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News briefsTournament woes in the pádel world
Through Setpoint Events, the World Padel Tour (WPT) has canceled the Buenos Aires Padel Master, reducing its November tournaments to two: the Areco Malmö Padel Open and the Skechers Mexico Padel Open. The stated reason was delinquent payments from “the local promotors.” This would be the organization of Argentine businessman ...
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ArticleA1 Padel, unfazed, looks to US
Fabrice Pastor, himself a former professional player, remains optimistic about the world’s third-largest pádel league, A1 Padel – known until this past January as the APT Tour. He is optimistic in the face of the recent unification of the world’s top two leagues, World Padel Tour (WPT) and Premier Padel. ...
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ArticlePremier Padel to include women this season
The president of the International Padel Federation (FIP), Luigi Carraro, has told Relevo in an interview that women will be playing in the next tournament organized by Premier Padel – that is, after the Ooredoo Qatar Major, which took place from Feb. 28 to March 6. “If we’d had a ...
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ArticlePPA reviewing legal options against WPT
The Professional Padel Association (PPA) is none too happy over the plans of the World Padel Tour (WPT) for the current year. The union has released a nine-point statement alleging breach of player contracts and describing the tour’s “unilateral” decisions as being “of a gravity without comparison, not only in ...
