While we are currently living in high temperatures in Europe, players in Mendoza, Argentina had to pull out sweats and fleeces to beat the cold.
Mendoza being in the middle of the southern hemisphere, summer is still a long way off and temperatures ranging from 3 to 16° prevail in the city. Hard blow for some players who, a few days earlier, had just played Madrid P1 Premier Padel under blazing heat.
There is no doubt that this climate change must have played many tricks on the competitors regarding their style of play.
We already know this, but several factors must be taken into account when starting a tournament in a new city (altitude, temperature or even humidity). These key points greatly influence the type of game that the players will set up. Example, when it's hot the big hitters will have a considerable advantage because the ball will tend to come out more easily.
But what about when the temperatures drop?
It was Pablo Lima who, during a post-victory press conference, gave us his opinion on the matter: “With this cold the pala and the ball are harder and it took me two days to get used to this change in touch. The ball exit is thus faster but hey we are all in the same case. In addition, with these temperatures the ball has more difficulty getting out, whereas when it is hot this is not the case. These are small technical details that you must take into account to make fewer mistakes. "
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