Padel on CNN is a reality. One of the most famous news channels in the world is starting to focus on this sport that according to it has nearly 25 million players worldwide, spread across 90 countries. If pickleball remains one of the benchmark racket sports in the United States, padel is starting to make its mark in Uncle Sam's country, even if it remains far from the fervor found on the Old Continent. Indeed, in 2021, it is estimated that 15 new padel courts were registered in Europe. And that's without counting the 000 tracks in Spain.

"Padel is set to become increasingly popular" says tennis star Andy Murray. The one who invested in Game4Padel continues:

“I think that padel will continue to grow (…), tennis clubs will continue to want it.

One of my former coaches, Jonas Björkman, former world number 1 in doubles and number 4 in singles, plays all the time. He opened a number of centers in Sweden.

Feliciano Lopez, with whom I have played doubles several times on the circuit, also plays there regularly.

It is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. I think it will continue to grow; that clubs will continue to want to build courts and that there will be more and more demand.”

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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