On his social networks,  Pablo Lijó  expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation of the professional padel circuit. According to him,  Players, fans and promoters suffer the consequences , while those who should take responsibility do not.

The Spanish player claims that  all players want to play , but demand decent working conditions, in accordance with the commitments made three years ago.

In front of this situation,  Pablo Lijó has decided to give up several tournaments , among which the  FIP Gold of Paredes, the Silver of Valencia, the Silver of Egypt, the P2 of Gijón and the FIP Gold of Dubai . He also announced that he would not participate in the tournament.  Cancún , due to recent communications received from  Premier Padel .

The player deplores a difficult context, affirming that padel has gone from a business that  threatened the players  to another who, according to him,  adopts similar practices . Implied,  Pablo Lijó  refers to the  World Padel Tour , which was  abandoned  by  FIP  for the benefit of  Premier Padel , supposed to offer a more advantageous circuit for players.

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His words are reminiscent of those of  Cristian Gutiérrez  who left to play this year on the A1 side Padel.

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Despite his disagreement with the current situation,  Pablo Lijó assures that he will respect his contractual commitments  and will participate well in the  P1 Miami , second tournament of this category of the season.

He concludes his message by  apologizing to fans , which he considers to be the most affected by these conflicts within the circuit.

Here is the translation of the 47th player in the world:

“The players pay it. The fans pay it. The promoters pay it. The ones who don’t pay it are the ones who should.

There is not a single player who does not want to play, but we need to do it in dignified conditions. We only ask that they respect what they promised us three years ago. No more, no less.

For my part, I decided not to play the  FIP Gold of Paredes, the Silver of Valencia and that of Egypt, the P2 of Gijón , nor the  Dubai FIP Gold . And unfortunately, after the last letters received from  Premier Padel , I don't want to go to either  Cancún .

It's sad, very sad, this whole situation. We left a company that threatened us and didn't count on us, to join another one that does exactly the same thing. It only took them a year.

I would like to  apologize to all the supporters , who, together with us, are undoubtedly those who suffer the most when seeing the padel  stab himself .

Of course,  I will respect my contractual obligations  and I will be at  Miami  to compete in the second  P1  of the season.

Thank you all for your understanding and support!”

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.

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