"Passion as fuel"

First, Roland Garros which made it possible to offer the padel tireless wings to develop in France and certainly throughout the world.

Never in the history of padel, there had been so many foreign media for a sport like this and over such a long period (3 weeks). We will certainly remember in a few years those moments when the padel won stripes to become " fashionable sport ».

First, the former French Federation of padel had made it possible to host in Toulouse a stage of the world championships of padel in 2000. 1er success for the padel French.

Then certain clubs such as the Hers club, Paddle Plus (Toulouse), the Cassis club, Mandelieu and of course the Set Club (Aix-en-Provence) with its famous international tournament, " wore the padel French for a great decade »As Jean-Marc Lenoir and Béatrice Nicolau remind us, respectively the managers of the Set Club and Club de l'Hers. They were almost alone and the padel was based mainly on them and their passion.

The click then the springboard

The 2012/2013 period comes: a " click " to the eyes " ancient As explained in the middle. Suddenly, this little-known sport became fashionable with the development of a number of clubs. padel like that of Sophia (Real Padel), Perpignan (Le Club du Mas), Laval (Padel Park), the Soccer Park including that of Champigny ...

The rest of the story, we live it. In February 2014, the French Tennis Federation joined the padel in its statutes. A few months later, the FFT obtained its approval from the Ministry of Sports to represent the padel in France. Many clubs are created (Central Padel In Lyon, Padel attitude and Padel Sensation, the two big clubs in Lille ...), Henri Leconte embarks on the construction of padel (editor's note, Henri Leconte Padel Club)…

May / June 2015: it is certainly the starting signal of an adventure which has only just begun with this land of padel at Roland Garros, but also that of Sporting in La Baule during the veteran tennis world championships.

Between the launch of the regional phases for the French championship of padel, the stage of World Padel Tour which will take place in early September in Monaco and finally the National circuit Padel Cup which begins soon for an explosive final phase at Cap d'Agde at the end of October (Along with the National tennis Cup), everything is green for this sport to go very far.

To know the agenda of padel french: https://padelmagazine.fr/calendrier-padel/

Franck Binisti - Padel Magazine

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.

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