had a choice to make ... And we may have made a collective error. We know very well that we should especially not come back to the episode of the International Padel Tower. The World Padel Tour was not far from disappearing in favor of this circuit.

We can see that the padel is in international emulation. And we understand that the World Padel Tour He is agitated by seeing this strong development but he should be reminded that his professional circuit, he owes it to players like us.

Concludes this player who is a regular steps of the WPT.

Are foreigners too helped by the World Padel Tour ?

Very difficult to answer. Even if we understand from these testimonies that "thethe idea is not to oppose, but to have a professional circuit much more tuned to all players and not only the top 10 world and foreign players"

And they add that for a stranger, life is not necessarily simple too:

  • Foreigners do not speak the language,
  • Costs are often higher because you have to:
    • To find accommodation
    • Find a site to practice
    • Learn the language
    • etc.
  • Without help, maybe there would be a lot less foreigners.

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.

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