Egypt to host its first Premier Padel event

Premier Padel will host an event in Egypt for the first time as the world’s fastest-growing sport comes to Newgiza for a P1 event. The competition will also be the first from Premier Padel to be played in Africa, making it a landmark moment for the growth of sport.  The Newgiza Premier Padel P1 will take place from October 24 to 30 as part of a multi-year deal with Khaled El-Shawarby, CEO of the NEWGIZA Sports Club partnering up with CA Sports Marketing in collaboration with the Egyptian Padel Federation. Premier Padel is the official global padel tour, governed by the International Padel Federation (FIP) and backed by the Professional Padel Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI). The Qualifiers will take place on October 22 and 23, with the main draw starting at their conclusion. The tournament becomes the latest P1 competition on the calendar with previous events in Madrid and Mendoza taking place last month. Prize money for the tournament will be €250,000 – in line with other P1 events with 48 pairs qualifying for the main draw. Premier Padel is the only tour to offer official ranking points to players and P1 tournaments will earn the winners 1000 points. Luigi Carraro, President of the International Padel Federation said: “When, together with PPA and QSI, we decided to create the new global Tour – Premier Padel – we had the goal to make our sport more professional and more global every day. Seven months after the launch, after having organised tournaments in some of the most prestigious places in the world, we finally arrive in Egypt, on the African continent.” Launched earlier this year, Premier Padel has so far hosted five tournaments in 2022 – including three category one “Major” events, with the Mexico Premier Padel Major at the Club Sonoma en Monterrey, Mexico to come on 28th November to 4th December. Previous Majors this season took the brand new Tour to the Ooredoo Qatar Major 2022 in March, the Italy Premier Padel Major in May, and the Paris Premier Padel Major at Stade Roland Garros in July.