November 29, 2022 – The World Cup which is played in Qatar, at his home, follow a very specific program for Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Before dedicating himself to football and his business, there is a ritual that Al-Khelaifi never gives up: a game of padel. The current president of PSG and ECA (the European Club Association) has a past as a tennis player, having represented Qatar in the Davis Cup in the 1990s and reaching position number 995 in the world rankings, but for some years he went from racket to “pala“. In Doha, as in the whole world, padel has spread with incredible speed, with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) led by Al-Khelaifi who is among the main investors of the Premier Padel circuit, which in these days stops in Mexico before landing in Italy next week, at the Allianz Cloud home of the Milano Premier Padel P1, the final appointment of the 2022 season. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca, released just after a padel match, Al-Khelaifi also spoke about the development of the discipline in the world. “What we have achieved in less than a year is miraculous – he says -. The Premier Padel circuit is reaching everywhere: we have some important partners who want to invest and join us. The tournaments we have had in Madrid, Rome, Qatar, in Argentina and now Mexico are world-class. Padel is a great passion for me and we are building something very special.”
Mr. Al-Khelaifi to Marca: “Miraculous things have been done in a year, but the Premier Padel circuit will still grow”
