Eric Cablat, the owner of the nice-smash.fr store in Nice, tells us that he is particularly happy to see his city finally getting seriously involved in padel.

For him, “2019 is the year of padel in Nice”.

The 5th largest French city will indeed go from 2 to 9 padel courts at the beginning of January. Almost all the courts will be ready for the first quarter of 1.

If we add the number of plots around Nice, we exceed 20 plots with Eze, Monaco, Sophia Antipolis, Mougins, Cannes, etc.

With Nice LTC, the Nice Mercantour Sports Complex, the Nice Giordan Tennis Club and the Ultra Sport, Nice is definitely in the big leagues.

Below, an illustration by Nice Smash.

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.