Career
He"s been regarded as one of the best players of all time, along with El Nel de Murla, Juliet d"Alginet and Rovellet, and he deserved to be in the Honor Gallery of the Pelayo trinquet. As is usual in his town, he began playing Raspall, but when he was 17 he turned to Escala i corda, the variant which he ruled for 20 years. His superiority was so clear for everybody that organizers had to force him to play per baix (down), that is, he could only hit the ball when it had already bounced on the ground or on the walls, but never in the air.
Genovés I retired as a professional pilotari after winning the 1995 Trofeu Individual Bancaixa final match against Álvaro, who was 20 years younger, and finally overcame 60-55.
