Sports Desk, Bangladesh Global: Tia was introduced to the sport when she was 12 and spent most of her teenage years travelling from her home outside Birmingham to London for training. She'd also regularly fly to Spain after school on a Friday and be back again by Monday morning.
Padel was invented in Mexico in the late 1960s and has been hugely popular in Spain for decades, but its boom has really come over the past couple of years.
It means Tia has travelled to Australia, Egypt and the US for major tournaments.
"Being British number one is quite a big thing, most of my friends are at university and whenever I talk about what I'm doing they say: 'Tia you're literally living the dream.'"
The leading professional tour, Premier Padel, has just signed a "transformational" partnership with RedBull believed to be worth tens of millions of pounds.
In the UK, it can be difficult to find somewhere to play - more than 200 courts have been built to serve about 90,000 active players.
Some believe padel can be a gateway into tennis, and experts are also predicting it will receive a green light as an Olympic sport in 2032.
"I might join those who got the Olympic ring tattoo," Tia laughs, but says she won't tell her mum if she does.
FIP Rise Rocks Lane takes place in Chiswick, London from 27-30 March.
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