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Sport PADEL TENNIS En Voyage finds out why padel is ‘the easiest sport to play’ and how its popularity is growing in Guernsey. They say it’s the fastest-growing sport in the world. It’s a racket sport that combines aspects of tennis, squash and badminton. And it’s now growing in popularity in Guernsey. But if you’ve never heard of padel, you’re not alone. Let’s start with the basics. Its origins date back to the 1960s to Mexico, where Enrique Corcuerra invented padel. It uses the same scoring method as tennis and the matches are the best of five sets, but the rackets are solid rather than strung, and it’s always played as a doubles sport in glass box courts where the ball can be played off the walls. By the mid 1970s, the game had been exported to Spain where its popularity grew. The very first Padel World Championships took place in Madrid in 1992, the same year that a British padel group was set up. While not there at the start, Guernsey is now making up for lost time after opening a club in 2017, meaning the number of courts across the British Isles is growing all the time. That’s something British Padel president Peter Vann is delighted to see. He said: ‘I played it first in 2002. Now there are 31 courts in Great Britain. The challenge for the sport is to let people know what it is. Once they do they know how fun and sociable it is, and then they’re hooked.’ ‘Padel is the easiest sport to play because you strike the ball very close to your hand, you don’t need very much technical skill, so you can enjoy it very quickly. You need to try this sport. It’s the best thing!’ IMAGES ©GUERNSEY PADEL TENNIS 104 En Voyage | Aurigny’s Magazine
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