Since the beginning of the year, the dinosaurs have been trying to resist this tide of new players who land on the World Padel Tour. For some with success and others with more difficulty.

BELA, the Federer of padel

Is Fernando Belasteguin the tree that hides the forest? Not really other players, the past XNUMXs continue to prove every year that you have to rely on them.

But BELA is undoubtedly the star of padel global. Despite his victories and his longevity, he remains very competitive. And its objective is clear: “take back first place in the world".

Youth and experience: a winning ticket?

We saw some exceptional things last year such as the Tapia / Bela association, or even more recently, the incredible Lamperti / Coello adventure.

It doesn't always work, but some pairs have surprised to the point of touching the peaks of the padel World.

Young people push dinosaurs to surpass themselves

We are not going to hide it, the public expected a certain renewal of the padel global. For 20 years, fans of padel lived with the same players. And we feel a certain shift for 2/3 years.

Who are these new young people arriving? These are the players who most often started the padel very early. A generation of new players bottle-fed padel, which allows us to see rapid climbs on the professional circuit of padel.

From the pre-qualifications, the competition is impressive. Particularly for men, even if the level is rising at high speed for women.

Le padel has also become much faster than before, more professional too. The style of play has evolved so much that we would like to put it on pause at times, the level of play is so incredible. Sometimes it goes very, very quickly. And some players have struggled to evolve their game.

Should we be talking about a major renewal in 2021?

Not obvious, it's been 2 years that we see little by little the young people pushing “his stars” of the padel World.

The elders try to resist with varying degrees of success, and the list is long among all these forties: Cristian Gutierrez, Marcello Jardim, Juan Martin Diaz, Aday Santana, Fernando Poggi, Mati Diaz, Silingo, Maxi Sanchez, Grabiel , Seba Nerone who is also a part-time WPT consultant…

Cristian Gutierrez: a symbol

For some, they went straight out of the main draw. The most incredible example is Cristian Gutierrez. An exceptional career and paw, a style all his own, and yet ...

The Argentine recently celebrated his 43th birthday. But he also celebrated in Vigo a second loss in previa in a row after the Alicante Open.

Worse, Cristian has previously chained 6 consecutive defeats in the round of 16.

The recent victory of the Franco-Spanish pair against Gutierrez / Santana partly illustrates this harsh reality and Franco Stupaczuk has understood it perfectly by noting the fact that there is now “more teams”Able to return“in the main table".

Remember, Ember / Zapata lost with honors to the pair of the moment Alex Ruiz and Stupa in the 1st round of the Vigo Open.

How not to end this article on the young pair of the moment that makes so many heads fall : Leal and Semmler. Once again in the main draw when they come from the preprevias, they are now in the quarterfinals!

Let’s not bury all these “old people” who made us dream so much. And this is not over !

Credits: Bravo to Analysts Padel for aged photos

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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