Padel Nuestro, the first specialist padel company in Europe, is entering the UK market with the launch of its first store, Retail Week can reveal.

The store will open in Manchester, close to the city’s padel clubs, as the UK is one of the markets where padel is growing rapidly.

Padel Nuestro has 68 stores worldwide, with 29 in Spain. It has around 8,000 product lines and offers the market’s largest catalogue of rackets, footwear, apparel and accessories.

General manager María Victoria Castillo said: “Padel is growing tremendously in the United Kingdom, and for Padel Nuestro, entering the UK retail market at this moment is one of the great milestones of our international expansion. Manchester is our first store in the country, and we couldn’t have chosen a better starting point: the city is home to around 40 clubs and a community that is truly passionate about the sport.

“We want [customers] to find here not only the best products, but also the advice and experience that have made us a benchmark worldwide. With this opening, British players now have, for the first time and close to home, the same level of specialisation and product range they previously had to seek abroad â€“ and this is only the beginning.”