Credit: FLT
The Luxembourg Tennis Federation (FLT) has announced the creation of a new national padel team, which will compete in its first international tournament in Luxembourg next month.
Padel, a racket sport sometimes called "padel tennis", was included as a sport in the FLT structure back in 2022. Now, the country's new national padel team is competing in a tournament for the first time: the "Innside Meliá by Luxembourg FLT Padel Cup" is taking place on the CK Sportcenter Kockelscheuer courts from Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 August 2024.
Other national teams and a regional team will take part in the tournament, namely: Moldova, Andorra, Iceland, Saarland and Luxembourg (divided into two teams for this first tournament).
The composition of the Luxembourg national team is as follows:
Men: Michel Zeniti, Tom Maquel, Ahmed Youssef, François Planchard, Mederic Thill and Elie Noe Nicolay
Women: Céline François, Claudine Schaul, Laurence Maringer, Laure Felgen, Kelly Reiff and Walquiria Bley
Coach: Enric Batalla
Programme
- Thursday 22 August @ 18:00: Press conference; group draw
- Friday 23 August from 10:00: Day 1 of the tournament at CK Sportcenter Kockelscheuer
- Saturday 24 August from 10:00: Day 2 of the tournament at CK Sportcenter Kockelscheuer; @ 16:00: Final at CK Sportcenter Kockelscheuer; @ 19:00: Awards ceremony and after party at Innside by Meliá
All matches will consist of a men's and women's match. In the event of a draw after these two matches, the result of the mixed doubles will be decisive.
Padel is a racket sport that is played on a court surrounded by glass and wire mesh and divided by a net. The balls can be played after bouncing off the walls. Padel is only played in doubles. In Luxembourg, there are currently seventeen padel courts in seven different locations.
