Paul began playing tennis at the age of seven in the local parks, and started having coaching from the age of 8. Paul competed in the London youth games team for the borough of Hounslow and played LTA ratings tournaments. 

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At the age of 15, after winning several local tournaments, Paul was awarded a 2 year scholarship at the Queens Club before joining Warren Jacques International Tennis Academy. Paul competed on the Reebok national tour and worked in Australia as a hitting partner for ATP players competing at the Australian open. 

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At the age of 19 Paul began coaching and at 23 was head coach of 2 tennis clubs in London. 5 years later Paul was running his own tennis coaching company providing accessible tennis to all sections of the community. Paul was fortunate to be able to train his junior squads at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton.

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Paul has competed in recent years on the ITF World over 35 masters circuit. Paul reached a career high of 44 in the world in singles and 42 in doubles which also made him Italian No. 1 in both and ranked No 1 in Surrey at the time.