When Mrs. Tina and her doubles partner Sarah signed up for the Clan 7 Padel Tournament, they had one rule, “Let’s just have fun.”
Four months of off-and-on training, two women from a tennis background, and a lot of laughter later, they were standing on the podium with second place in the Women’s Category 1, a division for players with one to two years of consistent padel experience.
That’s the twist: Mrs. Tina and Sarah were newcomers. Older, wiser, and new to the sport, they weren’t supposed to make it that far. But they did. And they did it with grace, grit, and sisterhood.
From the Baseline to the Glass Walls
Padel is no easy crossover from tennis. It’s faster, tighter, and trickier, but these two women approached it the way they approach life: with curiosity, courage, and joy. Their years on the tennis court gave them the instincts; their friendship gave them rhythm.
Each match was less about domination and more about connection, reading each other, adjusting, and trusting. And when things got tough? They smiled, reset, and repeated their mantra: “Let’s just have fun.”
More Than a Game
For Mrs. Tina, this moment adds another layer to an already remarkable story. She only started playing tennis in her 30s, after raising her children. Today, she owns her own court, coaches others, and runs the 3SF Foundation, where she brings children off the streets and trains them in tennis for national and international competitions.
Now, she’s not only building young champions, she’s showing them what lifelong play looks like.
Because this medal wasn’t just about winning a tournament. It was about rewriting what’s possible about women who keep learning, keep laughing, and keep showing up for the love of the game.
At Hey Girl Wellness, we love stories like this. Here we celebrate joy that turns into strength and experience turns in to power, where joy turns into strength, and experience becomes power.
Mrs. Tina and Sarah didn’t just play padel. They played their hearts out and reminded us all that when women choose joy, magic happens.
Congratulations to the “gworls”!!!!
