After Padelpro Cup and the French Open of padel, Sébastien Ruiz de Conejo, player, coach and manager padel for the Dunlop brand Padel looks back on the evolution of padel in France and internationally, but also on French players who shine on the national circuit.

Le padel, international development

Le padel saw moments he had never known before. The padel is developing in France, of course, but above all it is a question of global development.

What is amazing is that the padel has been around for 40 years. Yet in France and more generally in the world outside of Latin America and Spain, it has only been 3/4 years since padel is really developing internationally.

I launched the Maigret brothers

I have been in tennis for a very long time. I have a story in the padel which begins to date ... The padel having developed in the Paris region, I launched the Maigret brothers in this sport and other players in the Paris region such as Benjamin Tison among others. And today, we see them on the front of the stage. It's really great for them but it doesn't surprise me that much.

They arrived with a heavy technical baggage already. They are talented and passionate about this sport. Obviously, it's an explosive cocktail.

Dunlop Padel, an essential brand

The Dunlop brand Padel offers high quality material. Dunlop snowshoes Padel have real added value. The problem is that there are over 150 brands on the market, and most of them don't add anything.

In the long term, brands that know how to invest in the development of technologies will develop while others, and it starts already, will have to stop. For the moment, it goes from all sides and we can imagine that it is not so obvious for the end user. But few will last in time.

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.