Pablo Lima It will be the big absent during the Sardinian Open in Italy scheduled for September 6 to 13. A step of World Padel Tour which will be done without the Brazilian, partner of Paquito Navarro, after seeing summer tested positive for COVID-19, during the Valencia Open which is currently taking place.

Indeed, the Navarro / Lima pair had to play their quarter against Chingotto / Tello. But the match will not be played in the end. The fault of this virus which continues to rage in Spain despite all the precautions taken by the authorized and the circuit.

In Bilbao, as in all tournaments on the circuit, I took the COVID-19 test before the start of the competition, as required by the organization, and I tested negative.

Yet after the knockout stages, I felt sick and tired. Out of caution, I asked to take another test in which I unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19.

That's why we couldn't play the quarterfinals. Now I am at home in isolation, following the recommended protocol, and I will not be competing again or training again until I test negative. Therefore, I will also cancel the WPT in Sardinia.

Since Pablo Lima will certainly have to spend 14 days in isolation, Paquito Navarro, his partner finds himself alone. Who will he play with in the Italian Open which starts tomorrow? For the moment the Spanish have not yet expressed themselves on the WPT Sardinia. He could communicate after the Valencia Open which will give him some time to find a partner.

Will the organizers allow Paquito to be reinstated at the Sardinian Open with another partner when he was registered with Pablo Lima? We hope that there will be tolerance in the face of a health crisis that has not said its last word.

Paquito's problem is the time allotted to find an available partner who allows him to attack the final stages directly. Unless Paquito is also in the obligation to be quarantined since he rubbed shoulders with Pablo.

Other questions: Will the opponents of Navarro / Lima also have to be quarantined? They shared balls on the track, they crossed paths… A situation that France experienced not so long ago in Perpignan during its P2000…

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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.

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