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The “Moscow 2024” tournament will take place from September 19 to 21, 2024

The tournament will feature 16 men’s and 16 women’s pairs from Russia, Argentina, Spain, Italy, and France. Among the participants are athletes from the top 100 of the FIP world ranking, ensuring the highest level of play, spectacular matches, and vibrant sports emotions for the spectators.

The tournament’s prize fund will amount to 85,000 euros, setting a record for padel competitions ever held in Russia.

Alexey Zolotarev, President of Russian Padel Federation:

Hosting an international tournament of such calibre and level of participants is undoubtedly a milestone for the development of padel in Russia. The RPF will have the opportunity to attract more fans to this young, yet rapidly growing sport. Russian players will be able to test their skills against strong foreign opponents. And I am confident that the spectators will enjoy the game of masters of high world level. In short, the ‘Moscow 2024’ tournament promises to become a highlight of the 2024 sports calendar.

The Lineup for the International Padel Tournament “Moscow 2024” has been announced

The Russian Padel Federation has completed the registration process and confirmed the lineup of participants for the upcoming international padel tournament “Moscow 2024,” which will take place from September 19 to 21 at the International Boxing Center in Luzhniki.

The tournament will feature 16 men’s and 16 women’s pairs from Russia, Argentina, Spain, Italy and France.

Among the players competing are representatives from the top 100 of the FIP world ranking. The top-seeded men’s pair will be José David Sánchez from Spain (ranked 76th in the FIP) and Aris Patiniotis of Italy (71st). Another notable pair includes Argentina’s Cristian Germán Gutiérrez (73rd) and his countryman Ignacio Piotto (89th). Argentine star Tito Allemandi is another standout player; Allemandi has reached the finals of the World Padel Tour multiple times and has twice become a world champion as part of Argentina’s national team.

In the women’s tournament, the highest-ranked player by FIP ranking is Lorena Vano Martín of Italy (60th), who will compete alongside Spain’s Carmen Castillón (67th). Special attention should be given to padel legend Alba Galán, sister of Alejandro Galán, the former world No. 1 in men’s padel. Alba Galán, who previously reached 6th place in the FIP world ranking, retired from professional padel two years ago to focus on coaching. However, she is making a special return to the court for the Moscow tournament.

Four Russian men’s and four Russian women’s pairs have been granted Wild Cards by the tournament organizers based on the PFR national ranking. The Wild Cards were awarded to the players occupying the top positions in the national ranking.

The draw for the “Moscow 2024” tournament will take place on Tuesday, September 17, at the International Boxing Center in Luzhniki.