2022 will be remembered as the year of the definitive padel boom in Italy, but also of the change of name of the Italian Tennis Federation into the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, which will become official at the beginning of 2023. The icing on the cake? The Premier Padel P1 that from 5 to 11 December will bring thousands of fans to the Allianz Cloud, a facility that in November will host the NextGen Atp Finals of tennis and where the strongest padel players in the world will perform, those who inspire the over 800 thousand Italians who play sports with a padel racket. The tournament will be the final event of 2022, in a year that has seen padel go professional and global, with world-class events from the Premier Padel circuit in South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa and honoring iconic venues in world tennis such as Roland Garros and the Foro Italico, which in May hosted one of the Majors of the global tour headed by the International Padel Federation (Fip) chaired by Luigi Carraro and supported by the Professional Padel Association (PPA), the reality that brings together professional players , and by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), led by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, former president of Paris Saint Germain and ECA, the association of European football clubs. “The Premier Padel P1 of Milan will follow the example of all Premier Padel events in providing players with the best professional gaming experience, while inspiring fans in Europe and around the world – explained the president of the International Padel Federation Luigi Carraro -. We can’t wait for this tournament to close the most incredible year for Premier Padel, the global tour that has pushed the present and the future of padel to new surprising heights and incredible ambitions for the future. “To triumph in May in the stage of Rome were the Argentines Juan Lebron and Alejandro Galan, comparable – in the Psg of Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of Premier Padel and owner of the French club -, to Messi and Mbappé. “Premier Padel has revolutionized the professional padel, elevating and revolutionizing every single aspect of the game – in the words of Al-Khelaifi-. From venues to television coverage, from cash prizes to medical facilities, putting players at the center of every decision. No one would have imagined it a few months ago, and this is simply the beginning. “The 2026 Winter Olympics will be the highlight, but the calendar of major international sporting events in Milan continues to grow. After the NextGen Atp Finals in November and before the World Cup fencing of 2023, here is the Premier Padel P1, scheduled from 5 to 11 December at the Allianz Cloud, with the qualifying board that will take place the previous weekend on the fields of City Padel Milano. “We are proud that the International Padel Federation has chosen Milan to conclude the first year of the official world circuit, a result we have achieved thanks to the strategic synergy with Milanosport – in the words of Martina Riva, Councilor for Sport, Tourism and Youth Policies of the Municipality of Milan-. This announcement confirms Milan’s extraordinary ability to attract major sporting events of an international level. Padel is one of the sports that is establishing itself with growing success throughout the territory and I am sure that the public will be thrilled to admire these great champions “. The Premier Padel has already made a stop in May in Rome, in a Foro Italico that in a few days was able to change color: from the red of the tennis courts to the blue of the padel ones. “The great public success that accompanied the debut of the Major Premier Padel in Rome demonstrates how this spectacular sport, in addition to having deeply entered the fabric of the country’s sporting practice, is able to offer a world-class show – he explained Vito Cozzoli, president of Sport and Health -. We will collaborate with the organization to bring the great padel to Milan, providing enthusiasm and professionalism “. And as evidence of the growth of padel in Italy, also the change of name of the Italian Tennis Federation, which from 2023 will become the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation. “For this historic transition for racket sports in Italy there could not have been a better baptism – underlined the president of FIT, Angelo Binaghi-. We are pleased that Italy is preparing to organize a new appointment of the Premier Padel Tour, the new international circuit that in a few months has established itself all over the world. The Milan P1 Premier Padel thus joins the Italy Major Premier Padel in Rome which, after the first edition last May, will return to the Foro Italico next year, thus offering an even more offer to the ever-growing mass of fans of this sport. broad in terms of entertainment “.