It's official ! Egypt will be the next country visited by the new international circuit. The event will be a P1 and will take place from October 24 to 30, just before the World Cup. Here is the press release from Premier Padel, translated from Spanish by Padel Magazine.

A historic event

Premier Padel will organize an event in Egypt for the first time. The fastest growing sport in the world comes to New Guiza with a P1 tournament. The competition will also be the first event Premier Padel to be held in Africa, making it a historic milestone for the growth of the padel.

The NEWGIZA Premier Padel P1 will be held October 24-30, 2022 through a multi-year agreement with NEWGIZA Sports Club CEO Khaled El-Shawarby, in partnership with CA Sports Marketing and in conjunction with the Egyptian Federation of padel. Premier Padel is the official world tour of padel, governed by the International Federation of padel (FIP) and supported by the Professional Padel Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI).

The NEWGIZA Premier Padel P1 will take place at NEWGIZA Sports Club. The qualifying rounds will be played on October 22 and 23, and the final draw will take place at the end of these.

Luigi Carraro congratulates himself

The tournament becomes the next P1 event on the calendar Premier Padel, after the events organized in August in Madrid and Mendoza. The prize money for the tournament will be €250, as with other P000 tournaments, and 1 pairs will participate in the main draw from October 48.

Premier Padel is the only circuit that offers official ranking points, and winners of P1 tournaments will earn 1 points.

According to Luigi Carraro, President of the International Federation of padel (FIP): “When we decided, together with the PPA and QSI, to create the new world circuit – Premier Padel – our goal was to make our sport more professional and more international day by day. Seven months after the launch, after having organized tournaments in some of the most prestigious places in the world, we have finally arrived in Egypt, on the African continent”.

“We are writing a new page in the history of our sport and I am sure that players and fans all over the world will enjoy the magical experience of NEWGIZA Premier Padel P1. I would like to thank NEWGIZA Sports Club who, together with our affiliate member, the Egyptian Federation of padel, will organize this wonderful event – ​​see you in Egypt!”.

The growth of padel in Egypt

According to Ziad Hammoud, board member of Premier Padel, “This is an incredibly exciting and special time for the padel, not only in Egypt, but for the entire African continent. We are delighted to bring the Premier Padel tour to New Guiza. The P1 tournament will help raise awareness of the padel, and fans of the fastest growing sport in the world will be able to see the best players in action. The spectators of NEWGIZA Sports Club and the millions of fans of Premier Padel around the world will be able to witness a world-class tournament next month.”

According to Khaled El-Shawarby, CEO of NEWGIZA Sports Club (NGSC): “NGSC piloted and drove the expansion of the padel in Egypt since 2017, when we had less than 10 courts. Today, with more than 350 courts across Egypt, and thanks to the support of the Egyptian Federation of padel, the NGSC is partnering with CA Sports Marketing to set a new milestone in the region by bringing the P1 to a magical location overlooking the magnificent Pyramids of Giza, thus positioning Egypt in the world calendar of the padel professional."

According to Ahmed Ghatwary, president of the Egyptian Federation of padel : “We are very happy to have a Premier Padel P1 in Egypt this year. We have seen a great development of the sport in Egypt last year, and a few weeks ago Egypt qualified for the World Cup for the first time. We thank the NEWGIZA club as well as CA Sports Marketing for their tremendous efforts to make this happen, and we are sure that this will be another important step for the growth of the padel in our beloved country”.

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