Nito Brea, Monte Carlo director Padel Master, looks back on this Monte Carlo 2e cru Padel Master with in particular his women's tournament… But also some information on the news of the coach Nito Brea.

Can we take stock of Monte Carlo Padel Master 2016?
It's a very good year. First parque we had bet to launch the tournament women this year. And that was done! It's a big success. If unfortunately we lack space in the marquee to play all games, the first ladies' rounds were played in Beausoleil.

What is going on now? New surprises for next season?
Tennis Padel Soleil will further expand its sports equipment with the establishment of an indoor structure padel. Both sites will indeed be covered. It will also be the first indoor club in the region. This will allow players to play all year round.

Regarding the next Monte Carlo season Padel Master, we're already thinking about it. But first, we have to breathe in this big year and make an overall point with the whole team.

Fabrice Pastor always wishes better and we do not know yet what he reserves for us.

A blogger asked us why ladies did not play at the big top?

It is obviously a story of place. With an extra competition, the only pitch in the marquee could not accommodate all the matches. It was technically impossible to do. That's why we've decided that all this year's games will be played in Beausoleil on his extraordinary new installations.

From the half, we had the ladies. And it was a big show with a half size suprise with the twin sisters who lost in 3 sets.

We could not offer ladies matches from the quarters?

Really complicated for several reasons. First, you have to play 4 extra games. Not easy to get everything back while the men must start their games in the early afternoon. And you have to be equally between all pairs, some can not play in the marquee while others are in Beausoleil. It would not be fair.

Then there was an event scheduled for Friday morning. The PRO AM. It was about bringing in a few stars to develop our sport. This type of event has an impact on competition and tournament communication. It is therefore an important moment. Didier Deschamps came to play padel this Sunday and it was and will be a good time for the continuation of the development of the tournament and more generally of the padel.

This type of event is very important because it allows to bring the public to this sport.

In the future, this element can evolve?

I hope so. In beausoleil, we will already have covered courts. And that makes it possible to adapt the programming much more easily. The priority is the development of our sport. So we will try to adapt with these additional means. But if the ladies tournament is important, we cannot abandon the PRO AM, a very important event in the context of our development and that of the padel.

Regarding your own news, are you going to come and live in France to coach the players of Padel at Tennis Padel Sun ?
(Laughter…) It is expected that I will get more and more involved in the Tennis club Padel Sun. But I will continue my activities in Spain. My daughter is one of the best players in the world and so I will try to follow her for a while in Madrid.

But I like to coach, it's my job and my passion. Come and train in France at Padel Soleil could be news but a little later. On the other hand, Gaby Reca comes and gets involved in the club now since he will spend a lot of time here.

Regarding the level in France, what do you think?

France is a country of racket. And she has tremendous potential. For the moment, it is far from the best, but in 4 or 5 years, we could see emerge very good French pairs.

To come back to your book, it's not an ultra-technical book, but rather a book on tactics, on your own experience in coaching?

Yes perfectly. It's a book that doesn't just focus on the technical side of the padel, but also and especially on the tactical and psychological part of this sport. We don't realize how special this sport is.

How to play with your head? How to communicate with your partner? My book mainly concerns this aspect. The padel is a very rich sport. Sometimes there are several possible situations, and in a few seconds you have to play the most effective situation depending on the placement of the opponents, but also on your own placement and that of your partner. The parameters are numerous and choosing the good or the least bad solution is not always easy.

Interview by Franck Binisti

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.