Interesting question that we raise from the Vibor-A Team, who make us go back in time to reach what was the fifth season in the history of Pádel Pro Tour, the Professional Circuit in which at that time competed the big stars of this sport.
Padel World Press .- A new decade began. The paddle continued to grow in importance and popularity but there was one thing that remained unchanged from 2002 (and that continued to be until the end of 2014): Juan Martín Díaz-Fernando Belasteguín were the Kings of a sport in which Pablo Lima was already beginning to stand out and in which Willy Lahoz was the first Spanish player.
In a classification whose first positions were taken by Argentines, the Madrid Lahoz occupied the eleventh place while, in 2016, is fifteenth. At the moment, the best Spaniard is Paquito Navarro who, from the number 4 and consolidated as one of the main figures of the World Paddle Tour Circuit, surely does not remember that there 2010 went to the 36 post.
If we do not count the nationalized Juan Martín Díaz, Matías Díaz and Juani Mieres, the Sevillian would be the only representative of our country among the top ten of a Ranking that in 2010 had Spanish 13 among the first 50, by the 23 listed in the news
With regard to age, the youngest player in the Top Ten at the beginning of 2010 was Pablo Lima, 23 years old ... Now it would be Paquito Navarro, with 27. In a data very to take into account, the average age of the Top Ten players was 2010 years old in 32, down from 34 today.
That means that six campaigns later, many of the 'historical' are still seated in the world padel elite: Fernando Belasteguín, Pablo Lima, Juani Mieres, Juan Martín Díaz and Miguel Lamperti. On the other hand, Cristian Gutiérrez, Seba Nerone and Gaby Reca would be in the second step while Hernán Auguste has already retired from the high competition.
And what do they tell us from Vibor-A of their players? At that time, Maxi Grabiel was ranked number 12 next to Agustín Gómez Silingo and now, six years later, is the current 13 of the world in the company of Ramiro Moyano.
The latter, brand new signing of the snake brand, has passed in this time of being the 48 to share the thirteenth place with Maxi, so it could be said that he has starred, along with Paquito Navarro, the most important ascent in the Professional Ranking in the last six years.
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