Ask Tia Norton, please.
“I’ve seen Stormzy a couple of times,” she continues.
“There’s been occasions where he’s been eating breakfast on the table next to me, which is quite surreal.”
Tia, 20, is the best female padel player in the UK, and she plays with some A-List celebrities.
In their spare time, Stormzy, David Beckham, and Cristiano Ronaldo all listen to it.
With courts springing up everywhere and large sums of money streaming into the sport, it’s reportedly the fastest-growing sport in the world.
With the support of other athletes like Andy Murray and Virgil van Dijk, it may be added to the Olympic program by 2032.
“There’s a net in the center, but there are barriers all around you. The ball must strike the ground before it makes contact with any of the walls, and it must strike the wall once before it bounces back.”
More than 130 countries participate in the sport, and some of the top players on the globe recently traveled to the UK for an international competition.
Tia claims to have personally witnessed the sport’s explosive expansion in terms of both participation and recognition.