The star-studded Crocus Fitness Padel Cup: Evgeni Plushenko and Talat Ragimov won

Before DREAM FEST 2026 the star-studded Crocus Fitness Padel Cup tournament was held on the Sport Beach Club courts — one of the first events of festival week.

Pairs in which a professional played together with an amateur took part. The court was taken by the resort's founder Emin Agalarov (EMIN), the two-time Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko, Bahh Tee, Ellai, Brandon Stone, the footballer Ramil Sheydaev, the entrepreneur Rustam Tariko and professional padel players.

Evgeni Plushenko and Talat Ragimov won. Rustam Tariko and Arif Guliyev came second, Emin Agalarov and Kamil Ismailov third. The organizers were Sea Breeze, Crocus Fitness, DREAM FEST and the Tennis Federation of Azerbaijan, the referee — Gleb Pivovarov.

Agalarov promised to soon open an indoor padel center with eight courts and one more outdoor court, and later to hold the first international horse polo tournament on the Caspian.

The exact date of the tournament is not named in the announcement — only “on the eve of DREAM FEST 2026”; the date above is the publication date.

Source: an official Sea Breeze announcement (July 22, 2026). Retold in our own words, no quotations.