China is investing more and more in the padel

Le padel develops in the whole world. And China is no exception. At China National Tennis Center à Pekin, we can now count on 8 courts of padel.

Also known as L 'Olympic Green Tennis Center, this enormous tennis center notably hosted in 2008 the summer olympics. 

Today, this stronghold of Chinese tennis offers in its park which borders the complex, 8 courts of padel panoramic.

8 courts of padel in Beijing

These lands of padel are free access. Indeed, the Chinese Province is banking on padel in the region and therefore offers these infrastructures to Beijing residents.

And what infrastructures! Magnificent, panoramic grounds, with LED. And all this for free. Kyle, the Chinese manufacturer explains that it is 100% Chinese land and that the Province wanted the best on this site. The least that can be said is that Beijing seems to have bet right by investing so much in the padel.

8 courts of padel outdoor, of course, but enlightened and which could produce babies in 2020/2021.

The CTA: A strong federation in the padel

The Chinese organization is necessarily reminiscent of that of France. The CTA and the FFT indeed represent the padel.

Le padel is part of the Chinese Tennis Association (CTA), an ancient and powerful institution in China. As in France, the Chinese tennis association is in charge of tennis, beach tennis and padel. Note that soft tennis, a sport which is similar to tennis but which is played with a rubber ball, and which is played mainly in Asia, is also part of the CTA.

Little by little, the padel made its way into China. Since last year, the CTA has also joined the International Federation of Padel.

The emancipation of padel Chinese

China is also starting to talk about going on the professional circuit of padel : The World Padel Tour. Indeed last August, Zhang Bouhou, fwas the first Chinese to participate in a professional stage of padel. A fast, but honorable course at the Open de Mijas.

Le China Padel Tour has also become evident in China. A national circuit whose objective is to boost the padel Chinese and promote padel in its provinces.

Chenyang Fan is one of the major promoters of padel Chinese. Known in France for having worked with the Lille club in his early days Padel Attitude, then Malaga to complete his training padel with the coach and your columnist Pierre Lamouré, today Fan is an active player in the development of padel Chinese.

China also organizes events all over the country such as for example in Shanghai where we had a field of padel in the middle of a shopping center. The sinews of war is to discover the padel to the greatest number and in particular to the general public. It's not the world that China misses. With its strike force, it can become a great nation of padel if it gives itself the means. Eventually, it could even become a locomotive of the padel World.

But let's not burn through the stages, we will first have to democratize this sport.

Le padel is still developing modestly through its provinces. But we can see it: Chinese equities around the padel are numerous. And when China invests, it invests hard.