The heat. More heat. Always the heat. It's as if the end-of-season controversies only revolve around one subject: the heat. And yet, it is November and the cool winter air should minimise the players' suffering on the pitch.

Alert in Dubai

However, a new controversy has just broken out in Mexico Major, just a few weeks after the controversy at Dubai P1, initiated by Ramiro Moyano et Juan Cruz BelluatiThe PPA, the association of professional padel players, had sounded the alarm, raising several concerns about the difficult conditions in which the players found themselves.

PPA sounds alarm on extreme conditions Premier Padel Dubai P1

This time it is Paquito Navarro et paul cardona who stepped up after their round of 16 match against Vasquez/Axelsson.

Le rant by Paquito Navarro

Paquito Navarro and Pablo Cardona played around 10:30 yesterday morning, when temperatures were already around 32°. Facing the Swedes Adam Axelsson and Simon Vasquez, the 5th seed threw himself into a three-set match that lasted almost three hours, ultimately won by the favorites: 7/6(10) 6/7(3) 6/3.

At the end of the match, the Andalusian seemed particularly angry. His anger was not linked to the close score of the match… but rather to the conditions in which the players had been playing since the beginning of the week.

Paquito Navarro's words on the bench:

Once again, we have to declare that sports like this are not going well, that something is going to happen to us, that we are playing with humidity of almost 100% at 27 degrees in Mexico. If I win and they put the microphone on me… It is not your fault but it is not normal, we are dying.

For his part, Pablo Cardona did not keep his tongue in his pocket. The young Spaniard took his teammate's side by adding: “I think it's the hardest match I've ever had to play in my whole life. You don't know what it's like to be there, inside the track."

External conditions: complicated adaptability

At the beginning of the year, Premier Padel had decided to force the four Majors to be played outdoors. However, as time goes on, it becomes clear that players are not entirely convinced by the experience. outdoor : besides the heat which severely affects the players' bodies, another problem had been raised, the light.

During the'Italy Major, Maxi Grabiel, coach of Coki Nieto et Jon sanz, had complained about the conditions outdoor and the difficulty for players to play at night. The Italy Major where controversies around temperatures had also swelled… as well as the FIP Platinum Sardegna.

Maxi Grabiel: “It’s terrible to play in these conditions…”

Coming back to Paquito Navarro and Pablo Cardona, we will not see them again at the Mexico Major. In fact, the duo has decided to withdraw from the rest of the competition, for personal reasons. It is not unlikely that the Andalusian's outburst had a role to play in this decision...

Gwenaelle Souyri

It was her brother who one day told her to accompany him to a padel court, since then, Gwenaëlle has never left the court. Except when it comes to going to watch the retransmission of Padel Magazine, World Padel Tour… or Premier Padel…or the French Championships. In short, she is a fan of this sport.

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