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Anyone know why there are no X3's in FIP Gold Almaty?

27 commentsu/wazzaron19h ago

Was watching an interview with Momo/Di Nenno who are playing in the semis tomorrow, and they mentioned conditions are challenging as there are no X3 smashes played in the tournament, anyone know the reason for that?

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u/ryanparis18h ago

I didn’t hear the interview, maybe he was referring to not running out of the court. I’ve watched a match today and there was not enough space, so you are not able to run out.

u/jmOropeza3217h ago

Because of the venue, there’s no out of court play so any ball that goes out by 3 or 4 meters is point automatically

u/ggermade19h ago

I've never heard of this, do you happen to have the interview link? I'm curious about it now

u/wazzaronOP16h ago

It was posted on FIP's stories on Instagram, unfortunately i think it timed out.

u/National_Natural755717h ago

Not all clubs have the required dimensions outside of the Court needed to allow exterior game, so it is "normal" and allowed to have FIPs without X3. If you see the matches of Almaty on YouTube you will see that the courts are very near to each other and that is why there's no X3 (actually no exterior game, if the Ball goes off the court even if it's by the door the players cannot leave the court)

u/wazzaronOP16h ago

I thought all tournament courts must follow the same dimensions inside and outside

u/jmOropeza3210h ago

There’s different requirements depending on the level of tournament Premier Padel - Masters - Majors - P1 - P2 Then - FIP Platinum - FIP Gold - FIP Silver - FIP Bronze There’s other categories below like FIP Youth etc but the idea is lower tournament have less strict requirements, are cheaper and give out less points