Hard blow for the French padel team:  Thomas Leygue , French number 1 in the FIP rankings, has suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. He announced this on  Instagram , this injury is synonymous with  end of season  for him.

A leader at a standstill

A key figure in French padel,  Thomas Leygue  has established itself in recent years as  a pillar of the French team,  especially with  Bastien Blanqué . During the last  European Championships in Cagliari , he simply had  not lost a match in the competition  together.

Its regularity on the  international circuit  These last few months have come at the best of times when we know the current situation of the French team,  in total reconstruction with the new generation.

A puzzle for Pablo Ayma

Coach Pablo Ayma will have to adapt. Because beyond his level of play, Leygue embodies a  form of stability  in a group still under construction. But beyond that, the Aixois is  able to play on both sides of the floor , a very important asset for the selector to whom it offered a  multitude of possibilities  in aligned pairs.
His absence would open the door to another player, but none are present today.  the same level of experience and consistency  on major international competitions.

French World Cup Team 2024

A reduced but ambitious team

Even weakened, France retains some solid pillars, with  Bastien Blanqué  et  Johan Bergeron  who are the most experienced. A  experiment  that will have to be mixed with the  youth , The  fiery  new ones,  Timeo Fonteny  who joined the French team last year could  take on another dimension The French pool remains very important, even with this absence, the French team will keep the  same collective ambitions  with the line of sight Euro Padel Cup  from September 29 to October 4, 2025.

A case to follow very closely in the coming weeks with a French team training camp which will be decisive...

Teo Vieau

He discovered padel in 2016 in Nantes and quickly became attached to the game, even climbing to 474th place in France. Commentator on Padel Mag TV, he covers the various tournaments on the French circuit as well as international tournaments organized in France!

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