Britain’s first Premier Padel P1 is a week away. Tickets have been on sale for months, the venue is locked in, and the British wildcards are out – so it’s worth an update on what’s confirmed now that we’re this close, rather than what was still speculative back in the spring.

We covered the announcement and the background to this event in our original guide to Premier Padel London. This piece picks up where that left off: what you need to know if you’re going, watching, or just keeping half an eye on it.

What’s happening at Olympia this August

The London P1 runs across six spectator days, 4-9 August 2026, in the Grand Hall at Olympia on Hammersmith Road in west London. It’s a P1 – the tier directly below the four annual Majors – and it’s the first time the Premier Padel Tour has staged an event on British soil.

The Grand Hall gives the tournament serious scale. Olympia’s recent redevelopment turned it into one of London’s biggest live event spaces, and this is one of the first professional sports tournaments to use the venue since the work finished. Expect a temporary indoor padel arena built inside an impressive Victorian hall, with the enclosed glass-walled courts that make professional padel look and sound completely different from the version most of us play on a Tuesday night.

The draw: who’s playing and who to watch

The full official entry list hadn’t been published as we wrote this – qualifying and final entries are still being finalised close to the event, which is normal for a P1. But the shape of the field is clear: a men’s draw of around 48 players and a women’s draw of around 28, filled out through direct entries, qualifiers, and wildcards.

On current form and reporting, expect the sport’s biggest names to be involved. World No.1 men’s pair Agustín Tapia and Arturo Coello are the players most people will want to see, with their rivalry against Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto billed as the standout contest on tour this year. Juan Lebrón, now paired with Leo Augsburger, remains one of the most watched players in the men’s game. On the women’s side, names to look for include Ariana Sánchez, Alejandra Salazar, Paula Josemaría, and Bea González – all regulars in the world’s top rankings.

Treat all of this as the expected picture rather than a locked draw sheet. Check the official FIP event page close to 4 August for the confirmed order of play.

Tickets: what’s available and how to get them

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster, priced from £41, with General Admission and a premium “GA Plus Package” tier. Sales opened in two waves back in April – an LTA Advantage member presale on 23 April, followed by general sale on 24 April – so this has been live for months rather than newly announced.

Day sessions run Tuesday 4 August through Sunday 9 August. As of writing, Friday 7 August and Sunday 9 August are both showing low availability, which tracks with those being the days closer to the business end of the draw. If you want a specific day, particularly a weekend session, book sooner rather than later.

How to get to Olympia London

Olympia sits on Hammersmith Road in west London (W14 8UX), and it’s built for exactly this kind of event. Kensington Olympia station has direct trains from Clapham Junction, Shepherd’s Bush, and Willesden Junction, and West Kensington and Kensington (Olympia) Underground stations are both a short walk away. Parking around the venue is limited, as it is for most central London event spaces, so public transport is the practical option.

How to watch from home

If you can’t make it to Olympia, the streaming setup hasn’t changed since the tour first announced the event: Red Bull TV carries the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final for free, no subscription needed. Earlier rounds, including the round of 32 and round of 16, stream live and free on the Premier Padel YouTube channel. Between the two, the entire tournament is watchable at no cost – you just need to know where to look on a given day.

The Premier Padel app is worth downloading too, for live scores and schedules if you’re following from your phone during a working day.

British players in the draw

This is the detail that’s changed most since our original guide. Eight British players have been handed wildcards for the London P1’s main draw or qualifying rounds – a bigger presence than anyone expected for a first-ever home P1.

In the women’s draw, GB No.1 Catherine Rose and GB No.2 Aimee Gibson have both been given main draw wildcards, while Tia Norton goes into qualifying alongside Belgian partner Helena Wyckaert. In the men’s draw, long-time GB No.1 Christian Medina Murphy has a main draw wildcard partnering Spain’s Alberto Garcia Jimenez, with Louie Harris, Alex Loughlan, Alfonso Patacho, and Chris Salisbury also in the main draw picture. Ben Phillips, Cameron Dollimore, and Theo Garton go into men’s qualifying.

A home crowd watching a British pair take on the world’s best, in London, at a P1 – that’s not something UK padel has had the chance to offer before. It’s worth building a day around, if you can get to one of the sessions where a British pair is playing.

What to expect on the day

If you’ve never watched professional padel live, the pace is the thing that catches most people out. The rallies last longer than in tennis, the ball moves faster off the glass than television suggests, and the crowd reaction to a well-read wall shot spreads through the venue in a way that’s hard to predict until you’ve felt it. Bring layers – indoor venues at this scale tend to run cool even in August – and check what food and drink options are available at Olympia in advance, since queuing between matches eats into time you could spend watching.

Whichever day you go, or however you watch, this is the week British padel gets its first proper look at the top of the professional game on home soil. Worth clearing space for.