«From World Padel Tour we send our condolences to his family and to the whole world of paddle tennis. Rest in peace, “said in a statement the body that regulates sports in Argentina after the death of Elías Estrella, the 20-year-old player from Rosario, was known after an accident he suffered while driving his car to Ezeiza , where he would take a flight to Paraguay to play an exhibition.
The circumstances of the accident have not yet been clarified but it was learned that Estrella hit a bus head-on in the town of Monte Grande, a few kilometers from the destination of the player from Rosario who was traveling with his friend Hernán Rodríguez, also deceased, and Martín Di Nenno, a colleague in the discipline, who suffered a fractured femur but is out of danger.
Paddle, it is a game similar to tennis, the court is smaller, it has no fairways for doubles, and the net is smaller.
Paddle tennis is played with a solid blade, instead of a string racket, and a tennis ball with less pressure, in addition the serve or service must be done at the waist. The same track is used for both doubles and singles, doubles being the modality that is most practiced. .
Argentine paddle champion dies in car accident
