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Padel: Making waves in South Asia

One of the fastest growing sports in the world, Padel has attracted the attention of sports junkies in major urban centres across the sub-continent within a very short span of time.

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Syed Irtiza Ali

Associate Producer, Karachi

Syed Irtiza Ali is a sports journalist with writing experience since 2016. For five years, contributed freelance articles to The News on Sunday (TNS), on all major sports. In late 2021, joined Geo News as a Sports Sub-Editor. Have written bylines for TNS, Geo, and Geo Super. He aims to bring attention to overlooked sports such as squash and hockey.

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Have you tried to learn tennis? If you did, chances are that you couldn’t cope with the long learning curve that the sport requires (at least for most of us).

You should probably try padel. And if you are an active sports person chances are that you have already tried it. And fell in love with it.

Just like thousands of padel fans across the region as well as the entire globe.

Whether it's Karachi or Mumbai, Lahore or New Delhi, new padel courts are being built attracting more and more players across various age categories.

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