Eight-time Grand Slam champion and former World No. 1 tennis participant, Andre Agassi will flag off India’s premier Pickleball league – the PWR DUPR India League – in Mumbai on December 13, 2024.
The league is about to happen in early 2025 and will probably be organised by Pickleball World Rankings (PWR). On the launch, Agassi will formally inaugurate PWR DUPR India League, which is not going to solely carry a number of the greatest world expertise to India but in addition guarantees to nurture budding expertise within the nation.
The much-anticipated PWR DUPR India League comes after the profitable completion of PWR DUPR India Masters, the largest-ever Pickleball occasion held in New Delhi, India, in October 2024 with greater than 800 individuals together with the perfect of world and Indian Pickleball expertise.
Agassi will deal with a press convention on December 13 in Mumbai and provides additional particulars aside from sharing his journey into Pickleball on the high tier. He will even play an exhibition match towards ace Indian tennis participant Rohan Bopanna.
Vineet Jain, Managing Director of The Instances Group stated, “Pickleball is now the quickest rising sport in India and the world. The Instances Group and Pickleball World Rankings are excited to carry The PWR DUPR India League, the primary PWR1000 occasion to the Pickleball group. The occasion will function a number of the greatest world expertise and Pickleball lovers will be capable of benefit from the sport. We’re proud to be on the forefront of driving the expansion of Pickleball in India and internationally, with this league and have many different actions within the pipeline. I’m assured that India has the capability to make it very large in world Pickleball –and therefore, The Instances Group and PWR are dedicated to its quick development and improvement.”
Speaking concerning the occasion, Pranav Kohli, CEO, Pickleball World Rankings, stated, “We’re elated to carry the PWR DUPR India League to Mumbai, and we’re much more excited to have Andre Agassi launch this landmark occasion. The PWR DUPR India League goals to rejoice Pickleball, one in all India’s quickest rising sports activities, seamlessly mixing group play with competitors and camaraderie. The league is not going to solely function a platform to showcase a number of the greatest Pickleball expertise from throughout the globe however will even excite Pickleball lovers because the groups battle it out to be topped the final word champions.”
Earlier, on the launch of the brand new Pickleball World Rankings (PWR), the PWR World Sequence and the PWR World Tour in Dubai on 24 July 2024, tennis nice Andre Agassi had shared the video message stating “Hiya India! I heard you want Pickleball! I’m coming to India to play pickleball with you. I will probably be there to launch the PWR DUPR India Tour & League… See you quickly!”
Ace tennis star Rohan Bopanna stated, “I’m excited to see the love Pickleball is already receiving in India. It’s fantastic to see a lot new expertise, in addition to plenty of seasoned racquet-sport gamers transition to Pickleball. I’m excited to play towards Andre Agassi in Mumbai and I want that the PWR DUPR India League will set an entire new commonplace within the sporting world.”
Pickleball World Rankings (PWR) have been launched in July’2024 at a ceremony in Dubai by Pickleball League Asia Personal Restricted in collaboration with The Instances Group. This was adopted by the high-intensity PWR DUPR India Masters match in Delhi from October 24-27. Along with the Mumbai league in January 2025, additional occasions are deliberate in Indian cities akin to Ahmedabad, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and New Delhi (in October 2025), in addition to worldwide occasions in Tsu, Japan.
