Seychelles Padel Society Celebrates 1st Year With Padelversary Tournament

The Seychelles Padel Society celebrated one year since it inaugurated the first padel court on Mahe, the main island, with a tournament, that featured locals and international players.

Over 15 participants, both men and women, competed over three days and the first rounds took place on the padel court at the Labriz Gastrolounge in the northern Mahe district of Bel Ombre.

The final was held on December 30 at the Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort & Spa on Silhouette Island.

Padel, sometimes called padel tennis, is a racket sport of Mexican origin, typically played in doubles on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court.

Although padel shares the same scoring system as tennis, the rules, strokes, and technique are different.

The ‘Padelversary’ Tournament welcomed esteemed international players, such as Beatriz González Fernández, currently ranked 4th in the individual World Padel Tour standings. She arrived fresh from victories at the Milano Premier Padel competition and the Boss Barcelona Master Final.

Joining her was María Del Carmen Villalba Sánchez, ranked 45th.

Also present at the competition was Spanish Jorge de Benito, sports director at the prestigious M3 Padel Academy alongside Nacho Búrdalo Rubio, general director of the Alba Galán Padel school in Cáceres.

Etienne Venter won the Grand Prize, which was a dream trip to the Maldives.

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