International padel tournament in Prague

This niche sport is sometimes known as the sport of the 21^st century. It is a unique combination of squash, tennis and ricochet, with some new original features.

This racquet sport originated in South America and is slowly beginning to spread throughout Europe, including the Czech Republic. It is an exciting, entertaining, relatively light, sociable, prestigious and spectacular sport.

How to play padel?

Padel is played in doubles on a 20 x 10 metre court, which is one third the size of a tennis court. The court is fenced with glass and wire walls that can be used for bouncing the ball, similarly to squash, as long as it’s within the rules.

Like tennis, the padel court is divided in the middle by a net and the ground is made of artificial grass. The scoring system is the same as tennis and the balls are similar to tennis balls. However, the players must serve underhand, and the rackets are shorter, and have small holes, instead of string.

Padel Experience by Madison

The international amateur tournament is proof of the sport’s increasing popularity. The competition is played in 31 countries on 4 continents, including Japan, Senegal, Brazil, France, Chile, Italy and others. Between the 16^th and the 18^th of August, the tournament will take place in the Czech capital city for the first time, in the Tennis and Padel Club Písečná in Prague 8.

This club has public padel courts, so you can try this recent and very interesting sport there yourself.

For further information, please visit: https://internationalpadel.com/en/praga-ipe2019/