At the Lyon Open, Gaël Monfils, the world number 9 and the 40th player of padel Frenchman saw his road stop at the gates of the final with his partner and French champion of padel 2016 Robin Haziza.

Faced with the favorites of the tournament, they were not far from creating the buzz, but at 1 set everywhere, we felt at Monfils / Haziza fatigue ... which then allowed Lopes / Garcia to complete this set faster than expected .

Gael Monfils will explain to our microphone that the "padel is far from being a physically quiet sport, and even more so when it is necessary to ensure several matches during the day".

"On Monday, jogging will be mandatory to attack the tennis training".

In any case, it seemed much more sporty for Gael this weekend than the Davis Cup team in Japan.

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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