A few minutes from the incredible international tournament of padel Mixed - French Open which takes place in one of the most beautiful places in the world: La Place du Capitole in Toulouse, we have necessarily returned to the theme of padel mixed. A subject about which the players of the World Padel Tour...

The FFT does the job

The French Tennis Federation has recently made it possible to approve padel mixed. Conclusion: We see many clubs applauding this initiative and offering players to participate in 2 tournaments padel : The Open ladies or gentlemen and the mixed event. A success that the actors of padel had planned because internal tournaments were already showing a strong attraction for this type of event.

And why not a French Championship of padel mixed also suddenly?

Professional players do not say no

If you World Padel Tour, the professional circuit of padel, has not yet officially put this subject on the table, it is the players of the World Padel Tour who talk about this theme among themselves like Javier Ruiz González, the partner of Uri Botello and Patricia Llaguno Zielinski who we will see again from tomorrow in this international tournament of padel mixed alongside the great Sébastien Gay: A Franco-Spanish pair who hope to be able to make a hit this weekend.

When Padelpro Cup 2019, Patty and Javier returned to this subject. They are unanimous:

We could appreciate that there are on the professional circuit some mixed official stages .

In tennis, it is observed that mixed events are part of official events. In many sports, mixed events are gaining importance on professional circuits. Why would it be otherwise in the padel  ? Especially in the padel even, one might say.

Patty tempers by observing that " the level of boys and girls is not the same. Even if it can be very interesting, especially for the public, we should see if the mayonnaise takes »

For Javier "The girls play extremely well. The women's tournaments show that the level has increased enormously. It would be good to see tournaments from padel mixed see the light of day ”.

Mixed events: show

Tournaments padel mixed that we have seen are often very interesting to watch.

Christophe Lesage, the President of the National Tennis Cup proposes the National Padel Cup for over 5 years. He was one of the forerunners in this type of event:

In tennis, we have been offering mixed tennis events all week long in the final stages. And it works very well. 5 years ago, we launched training sessions padel mixed and it has always worked.

The fact that the FFT can authorize the homologations of padel mixed is good luck.

Tournaments padel mixed would allow the public to see a different kind of padel. Imagine on the professional circuit, an official match between Salazar / Lamperti and Marrero / Bela?

It would be very interesting to see how it takes and if the public adheres to this kind of associations.

And then obviously, it would also allow players to put a little butter in the spinach in case of success in these professional events of padel and not to come for some that for a game in the main draw.

Maybe these professional mixed competitions of padel would be accessible only to players beyond the top 8 worldwide to allow others to make themselves known? Perhaps the best will not participate as in tennis to focus on classic events ...

What is certain: The padel is a perfect sport for mixed events. So long live the padel mixed among amateurs as well as professionals!

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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