En Corsica, the comings of Cyril Hanouna et Steed Malbranque au C5 Stadium did not go unnoticed. Accompanied by the former world top 100 player Aitor Garcia, the host of TPMP hoped to secure a victory in the first round facing a pair that is also “hybrid”: Baptiste Fabre and the former footballer Steed Malbranque.

Many of you followed the meeting and commented on it on social media. As promised, here are the statistics of the match… And they are without appeal : Cyril Hanouna and Steed Malbranque were the most requested playersBut also weak links of their respective teams.
Contrary to what has sometimes been expressed online, the two men still knew win some important points, as evidenced by their 8 winning points accumulated. But the difference was played out elsewhere: unforced errors. Hanouna finishes the match with 26 unforced errors, against 21 for Malbranque, a gap that clearly tipped the balance in this overall balanced meeting.

On the side of the leaders, Aitor Garcia failed to impose his rhythm against a Baptiste Fabre solid, Author of 34 winning points. He is also the MVP of the match. Garcia, for his part, only finishes with 5 unforced errors, but he never really could unfold his game, a classic situation in this kind of confrontation where the pairs are too unbalanced.
Le logical final score : 7 / 5 6 / 3 in favor of Fabre / Malbranque, who signs a qualification to the quarter-finals why P1000A very good operation for the Bordeaux pair.


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.