Let's do some fiction. What if we started dreaming once. What if Roger Federer embarked on the padel. A player totally built to hurt in this cousin sport of tennis.

Indeed, he is a net cat, he has already shown how to get by at squash, in addition to being a huge tennis champion.

His style of play seems to fit perfectly with the needs of being a great player of padel. The Swiss is equipped with all the characteristics to become a player of padel incredible: reflexes, smashes, volleys, half-volleys, defense, touchdown… He is also Olympic champion in doubles so he is already used to sharing the track with another player. Everything seems already written in him to do something great in the padel !

Federer Padel dream or reality

Be careful, excellent at tennis does not necessarily mean excellent at padel. You need training, adapting to the dimensions of the field, the windows, the fact of always playing with a partner, the specific tactics of this sport, etc.

But among the ladies, we see former tenniswomen doing well on the WPT. This is of course the case with Marta Marrero, a former professional tennis player who notably made a quarterfinal at Roland Garros. To a lesser extent, our French women Alix Collombon and Léa Godallier did very well with the large racket before embarking on the padel and quickly experience some success.

For men, it's not the same story. Of course, good tennis players can quickly become good tennis players. padel. Miguel Semmler or even Benjamin Tison are good examples of quick success on the WPT circuit. But we have yet to see a former tennis star become a tennis star. padel global. It might not be too late!

Obviously, as Roger's age, the window gets smaller and smaller. He would have to train in secret for a few years now. In any case, if tomorrow Roger embarks on serious padel, the media repercussions around this discipline could be enormous!

Croatian Ivan Ljubičić consultant for Roger Federer and friend, said of Roger that he was interested in padel even if for the moment he wanted to devote himself 100% to tennis.

Alexis Dutour

Alexis Dutour is passionate about padel. With his training in communication and marketing, he puts his skills at the service of padel to offer us articles that are always very interesting.