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Belfius Padel Summer Gala

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Have you ever wanted to relax at the beach and see the best players in the World like never before? In 2023 we had the honour of receiving Paula Josemaria (n°1 in the World), Alix Collombon (France n°1), Sofia Araujo, (Portugal n°1), Miguel Lamperti (The showman) & many more international players. It is also a unique chance for our national players to face the very best and compete against them.

Two days of padel show & party ! Join us on 16 & 17 August 2024 and enjoy the sea, the sun, the party.

The best Padel brands will be back. If you want to test rackets, it is the place to be in Knokke-Heist. Bullpadel, Babolat, Head and many other will come with their brand new arsenal.

Special treat for the fans! It will be the opportunity for you to get closer to your idols, has there will be dedicated signing sessions just for you. And Miguel loves a selfie…

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What to expect?

Two days of Padel & Fun in Knokke-Heist , during the summer to enjoy the beach and the sun.

On Friday , the 1/2 finals with the Belgian players playing against the Premier Padel players . 4 matches in total for you to enjoy during the night session , followed by a huge party at Knokke Out Zoute by tero .

On Saturday , the small-finals in the morning and the finals in the afternoon . In the evening, a bbq at Riverwoods Beach Club by tero followed by another party at Knokke Out Zoute by tero .

Padel Village

More info coming soon, but be prepared to be dazzled by the best Padel brands in the World.

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World Padel Tour - Belfius Padel Summer Gala

Deze zomer wordt de 2de editie van de World Padel Tour exhibitie in Knokke georganiseerd.

Ontdek de beste spelers ter wereld in Knokke-Heist van 18 tot 21 augustus op de Royal Zoute Tennis & Padel Club.

Op het programma: gezelligheid, plezier, wedstrijden op het hoogste niveau, clinics, een uitzonderlijk Gala en bovenal een uitzonderlijke sfeer en gastronomie in het Knokke Out. Met meer dan 15.000 mensen in 2021 belooft deze 2e editie nog spectaculairder en rijker aan emoties te worden.

Als WPT ambassadeur kunnen we jullie kaarten aanbieden met een korting  van 15%.

• Vrijdag 19 augustus - 22,95 €
• Zaterdag 20 august - 27,20 €
• Zondag 21 augustus - 25,5 €

De actie geldt nog tot 19 juni.

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BOSS BARCELONA MASTER FINAL 2023

Update: A look at The Race 2023 ahead of the Boss Master Final

With just nine tournaments to go before the boss master final, we check in on the current standings in the race 2023 to see who is currently qualified..

10-08-2023 | 5 minutos de lectura-->

What is The Race 2023 in World Padel Tour?

The Race is an individual ranking that determines who qualifies for the Boss Master Final at the end of the year. Only the top 16 players qualify in the men's and women's tours. Not the top eight couples, but the top 16 players individually.

This often means that of existing couples, one player qualifies and the other does not. In 2022, for example, Martin Di Nenno's partner Coki Nieto did not make it, and neither did Fede Chingotto's team-mate Javi Garrido, forcing Chingotto and Di Nenno to tackle the tournament together.

Because of the difficulty to get in, the Master Final is the most prestigious tournament in World Padel Tour, and the most sought-after title for every professional player.

Men's standings in The Race 2023

With 13.560 points each, Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia stand firmly at the top of the men's standings in The Race. They are 3.610 points ahead of Martin Di Nenno and Franco Stupaczuk in joint third.

Below the top four, things are very bunched up. There are only two thousand points between fifth-placed Alejandro Galan (5.070 points) and 15th-placed Miguel Yanguas (3.020 points), with 'Pincho' Fernandez currently holding on to the last qualifying berth.

On the outside looking in is 16-time number one Fernando Belasteguin, who has found some form after a difficult start to the season. The Argentinian has 2.430 points, just five fewer than Fernandez in 16th.

However, there are seven other players who are within 500 points of Fernandez, meaning it will be a very tight battle to the end of the season.

As it stands, three players would make their Master Final debut this year: Jon Sanz (8th, 4.075 points), Javi Garrido (12th, 3.505 points), and Miguel Yanguas (15th, 3.020 points).

Women's standings in The Race 2023

Paula Josemaria and Ariana Sanchez find themselves firmly at the top of The Race 2023 when looking at the women's Circuit.

Josemaria and Sanchez have won ten titles in the season, granting them 13.720 points each so far - more than even Coello and Tapia.

The winners of the 2021 Master Final are 3.340 points clear of third-placed Gemma Triay, a gap which has ballooned to its current size as Triay has not won a title since the Paraguay Padel Open in March.

Despite not playing since the Cervezas Victoria Marbella Master, Alejandra Salazar is still fourth, with the reigning return eyeing a return at the end of the month. 

As things stand, there would be two debutants in December at the Palau Sant Jordi on the biggest stage of them all; teenager Claudia Jensen (10th, 4.247 points) and her former partner Jessica Castello (12th, 4.012 points). Delfi Brea and Sofia Araujo would both return to the Master Final too, having qualified previously but not in 2022. 

Two players from the 2022 Master Final are certain not to feature come December: Marta Marrero, who has retired, and Barbara Las Heras, who tore her ACL early in the season.

Outside of the top 16 - 15th and 16th place being manned by Mapi and Majo Sanchez Alayeto with 2.780 points apiece - are three players who did qualify in 2022. Patricia Llaguno, Victoria Iglesias and Veronica Virseda are all on the outside looking in, but need to step up for the campaign's second half.

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FIP Rise Metepec, Medina and Vera try again

Fip rise pala padel nola, cupra’s first time in campania, fip rise aquahobby isla de la palma, cepero-benitez and soriano-fassio lead the draw, focus on… campania. the push of 100,000, focus on…canary islands. when padel goes to the islands, next tournaments.

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WPT Knokke: the 2022 edition is getting ready!

As we have just recovered from our emotions of the last WPT Circus Open which was held in Brussels in recent days, the organizers are already preparing to put the cover back.

We told you about it at the beginning of the year, this season, Belgium will organize two stages of the Spanish circuit . The first, an Open from May 3 to 8, brought together the best players in the world who came to put on a show in a listed architectural gem dating from 1904.

The second Belgian event this year will be the second edition of the exhibition in Knokke, which was so successful last year that the organizers wanted to repeat the event in 2022. The goal, once again , will be to discover the padel to the fans, who will be able to enjoy an extraordinary show.

This edition called Knokke Padel Summer Gala will be played from August 18 to 21 and will welcome big names from the padel as Miguel Lamperti , Alejandra Salazar, Marta Ortega or the big one Fernando Belasteguin .

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Playing the Masters Is by Invitation Only. Here’s How Golfers Get One.

There’s a long list of possible ways, like being a past winner, but the creation of LIV Golf has complicated the process.

By Paul Sullivan

Despite a missed putt on the 18th hole at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Stephan Jaeger still punched his ticket to Augusta National Golf Club, where he will be playing in his first Masters Tournament this week.

There are many ways to get an invitation to the Masters, and Jaeger, 34, found one of them.

But first, he missed a putt that would have clinched a victory over the former Masters champion Scottie Scheffler . Then Scheffler missed a shorter putt that would have forced a playoff with Jaeger.

In the end what mattered was that Jaeger won the tournament, not how he did it, and in doing so he earned an invitation to the Masters.

“I couldn’t have thought, dreamed up a better week to do it,” he said after his victory.

The Masters, the season’s first major for men, is an invitational, which means it is up to the members of Augusta National to send invitations and create the field of men who will compete for the coveted green jacket. This is unique among the major championships.

This year extra attention has been paid to how players secure their invitation largely because of the rise of LIV Golf, the league that has poached a dozen top players. (More on that later.) But how players earn their Augusta invitations has been part of a bigger story around getting into the PGA Tour’s top tournaments, which have the strongest fields and high prize money.

Fair to say that some golf fans are confused, and that some players are upset about being excluded.

What drew new interest in the qualifying process was Joaquin Niemann ’s journey to play well, win and get the attention of Fred Ridley, Augusta National’s chairman, who could grant him a special invitation.

Niemann, 28, from Chile, had played in four Masters tournaments. His first invitation came in 2018 after he won the Latin American Amateur Championship, which Augusta supports and whose winner gets an invitation. Last year, he finished tied for 16th place, his best Masters finish.

Normally, a player like that would have enough world ranking points to qualify easily for a Masters invitation. But Niemann went to LIV in 2022, and his ranking fell from 18 in 2022 to 91 today. That put him outside the top 50 who get invitations.

Even though he has played well this year on LIV, the league does not qualify for world ranking points because of its staggered starts, shorter tournaments and team format. Other LIV players in the field have exemptions if they are past major champions or were in the top 50 at the end of last year.

These include Jon Rahm, the defending champion ; Phil Mickelson, a past champion who contended last year; and Brooks Koepka, who finished second last year before winning the P.G.A. Championship , which comes with five years of Masters invitations.

So Niemann, whose representative declined to make him available, took to the global road and played on various international tours to showcase himself to Augusta National. He won the Australian Open last year and notched top 10 finishes in three other international tournaments in Australia; Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; and Oman. He also won two LIV events.

Augusta has a history of inviting the best international players. In the 1980s, it introduced Bernhard Langer of Germany, Greg Norman of Australia and Seve Ballesteros of Spain to the world of golf.

Neimann’s plan worked. He received one of three special invitations that went to international players not already in the tournament.

“The Masters Tournament has a longstanding tradition of inviting leading international players who are not otherwise qualified,” Ridley said in February in announcing the special exemptions. “Today’s announcement represents the tournament’s continued commitment towards developing interest in the game of golf across the world.”

Niemann was the only LIV player who wasn’t a former Masters or major champion to get a special invitation. Talor Gooch was ranked 58th in the world when he tied for 34th place at last year’s Masters. He received that invitation because he had been within the top 50 at the end of 2022, which is one of the criteria. He then went on to win three times on LIV that season en route to being named LIV’s player of the year.

Yet Gooch, who is ranked 550th in the world, did not receive an invitation this year and wasn’t happy about it.

“If Rory McIlroy goes and completes his grand slam without some of the best players in the world, there’s just going to be an asterisk,” he said. “It’s just the reality.” McIlroy has won three of the majors, but lacks the Masters.

Few agreed.

So what are the various ways into the Masters? The most coveted is as a past champion. They get a lifetime invitation, though they’re encouraged to stop when they’re not competitive. This year was supposed to be Langer’s final Masters at 66, before he was injured.

Next to that, winning one of the other three major championships gets a player five years of invitations, the Players Championship gets three, and an Olympic gold medal winner gets one invitation.

To honor the tournament’s amateur roots, invitations go to the winner and runner-up of the United States Amateur Championship and the winners of the British amateur, Asia-Pacific Amateur and the Latin America Amateur. The winner of the N.C.A.A. championship also receives an invitation.

Stewart Hagestad, the reigning United States Mid-Amateur champion and a Walker Cup stalwart, will be playing in the Masters for the third time, having won the Mid-Amateur in 2016, 2021 and 2023. He made the cut in 2017, his first year, and won the award for the low amateur.

The rest of the invitations are based on how people have played in recent major championships as well as anyone who won a PGA Tour event in the previous year.

This year it totals about 90 players, a small field for a major championship. The other three majors have qualifying processes. The United States and British Opens are for anyone who can play their way in. The PGA Championship creates its field from touring and club pros.

Yet the split between the PGA Tour and LIV has created a complex situation beyond the Masters: which players get to play into the new Signature Events on the PGA Tour. These events have large purses, limited fields and in some cases no cuts. They’re not majors, but they’re at top courses with stout competition.

Like the Masters, the top 50 in the world golf rankings get into the Signature Events. But then it’s a scramble to fill other, limited spots at some other events. And it’s all new this year.

So, the PGA Tour partnered with Aon, the risk management consultant, to brand the groups that swing into and out of contention, the so-called Aon Next 10, the players who have moved into spots 51 to 60, and the Aon Swing 5, those who do well in the tournaments leading up to the Signature Events.

It’s been even more confusing for fans, and a scramble for players, because who gets into what is a moving target.

Andy Weitz, chief marketing officer at Aon, who said the company brought the idea to the PGA Tour, sees it differently. That confusion is an opportunity to show how the best golfers in the world play over the season.

“We were impressed by the modeling that showed a lot of movement in the top 50 in the course of the year, particularly in numbers 30 to 50,” Weitz said. “It’s fluid in a meaningful way. It creates interesting moments.”

Paul Sullivan , the  Wealth Matters  columnist from 2008 to 2021, is the founder of  The Company of Dads , a work and parenting site aimed at fathers. He is also the author of  The Thin Green Line : The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy and  Clutch : Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t.  @sullivanpaul More about Paul Sullivan

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Lotto Brussels Premier Padel by Belfius

Don't miss it .

Here is what you need to know about this year’s edition. 2024 marks a new partnership with Premier Padel , now officially the only World Padel Championship.

You’ll be able to see the best players in the world compete against one another for free on Wednesday & Thursday on court 2 & in the Tour & Taxis Padel Club .

The Gare Maritime will still be hosting the Belgian stage of the world Padel championship ; don’t miss the opportunity to discover one of the most prestigious buildings in the heart of Brussels .

The best Padel brands will be present in our Padel Village with more than 15 shops to buy from. Special means for special days as we’ll have yet another Belgian day on Wednesday… a unique opportunity for our nation’s best players to prove their worth against the very best.

And for those party people , we’ve got you covered with a brand new DJ experience after the matches, starting 11pm .

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Club Action

Contact your local club to get a 20% discount on the price of the general ticketing.

From January 2nd to February 15th the club campaign will be live for you.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get a huge discount on the price of your tickets.

Each partner club received a unique code that they can provide you with, to have access to the club action. It not only gives you a discount, it will also help your club ambassador get unique prizes like a Meet & Greet with Bullpadel players during the Lotto Brussels Premier Padel .

You just need to get in touch with your local club , ask them for the code, use it when you pay on our platform and you both get an advantage.

What to expect?

The tournament will  start  on  Tuesday April 23rd  with the Round of 32 and will  end  on  Sunday April 28th with the men and women’s finals.

For the people wanting to discover the sport, the qualifications will occur on April 21st & 22nd at the Tour & Taxis Padel Club , juste next to the Gare Maritime .

There will be  2 sessions per day , one session in the morning from  10am to 4 pm  and one session in the evening from  5pm to 11pm.

6 Belgian wildcards will be played on total, 3 during qualifications and 3 during the main draw .

Padel Village

If your tickets give you access to the central court , there is also a part of the tournament you can access for free . Let us introduce you to the Padel Village & Court n°2 … a space for you to buy you Padel equipment , to witness great games , activations , the Tero bar and, at night, a DJ set.

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Level up and uniquely experience the Lotto Brussels Premier Padel thanks to our exclusive hospitality formulas . We’ve got you covered with different packs! 

Either Corporate or Private , there’s a perfect solution for everyone eager to be one of our privileged guests.

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