The Pro Tour of Pickleball (PPA) and Major League Pickleball (MLP) are set to debut in India next year. (More Sports News)
The inaugural Indian Open worth 1500 PPA ranking points will take place next year and feature pro players from around the w🎉orld.
The United Pickleball Association and Glob♔al Sports have team♏ed up to promote the sport in the country through the PPA Tour and MLP.
Played both indoors and outdoors, pickleball is short-handed paddle sport in which two players for singles and four players for doubles hit a ball over a 34-inch net until one 🃏side is unable to return or makes a🌄n error.
It will start with an exhibition PPA Tour India Monsoon Pickleball Championships in Mumbai🗹 in ▨August, which will feature 20 pro players.
The Indian Open 2025, also the debut PPA Tour event in Asia, wi🥀ll be held in February.
The MꦏLP will 🅰be a week-long franchise-based competition for a 12-team season in pipeline from June 2025.
“The PPA Tour India and MLP India will create a pathway for players to compete on pickleball’s biggest♑ stage and reach the top of the sport,” said Connor Pardoe, founder and CEO of the PPA Tour in a statement.
