A great meeting of padel international took place this weekend in Chiba (Japan), the Asian Padel Tournament. This tournament brought together for the third consecutive year several countries in various competitions, men, women, juniors, national teams or traditional tournament. After two days of competitions it is the Australians who win the Asian Padel Tournament 2019.

Here are the results of the various events proposed, knowing that Japan and Australia were the two nations that won the most prizes. We must not forget promising nations like India, Qatar, Thailand or China in future competitions.

  • International competition of the Asian Cup men category:
      • Winner: Australia
      • Finalist: Japan
      • 3th place: Qatar
      • 4th place: India
  • Asian Women's Cup International Competition:
      • Winner: Japan
      • Finalist: Australia
      • 3th place: India
  • The senior tournament was won by Australian pair Justin Thomas / Matthew Barrelle
  • The junior champions are: Remier Taira, Fumito Sato, Taiyo Sone and Maxi Koyama.
  • Also held an international tournament FIP125Men: Winners: Daisuke Shoyama (JPN) / Asier Gago Martinez (ESP). Finalists: Justin Thomas / Marious Zelba (AUS) Women: Winners: Ayano Fujiki / Miki Chinen (JPN). Finalists: Maiko Kutsuna / Chifumi Sato (JPN)

The organization and particularly the president of the Japanese association of Padel, Mr. Nakatsuka, thanks all the sponsors, Dunlop Sports Marketing, Suntory Food International, Nexus and Head Japan.

See you in 2020 for an upcoming Asian Padel Tournament, certainly, and we hope so, with more participants.

Julien Bondia

Julien Bondia is a teacher of padel in Tenerife (Spain). Columnist and advisor, he helps you play better through his tutorials and tactical/technical articles padel.