Jason Manford on mission to find UK’s first Padel star

Padel tennis is played by nearly 130,000 people in Britain every year.

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It’s one of the world’s fastest growing sports and one of the UK’s favourite comedians has been searching for Team GB’s next star in Aberdeen.

Padel Tennis has grown 20-fold in the last six years and Jason Manford has set out on a search to find the country’s first Padel star.

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