Just a few hours ago, Stupaczuk and Jardim confirmed that they would start the 2016 season as partners. The two players explained to World Paddle Tour how the possibility arose that they join their paths in a project in which both know that great things can be contributed within the track.
Padel World Press .- It was a very delicate matter and difficult to deal with for the young player from Chaco. The loss of Martín di Nenno, his regular partner who is still recovering from the injuries that occurred in the tragic accident in which Elías Estrella died, forced him to look for a new 'partner of circumstances' but he did not know how to address that issue.
The panorama changed for him when on Tuesday, 26 day of January, he received the unexpected but gratifying call of one of the illustrious veterans of the World Paddle Tour Circuit: Marcello Jardim: "I asked Marcello for time to talk with Martin and my coaches because it was a very sensitive issue to deal with. "
Days later, the young Argentine accepted his offer: “Jardim can give me everything a young player like me needs. Experience, knowledge, knowing how to plan the matches… It will be like a coach on the court. I will try to be as positive as possible to infect it with all my desire and that we give our best together "
What were the reasons for that call? Well, very simple: Marcello Jardin also had to react when the one who until then was his partner, Juan Lebrón, told him that he wanted to accept Gaby Reca's offer to play together in 2016.
The brilliant Brazilian player from Kaitt told: "At the beginning it was a shock, because all the couples above were already closed. It was also very difficult for me to call Franco in such circumstances. "
But in the end it was decided and the Super Kid accepted his proposal. As he himself assured the World Paddle Tour teammates: “At 42 I feel like a 20-year-old boy. I think he can contribute a lot to me. Franco is very organized, he has a very great definition capacity, he is very fast and I think he will fit very well with my style of play ”.
In his statements, he added that he plans to travel very frequently to Madrid during the current season to train with Franco. "We are a new pair and we need to join". Very excited about the new challenge he is about to start, he wanted to joke when he said: "Franco is a boy with a great future, like everyone who passed through me".
As they pointed out, they have not yet talked about how long this union of circumstances will last because everything will depend on the evolution experienced by Martín de Nenno. As is logical, they have not been able to plan the preseason but, of course, for their quality, desire and talent, the only sure thing is that they will be one of those couples that will get the fans to have fun watching them in action.
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