Marbella will host the Spanish Beach Tennis Championship, which will feature world champions.

Marbella will feature the world champions of beach tennis at the Spanish National Championship of this discipline, which will take place from May 13 to 16 at the Mediterranean Park. The city's Sports Councilor, Lisandro Vieytes, highlighted during the presentation of this event, which is being held for the second consecutive year in the city, that "this is a top-level event, which will have the participation of more than 200 players," including the six members of the Spanish team who won the world championship in Brazil, and the youth team that won the bronze medal at the last Under-18 World Championship. The councilor noted that the Mediterranean Park, which has an area of 80,000 square meters, will host, in addition to this event, the King's Cup and the Queen's Cup of Beach Volleyball and official beach soccer days.

He also thanked the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation and the organization of the upcoming national championship, which "will be very important from a media perspective, with live broadcasting on Teledeporte." On the other hand, he emphasized that "we are going to do different activations during the week of the tournament, including free beach tennis clinics from professional players for the children of the city's schools, as part of an activity that we have included in the School Sports Games."

Admission is free and there will be parallel activities, including clinics for children to promote grassroots sports with local schools, and music and entertainment

For his part, the head of Beach Tennis at the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation and national coach, Carles Vicens, stated that "Marbella offers a space and conditions that are unbeatable both in terms of weather and facilities, which allows us to continue promoting the growth of beach tennis in Spain." Currently, this modality has about 40 clubs and more than 1,500 licenses nationwide, he added.

Furthermore, Nacho Saracho, a representative of the organization, highlighted that the more than 200 players "will come with their companions and that will boost the city's economy in May." Additionally, he detailed that admission is free and pointed out that there will be parallel activities, including clinics for children to promote grassroots sports with local schools, and music and entertainment, among others.