Leading international digital payments company Checkout.com has partnered with Alejandro Galan, one of the top padel players in the world, and is advocating for padel to be added to the Olympic Games.
Checkout.com and Ale have signed a three-year partnership deal. The digital payments startup wants to see padel tennis in Brisbane during the 2032 Olympic Games. Checkout.com intends to open Padel Academies in over 50 nations.
Guillaume Pousaz, Founder and CEO at Checkout.com, said: “We are partnering with Ale to take Padel to the world’s highest performing arena. He is an incredible athlete, committed to the development of the sport, and we want to be part of his exciting journey. At Checkout.com we are performance obsessed, and nobody embodies this obsession better than Galan. I can’t wait to see what he achieves next in his career.”
Alejandro Galan, World number one Padel player, added: “it is really exciting for me to associate myself with a brand that values everything that contributes to success on the padel court such as concentration, resistance and technical precision. I admire Checkout.com’s high-growth, high-performance mindset. And of course I fully support their his plan to promote and develop padel worldwide to help it become an Olympic sport.”
