LTA ANNOUNCED AS THE OFFICIAL GOVERNING BODY FOR PADEL

The LTA have announced that padel has now been officially recognised as a discipline of tennis in Britain, with the LTA being confirmed as its national governing body.

The application for official status was approved by Sport England, Sport Scotland and Sport Wales, with all three home country sports councils now recognising the sport as a discipline of tennis. In addition, Sport England has recognised the LTA as the national governing body for padel, with sportscotland and Sport Wales recognising the LTA through Tennis Scotland and Tennis Wales respectively.

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