We have seen recently that, logically, the padel was very far behind tennis in terms of prize money. What about squash?

Just under a year ago, the Egyptians Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag won the Women's and Men's Squash World Championships respectively. Each pocketed the tidy sum of 70 000 $. For the first time, squash offered such a large prize money, 1 million dollars distributed among all players. This is roughly what all the top 10 male members of the World Padel Tour during the year 2019 ...

In an event comparable to the World Squash Championships, the Master Final of padel, the winners men leave each with € 16 .Due to the parity that exists in squash and not in padel, the gap is even greater for the ladies. Indeed, Nour El Sherbini won more in a tournament than Marta Marrero over the whole season.

The difference is explained by the fact that squash is a televised sport in many countries, the television rights paid by the channels to the organization obviously allowing better remuneration of the players. The padel in vain generate roughly as many requests as squash on the internet, its economy is still far from being able to compete.

Nevertheless, the padel continues to structure itself and the fact that it is a particularly telegenic sport means that TVs are starting to take an interest in it, like Nent. The Barcelona Master Final revealed to as many people as possible that the padel feminine could be just as spectacular than its male counterpart. We can therefore imagine that in a few years, the World Padel Tour will be able to offer its players rewards similar to those found in squash today.

 

Xan is a fan of padel. But also rugby! And his posts are just as punchy. Physical trainer of several padel, he unearths atypical posts or deals with topical subjects. It also gives you some tips to develop your physique for the padel. Clearly, he imposes his offensive style as on the field of padel !