Frenchman Benjamin Tison has a chance to write the history of padel French. He confronts Aday Santana and Cristian Gutierrez Albizu with his partner Teo Zapata.

As a symbol

While the first French people always had trouble getting through the first laps of the preprevias, we can say that the situation has changed today. The tournament in Vigo symbolizes it well with Tison / Zapata in the second round of the previas and Bergeron / Vasquez who have almost surprised this morning against Marc Quilez and Cristian German Gutierrez !

Tomorrow, Benjamin and his Spanish partner Teo will face two players who were among the very best in the world. Former Top 10 member Cristian Gutierrez Albizu has won 3 Open of World Padel Tour, the most recent being that of Granada, in 2018, alongside Franco Stupaczuk! During this tournament the Argentines had beaten Juan Lebron and Juan Martin Diaz in the semifinals, then the number 1s at the time, Maxi Sanchez and Sanyo Gutierrez in the final. Another world !

However, tomorrow, this player with an exceptional record, and his current partner, Aday Santana, former member of the World Top 15 and several times semi-finalist on the WPT, will face Benjamin Tison, who played in 2018 his first tournament of World Padel Tour ! What a path taken by the Parisian!

Le World Padel Tour changing

If Gutierrez and Santana, who both turned 43 this month, are no longer the players they were a few years ago (the proof with their current ranking: 42nd and 64th, far from their standards of '3 years ago), it is also proof that the World Padel Tour has changed a lot in recent years. Players are increasingly trained and XNUMX-year-olds who do not constantly reinvent themselves like Fernando Belasteguin can no longer play the leading roles.

Young people are gradually taking power, we see it at the top of the ranking with Lebron and Galan of course, but also Tapia, Chingotto, Tello, Stupaczuk… or more recently Coello. The new generation imposes its aggressive style of play and its physical qualities.

In the preprevias and previas, young people like Javi leal also grow. We are witnessing a renewal of players at all levels, and the good news is that the French are getting closer and closer to the level to enter the main tables for men (for girls it has already been the case for a few years).

Tomorrow Tuesday 09h00, Benjamin Tison will have the opportunity to write the history of padel French during the second round of the previas of this WPT Vigo Open 2021. We wish him good luck, just like his partner Teo Zapata, 26, who also aspires to play at the highest level!

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