Padel craze drives demand for industrial property Property Padel operators have leased out more than one million square feet of industrial space in the last 18 months, as the UK’s newest sports craze takes over the country’s warehouses. The volume of square feet snapped up for Britain’s fastest-growing racquet sport in the past year and a half is almost seven times that in [...]
Saudi Arabia’s PIF sign Queen’s deal despite wider sporting retreat Sport Business Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has announced a new partnership with the HSBC Championships despite a wider retreat from sport. The agreement, described by the Lawn Tennis Association as a multi-year deal, will see the sovereign wealth giant, a partner of both the ATP and WTA Tours, link up with the London tournament. It follows [...]
National insurance and business rate hikes double fault for Queen’s Club profits Sport Business Business rate hikes and increases to employer national insurance have seen profits at Queen’s Club slump by nearly 20 per cent. Hosts of the HSBC Championships – dubbed the precursor to Wimbledon – saw profits before tax fall by 17.2 per cent to £1.96m, down from £2.37m the previous year, on increased revenues of £15.5m. [...]
Great Britain reaches 1,000 padel courts as sport booms July 17, 2025 Great Britain now has over 1,000 padel courts as the racket sport booms in popularity across the capital and beyond. The news comes as the sport looks to make a case for Olympic inclusion, while a Ryder Cup of padel is scheduled for 2026. London and the south east enjoy nearly a third of the [...]
LTA pledges equal prize money at Queen’s Club by 2029 June 5, 2025 The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has pledged to award equal prize money to men and women at its events at Queen’s Club and Eastbourne by 2029. A women’s tournament has been added to the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club, which begins next week, and will offer prize money totalling $1.4m (£1m). That is the highest [...]
Alcaraz to play at Queen’s ahead of Wimbledon in 2025 November 25, 2024 Reigning Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz will return to Queen’s Club in 2025 as he looks to win the British grass season curtain raiser for the second time in three years. The Spaniard was victorious in West Kensington in 2023 but failed to secure victory earlier this year when he was beaten by Britain’s Jack Draper. [...]
‘British tennis is in the best shape ever’: LTA bullish despite Andy Murray’s impending exit June 17, 2024 The LTA is looking to the future with confidence as the grass season cranks up at Queen's Club this week.
LTA in talks over £5m-a-year deal for expanded Queen’s Club championships June 16, 2024 The LTA wants a global brand to take the rights for a minimum of three years.
Paris 2024: Team GB name tennis squad, Raducanu declines spot June 16, 2024 Emma Raducanu has declined an opportunity to represent Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer. The 21-year-old former Us Open champion was offered a International Tennis Federation wildcard to enter the Paris 2024 Olympics, at Roland Garros, but declined the invitation. But Andy Murray, two time gold medalist in the men’s singles, will [...]