Comebacks open the Kuwait Major as new indoor clubs get ready in Dewsbury and Colchester

Rubini and Chozas recover from a set down as the Kuwait Major begins. Juani Rubini and Alex Chozas lost the first set 6-1 to David Gala and Enzo Jensen, then took a tie-break and the decider to win 1-6, 7-6, 6-4. Four more of the six opening matches went to three sets. Flavio Abbate and Franco Dal Bianco had the easiest day, beating Rama Valenzuela and Xisco Gil 6-3, 6-1, and their reward is a match against Coello and Tapia, who arrive having won the last four events in Paris, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf and Milan. FIP notes that Abbate has also been called up for next week's World Cup in Doha. Source: FIP

Twenty matches on four courts today, with the women's draw also starting. Fourth seeds Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz open the centre court at 10:00 Spanish time against Andrés Fernández and José Antonio Diestro, and Martín Di Nenno and Paquito Navarro play the late match against Álvaro Montiel and Dani Santigosa. Coello and Tapia, and Lebrón and Augsburger, are not on today's schedule. The early rounds are free on Premier Padel's YouTube channel, and the round of 16 starts on Wednesday, when the top four women's pairs also begin. Source: Padel Addict (Spanish)

MGM Resorts becomes title sponsor of the Pro Padel League's Las Vegas event. The US league's final regular-season stop runs from 18 to 21 November at Dolby Live at Park MGM, with all ten franchise teams from the United States, Canada and Mexico taking part. An exhibition court will be set up on the Bellagio Fountain Walk for the four days, and the final on Saturday 21 November will be shown nationally on CNBC. Eight teams then go through to the league finals in Miami from 3 to 6 December. Source: PR Newswire

A six-court indoor club is due to open in Dewsbury next month. Padel8 has taken a 30,000 sq ft unit on Bretton Park Way, with six indoor courts, match cameras, digital scoreboards, a café, a lounge, a pro shop and a private court for two-player coaching. A recovery and wellness area with a studio follows in a second phase. Patrick Newcombe, who has 20 years in leisure and racket sports in Leeds, will manage the club. The town lost its public sports centre after RAAC was found in the building, and Padel8 says it wants to complement public provision rather than replace it, with junior, women's, over-50s and beginner sessions planned. Source: Kirklees Local TV

Friends turned founders open a Colchester club on Saturday. Ultimate Padel Club Colchester, at Easter Park on Axial Way, has a soft launch on Saturday 31 October, with a fuller celebration planned for mid-November once building work is complete. Co-founder Toby Long says the idea grew from a group of friends who played together locally and went to watch Premier Padel at Roland Garros in 2024. The club has applied for an alcohol licence for its social space. Source: Colchester Gazette