Only Madrid and Barcelona count more fields, Italy second in the world. Meanwhile, the Foro Italico welcomes the big names of the Premier Padel who will battle until Sunday
These are hot days in Rome for racket lovers. A recently went in the archive an edition of the International Tennis who saw Sinner and Alcaraz face himself for the title, now it’s up to the Padel. And the hole, as is now tradition, passes from the red of the earth beaten to the blue of the surfaces on which the champions of the Premier Padel, the strongest players in the world with the “shovel” in hand are challenged. A major in which the tennis player Sara Errani also took part, defeated on Monday-but with very honor-by the Belver-Rodriguez professionals.
Italians and big
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Sara is part of the group of Italian players who batted the very strong rivals who entered the scoreboard: all the blue greeted the tournament already before the round of 16, with particular disappointment for the darling of the Carolina Orsi house, which together with Nuria Rodriguez had to give way to the Iberian Barrera-Caparros. Among the men, outside the only Italian couple who remained in the race: Iacovino-di Giovanni had to bow to Barahona-Garcia. Only the Lucky Loser Perino resists, who in the company of Huete-Hernandez had the better of Moyano-Cabeza. The “prize”? The challenge in the round of 16 with Chingotto-Galan phenomena. Wednesday was also the day when the big names entered, who did not have major problems. Perhaps the most unexpected elimination was that of the young Cardona-Augsburger “Bombarderos”, stopped by Campagnolo-Sager.
Italy, land of the padel
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The Roman major, the flagship of the International Padel Federation, is always the opportunity also to take stock of the Italian Polyistic Movement, in relation to the other States. Italy is today the second country in the world after Spain (17 thousand) by number of plants and practitioners, has just surpassed the wall of 10 thousand fields (45% indoor) distributed in 3,716 total clubs. The region with multiple structures is always Lazio, with 605 clubs and 2014 fields (20.1% in Italy); In 2022 the fields were 1,550 (+30%). Lombardy follow with 441 and 1409 fields (+51%) and Sicily with 337 clubs and 822 fields. Rome is by far the Italian city with the most fields (1,563): the third metropolis in the world after Madrid and Barcelona is confirmed in this special “ranking”. The practitioners, between amateurs and agonists, touch the 250 thousand units in the capital out of a total of 1.5 million practitioners in the national territory: one in 6 player is therefore residing in Rome. Easy to think that this helps, once more, the Italian Forum to fill up with enthusiasts from here to the weekend, when the appointment with the premier Padel will really come alive.
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