Americano is a “quick tournament setup” of padel that is normally played with non-fixed teams, and often more participants than six.
The main difference between a normal game of padel in terms of the scoring system, and an Americano setup is that each ball counts towards the total scoring.
As an example; each match is decided by playing a predetermined number of points (1 point per ball), for example, 21 points. If playing to 21 points per match, one team will serve four times and then the serve will switch to the other team.
An example result would be 14-7, this means that the players on the winning team will each take 14 points from the match, and the losing players will each take 7 points to their total points in the tournament.
Read on to learn how to play and organise an quick padel tournament using the Americano way.