From December 9th to 10th, the finals of the "2023 SKECHERS Pickleball National Grand Prix" co-organized by SKECHERS and the Chinese Tennis Association were held at the Shanghai Expo Source.After two consecutive days of fierce competition between qualified players, Chen Han and Huang Wei finally won the men's doubles championship, and Wang Wenbo and Xian Hang won the mixed doubles championship.

As the first national Pickleball Grand Prix, the "2023 Skechers Pickleball National Grand Prix" has established a standardized, large-scale and professional promotion event system through the sub-station + finals model. Since the start of the city sub-station on November 5, this event has brought total 300 pickleball enthusiasts aged 18-65 from all over the country to actively participate, presenting the unique charm of pickleball in a comprehensive and three-dimensional way. The influence of this event not only radiates to many important node cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Chengdu, but also attracts more sports fans to pay attention to and participate in this emerging trend sport with the help of social new media and other communication, creating a "multi-point joint effort, A new "engine" has been added to the pickleball promotion process that is "ready to go".

Pickleball is an interesting and challenging sport. It combines the elements of tennis, table tennis and badminton. It has the characteristics of easy to master the technology, easy to arrange the venue, easy to fix the equipment, low damage and high fun. . As young people begin to focus on unleashing strong demand for diversified sports, pickleball, which is highly interactive and naturally cool and social, has quickly become a trendy lifestyle for everyone to cultivate. Skechers, which has always been committed to providing a sports stage for "young people who can't sit still," has also been at the forefront of promoting pickleball in recent years. Skechers is not only the main partner of APP, PPA, MLP, the three major professional pickleball leagues in the United States, but also the official sporting goods sponsor of international pickleball events. At the same time, Skechers has continued to contribute constructive efforts to the promotion of pickleball for a long time, covering multiple dimensions such as professional sports equipment research and development, sports event organization, mass event promotion, professional venue construction, and professional talent training.