GAME4PADEL ambassador Tia Norton will make her professional padel league debut today.
The heroine of GB padel is Selected to play for Las Vegas Smash in the league’s inaugural player draft for its inaugural 2023 season, and was one of only 52 players selected from a field of approximately 500 entrants and the first Nevada State pick to join Girl players on their team.
As she finishes her preparations to face the Arkansas Matrix, Game4Padel’s Golden Girl tells us EXCLUSIVELY about her excitement for starring on the makeshift court at the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis and Wellness Center. Florida’s sports coast.
Tia says: “I’m really excited about this opportunity, although I hardly know anyone here, everyone here is very friendly and welcoming, which is what padel is all about bringing people together in such a community and family – Friendly environment.This is really emphasized this week.
“I arrived in Florida on Sunday night and it took me a long time to get used to the climate because it was in the 30s and there was a lot of humidity.
“On Saturday we play the Arkansas Matrix at 3.30pm, Game 3.
The format is a men’s game and a women’s game, if you win two games you’re the winner, but if it’s one game then it’s all going to be a mixed game, which is exciting to me because in most professions During the game, they usually don’t have the opportunity to mix play.
“So it’s going to be a new experience and I’m really looking forward to it. It’s a single game and I’m sure it will create a good atmosphere.”
There are seven teams in the PPL, including the Toronto Polar Bears, Miami Padel Club, Cancun Waves, Los Angeles Beats, San Diego, Arkansas Matrix and Tia’s Las Vegas Smash. Teams will battle it out over the next six Saturdays at the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Center before the inaugural season concludes with the PPL CUP in June 2023, where the four best-performing teams Will fight for the title.
Tia’s first match is against the Arkansas Matrix, and they will obviously not have Keanu Reeves on their team, but will have Argentina’s former four-time world champion and former world No. 1 Kata Tenorio. in their ranks. Tia is looking forward to taking on the South American cricket icon.
The British No. 1 said: “Our opponent is the Argentine legend Cata Tenorio, who used to be the world number one. The standard is very high, of course, for me, it is great to play against such a player and learn from it. experience. So I’m very happy to be here and to compete in the PPL.
“If any sport is going well in the U.S., it’s really going to shine, and being the first woman in Las Vegas makes me very proud.
“While I’m playing for Las Vegas Smash, I won’t be in Vegas very often, but there’s going to be a lot of sightseeing around Florida in the next few weeks, and it’s great that my parents are here with me, it’s makes it very special.”
Meanwhile, Game4Padel CEO Michael Gradon has been selected for the UK Senior Team for the FIP European Senior Championship and Tia wishes eagerly for Michael Gradon, who joins her at various Game4Padel events ) went well during the trip to La Nucia, Alicante, Spain.
Tia said: “I have played with Michael many times and he definitely has the technical level to participate in the British senior team, so congratulations to him for being selected for the European Senior Team Championship. I wish him and the rest of the British team the best of luck.”
