During the last World Padel Tour which was played in Vigo, Galicia, Argentina's Aris Patiniotis had to forfeit due to injury.

Indeed reached in the Achilles heel, the pain became insurmountable and the young Argentinian was forced to undergo surgery at the beginning of the week as he was able to announce on his Instagram account. The 53rd player in the world should unfortunately stay away from the pitch for a little while ...

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A new pair is born

Following this bad news, his partner Jon Sanz had to review his plans for the next WPT which will take place this time in Santander, in the heart of Cantabria, still in northern Spain.

As he announced on his account Instagram, his choice fell on Christian Fuster (50), who after a mixed start to the season decided to part ways with Gonzalo Rubio with whom he had achieved great things last season. For his part, Rubio has yet to announce who he will pursue on the WPT.

We wish Aris Patiniotis a good recovery and good luck to the Fuster - Sanz pair!

 

Photo credits: World Padel Tour / Instagram Jon Sanz

Sebastien Carrasco

Future naturopath and passionate about padel, Seb is the health/food gentleman of Padel Magazine. He juggles between pala, quinoa and essential oils. For almost two years now he has been dealing with the news of the little yellow ball with the same passion.