During  P1000 UrbanPadel Carquefou , we met the pair  Teo Larrue  et  Baptist Moura . Originating from  Gironde , they made the trip to  Loire Atlantique .  Road 3h30  to play two matches. As in  tennis , the  padel tournaments  ask for a lot of investment  to progress and confront  top .

 Saturday May 3 , 17:30 p.m.,  Teo Larrue  (123e) and  Baptist Moura  (59th) have just lost their  eighth finals  in front of the  seed n ° 1  of the tournament:  Charles Gortzounian / Benjamin Dufour . A  defeat  in two sets:  6 / 3 6 / 4 .

“The score is harsh. During the second set, we were leading 4-2,” he assures.  Teo Larrue .

Ankle injury

A  elimination  added to a  ankle injury  for Baptiste Moura.

“I got injured two points from the end of the match.”

Au  first round , they had beaten the pair  Siette/Demont  in two sets:  6 / 4 6 / 3 .

Si  Baptist Moura  plays almost every  weekends , moving to  Paris  or to  Metz , his teammate  Teo Larrue  competes in far fewer competitions.

“I don’t have the time or the budget to be able to travel all over France to participate in tournaments,” he assures.

Originally from the South West of France

“Before starting the  paddle  three years ago I played  tennis “, Complete  Baptist Moura , aged 26, dismissed from  Latresne Tennis Club , located south of  Bordeaux  He had already come to participate in the  P1000  in Carquefou.

While his teammate,  Teo Larrue , aged 27, from the club  Padel Touch Bassin d'Arcachon , came for the first time to the  P1000 in Carquefou .

“For my part, I discovered the  paddle  in 2019.”

The biggest tournament in France takes place at the end of June with the  Bordeaux P2  the  best players in the world  will be there. Of course,  Teo Larrue  et  Baptist Moura  will not miss this opportunity to attend the meetings.

“In previous editions, we received invitations from our clubs,” he adds.  Baptist Moura .

A real opportunity to  meet the cream of padel  and  to improve  looking at their  “technical” detectors.  et  tactics of the pairs present .

Henri Pasquet

Passionate about soccer and tennis since I was a kid, I've been playing ping-pong for three years at a club in Nantes. More recently, I discovered padel! Basketball, rugby, golf, and motorsports: yet more new sports that I follow regularly. On the cultural side, since I love giving my opinion, I write film and video game reviews on my Instagram page, Silence ça Mix.