Former number 1 Seba Nerone retires: “I gave it my all, I have no more”

BARCELONA, 28 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Argentine padel player Seba Nerone will retire this season after 25 years in the elite of the competition and after being number 1 in the ranking in 2001, feeling that he has nothing more to offer and becoming part of the new management of the World Padel Tour (WPT).

“The time comes. It was a kind of open secret, and it is time to make it official. These are the last tournaments that I have left. The feeling that I am leaving with is that I gave everything, I have no more,” he announced in a statement. provided by WPT.

Nerone, five times world champion and number 1 in the ranking with Gaby Reca in 2001. Sanyo Gutiérrez and Álex Ruiz played with him. “Without a doubt, his legacy will be eternal. The day has come. One of the great legends of this sport hangs the shovel,” they assured from the professional circuit.

In this final stretch of the season, Nerone will play his last two tournaments in Mexico, which will be played on November 2 at the Rivapadel Club, and in his native Buenos Aires, in the tournament in which he will play the final draw with a ‘wild card ‘with his partner and friend Maxi Grabiel.

From then on, the Argentine will continue to be linked to the WPT with a “very important” role in the new direction of the World Padel Tour. In addition, he will continue to be the official commentator on the broadcasts of the tournaments of the circuit.