France name their World Cup squads and Britain's first floating courts open in Liverpool

France pick their 16 for Doha. The French federation has named its teams for the World Cup in Doha from 2 to 7 November. Captain Juan Alday's women's team is Alix Collombon, Léa Godallier, Carla Touly, Charlotte Soubrié, Lucile Pothier, Louise Bahurel, Clara Mansart and Steffi Merah. Pablo Ayma's men's team is Thomas Leygue, Bastien Blanqué, Johan Bergeron, Dylan Guichard, Maxime Joris, Jérémy Robert, Yoan Boronad and Timéo Fonteny. Sixteen nations will play in each competition. Source: FFT (French)

Japan keep winning at the Asian Games. The hosts won twice on day two in Nagoya. Top women's seeds Ozawa and Sato beat Qatar's Murad and Faramarzi 6-1, 6-4, and Tomita and Hatakeyama beat a Thai pair 6-4, 6-2 in the men's last 16. Indonesia and Iran also went through. Thailand's Narkprasert won her opening match after a year-long recovery from a serious knee injury. "I had to learn to walk again," she told the FIP. Twelve more last-16 matches are played today. Source: FIP

Britain's top junior wins in Egypt. Ben Phillips, the Nottingham teenager ranked GB junior No.1, won the under-18 boys' title at the FIP Promises event in Mansoura with Spain's Alonso Moreno Muñoz. They did not drop a set all week and won the final 7-6, 7-5. The Padel Paper reports that it is his third Promises title and lifts him 17 places to 10th in the European under-18 ranking. Phillips said missing out on GB's World Cup qualifier squad had only motivated him, and he plans to move to Madrid in January. Source: The Padel Paper

Goñi and Alonso go out on day one in Rotterdam. Aimar Goñi, picked for Spain's World Cup team last week, lost his first match at the Rotterdam P2 with partner Edu Alonso. Álvaro Montiel and Daniel Santigosa beat them 7-6, 6-3. Elsewhere in the men's first round, Maxi Arce and Juan Tello, Tino Libaak and Gonza Alfonso, and Pablo Lijó and Xisco Gil all won in straight sets. The seeded pairs with byes, including Stupaczuk and Sanz and Navarro and Di Nenno, come in at the last-16 stage. Source: Padel Addict (Spanish)

Bullpadel shows its 2027 rackets. Padel Addict has gone through the brand's new Pro Line model by model. The range updates the rackets used by its tour players, among them Paquito Navarro's Hack 05, Martín Di Nenno's XPLO, Fede Chingotto's Neuron 02 Edge and Bea González's Pearl. Prices run from about €250 to €350. Source: Padel Addict (Spanish)

Floating courts open on a Liverpool dock. Vibora Liverpool Waters opened on Saturday with two courts built on the water at Princes Dock, in view of the Liver Building. The Padel Paper describes them as Britain's first floating padel courts. A third court is due later this year. The club is open from 7am to 10pm every day, a one-hour booking costs £55, and 75 founding memberships were released before launch. Source: The Padel Paper

Sunderland leisure centre seeks four covered courts. Everyone Active has applied to replace four outdoor tennis courts at the Silksworth Community Pool, Tennis and Wellness Centre with four covered padel courts. Council officers recommended approval, noting that the tennis courts are little used in winter, and the plan went to the planning committee on Monday evening. The outcome had not been reported when we published. Source: Brit Brief