Jamie Murray, the former Scottish tennis champion, doubles specialist and brother of former world number 1 Andy Murray, returned to the development of padel UK, but also the threats emanating from tennis, which increasingly eyeing this booming sport.

On the English media Tennis 365, he insisted that the padel is not a threat to tennis, while supporting the rise of this sport in the years to come.

For Game4Padel, investor and promoter of padel in the UK, the padel is the sport with the strongest growth in the United Kingdom, with a record 2021/2022 period in the number of courts installed and new practitioners.

For Jamie, his opinion is clear:

I don't think the padel be a threat to tennis in any way.

I don't see any problem with having a few tennis courts. padel in a tennis club, as it adds to the supply for members and could attract new people to both sports.

If I'm going to play tennis with friends, it's not much fun. (…) With the padel, we can engage in fast and interesting exchanges. That's the beauty of this sport. (…) In tennis, when you start, you spend a lot of time picking up the balls, but this is not the case with padel.

In 2022 and next year, the padel is still growing. Lots of tracks padel will be built.

Jamie Murray (Tennis 365)
Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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