Tennis
Former PSG and France player becomes professional padel tennis player
Former football player of French “Paris Saint-Germain” and English “Newcastle” Hatem Ben Arfa He became a professional padel tennis player.
Padel tennis is very similar to regular tennis but played on indoor courts. Rackets are also different – in padel tennis they are slightly smaller than in classical sport.
Currently, Hatem Ben Arfa has won more than 70 tournaments and is among the top 1,500 padel tennis players in the world (42 thousand in total).
If we talk about his football career, everything is not so rosy. The 36-year-old midfielder has been a free agent for over a year; His last club was Lille. Hatem played 428 matches at club level, scoring 75 goals and 64 assists, and also played 15 times with the French national team.
🇫🇷🎾 Free agent Hatem Ben Arfa (36) spends his free time playing padel tennis!
He has won over 70 tournaments in one year and is in the top 1500 out of 42,000 players.
According to Le Parisien, it is said that he trains and plays this sport every day. 👟 pic.twitter.com/6XxA6xmhXh
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) 29 November 2023
Source: Sport UA
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