When for his Sweden Grand Master which has just ended, Turkey has been inducted into the international circuit of Padel through Dilara Yurtkuran.

A Turkish-Swedish pair

Accompanied by her Swedish sidekick Sara Annvik, Dilara proudly embodies the arrival of padel in Turkey. Living in Denmark but being of Turkish origin, she met her partner in Sweden and the two players immediately hit it off on the court.

They met in Helsinborg, a Swedish town close to Denmark, and the first impressions (on and off the pitch) which were already excellent were confirmed. They decided to continue the adventure together, by going in particular to this APT Sweden Grand Master (which took place in Kungsbacka) and it was rather successful for them since they have reached the quarter-finals of the competition.

A role as a padel ambassador

Although she is not yet the biggest star of the Padel world, Dilara can clearly become an icon for the Turkish padel fan-base.
As the first Turkish player on the international circuit, she has the role of ambassador for our sport in her country, but also in the sub-region where padel is not yet very popular. It is with curiosity and optimism that we wait to see how events will unfold for her next, and whether a padel boom in Turkey could take place thanks to her or other future players in the years to come!

 

Nasser Hoverini

Passionate about football, I discovered padel in 2019. Since then, I have been crazy in love with this sport to the point of abandoning my favorite sport.

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