English Open to feature ‘Battle of the Paddles’ event

This summer’s Skechers English Open will feature a new ‘Battle of the Paddles’ competition on the first day of the event.

On Thursday 8 August, everyone registered for the English Open can register with one paddle brand for free and support that brand throughout the day.

Each brand has a ‘home’ court for the day for players to practise and try out its paddles and the match courts.

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The participating brands will be:

Franklin
ProXR
Diadem
HEAD
Gamma
Zcebra
OWL
FOX
Maxwell Sports (launching their newly approved by USAP paddle)

It will be up to personnel from each brand to manage which players will play in the Battle of the Paddles competition on their behalf.

The format of the competition will be as follows:

• Every game won is worth a point
• There will be a league table of all the paddle brands
• Every brand plays each other once (‘home’ or ‘away’)
  
• One men’s doubles, one women’s doubles and one mixed doubles game to 11 (win by 1)
• Each match is a point
• Points totals determine league positions and starting positions for knockouts
  
  Knockout Stages:
• Each paddle brand must nominate team players for knockout stages
• Same doubles format
• One game to 21, rally scoring

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