No rest for Chingotto: absent in Lyon, present at the Padel Pro League, and the debate relaunched…

After their final victory in Milan last week, Alejandro Galán et Federico Chingotto have decided to to make a break before the resumption of personalised tour Premier Padel. The second world pair finally happened withdrawn from FIP Platinum Lyon, which takes place this week at Gerland Sports Palace.

A predictable withdrawal

Ce lump sum is not surprising: Ale Galán was visibly suffering from a back discomfort and did not want to take any risk for a tournament that would not have had a significant impact on the General classification, except for a few points at the Race.
After their spectacular final won in Milan face Tapia / Coello, this decision seemed almost inevitable.

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If you withdrawal of the FIP Platinum from Lyon in itself is not a scandal, the organizers had moreover remained cautious about the registration of the second world pairHis absence will only have one minor impact on the tournament, as this one is announced particularly noted, with in No. 1 seeds Martín Di Nenno and Leo Augsburger.

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Chingotto, the tireless player

The question that now arises concerns Fede Chingotto. After having been extraordinary in the final last Sunday, many expected to see him take advantage of this break to recover et recharge the batteries. His playing, particularly physical and intense, would probably need some rest.

However, the Argentinian will fly this week to the USA to participate in the Padel Pro League, an event organized in New York du 16 to 19 October.

Certainly, the Padel Pro League does not have the same requirements as a tournament Premier Padel : it is rather a exhibition event, less restrictive on a sporting level. But between the journey , accumulated fatigue and media exposure, it is difficult to see this as a real time of rest.
And this is where the debate resurfaces: these same players, often critical of the hellish pace of the circuit, continue despite everything to chain with this type of parallel events.

Fede Chingotto will not be not alone to make the trip. He will find there Agustín Tapia, the "Mozart of padel”, with whom he will form the Miami pair Padel - for this exhibition tournament.

No rest for Chingotto: absent in Lyon, present at the Padel Pro League, and the debate rekindled...

Between sporting consistency and financial opportunity

It's hard to blame them for this choice, given the stakes financial and promotional are important. But once again, this kind of initiative raises the question of the double speech of some players: exhausted by the pace of the circuitMore always present for lucrative or symbolic tournaments.

And you, what do you think? This participation in the Padel Pro League is she a active logical pause, or a new sign of the imbalance between sport and business in professional padel?

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.