The Padel Podcast

Gerardo is the Chief Operating Officer of The Pádel Club Georgetown. In parallel, he serves as a Political Risk Associate with Arko International, where he advises on policy dynamics, commercial risk, and opportunities in the Americas.

Originally from Mexico, Penchyna had a successful junior tennis career, representing Mexico in Junior Davis Cup in 2014 and 2016. He went on to play NCAA Division I tennis at Rice University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

He is a certified instructor in both yoga and pádel. Currently, he is pursuing a one-year online master’s in Pádel Club Management with the University of Murcia in Spain, in partnership with PadelMBA.

Before relocating to Guyana, Gerardo worked as a policy research analyst in Washington, DC. He holds a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

He is committed to wellness, racquet sports, and the intersection of geopolitics & business.

Ryan Redondo — a former All-American tennis player turned visionary entrepreneur. He’s the CEO of Taktika Padel and the San Diego Stingrays, leading an ambitious plan to install over 200 padel courts across the West Coast. Under his leadership, Taktika Padel has become a hub for enthusiasts, offering comprehensive programs and tournaments. As CEO of Youth Tennis San Diego and the Barnes Tennis Center, Ryan is also making racquet sports accessible to all. Recognized as one of San Diego Business Journal's Leaders of Influence in Sports Business 2025, Ryan brings both passion and expertise to his mission of growing racquet sports in the U.S.

This week's guest has been one of the first non-Spanish person who really took padel to the next level!

Victoria Pahlett is an ex tennis pro, who worked at Playtomic and went on to get to know everyone in the padel space. She has been to all over the world, seen the Swedish expansion of padel through and came up with the amazing idea of Padel Relations.

She was a pleasure to have and we have had a great chat about everything padel

Nacho Porto is a Spanish-born padel coach and industrial engineer who began playing padel at the age of 10. With over 15 years of coaching experience in both Spain and Finland, he has competed in Spain's first category in Madrid and Málaga for more than eight years. Notably, he was a runner-up in the Spanish team competition and has won the "Series Nacionales Padel" four times in Málaga and Madrid. Additionally, Nacho has partnered with top players like Juan Lebron, the world number one, securing several tournament victories. ​

In Finland, Nacho co-founded Finspadel Akatemia, the first Finnish-Spanish padel academy located in Jyväskylä. ​

Nacho also contributes to the Finnish national padel team as an assistant coach, bringing international experience to the team's preparation for European competitions. ​

It is that time of the year! Expo or some might call it, Summit season!

And who better to have on the podcast than the director of the Padel World Summit which will be held in Barcelona from the 27th till the 29th of May.

We talk about a lot of great topics and Alex is such a natural, hope you'll like as much as I did!

I just got inspired by the Miami P1, so I thought I'll do a quick recap!

Galan, Chingotto, Lebron, Stupa and all the other big names are being mentioned and how the ladies faired as well! Stay tuned for a lot more to come!

Mark Ayers is one of the pioneers of UK Padel, quite literally!

He is planning over 80 events this year in the UK from juniors even up to the seniors!

Their events all over the country bring a competitive edge as well as an amazing spirit all around for padel. Mark is a lighting engineer by trade, but now fully focusing on padel as his full time activity! 

Just a quick recap of the Cancun P2 and what I'm expecting for the men's final!

Pasquale is back and he is always welcome on the pod! 

We talk Coello's new racket line. Why Edu Alonso changed brands and how does it work with sponsorships in general!

Head holds 3 of the 4 number 1s in the world, so they know something!

Tune in!

Pablo Garcia of el4set is back and we talk about padel.

Gijon P2, Tolito and Gonz Alfonso's chance, the Augsgate (Augsburger, Chozas and Libaak leaving Nox and Volt for Siux), Pablo turning pro and what he thinks of the goats of padel!

Definitely a nerdy episode with a lot of insight!