Padel leaving pickleball in the dust?

Padel leaving pickleball in the dust? Here’s a race I don’t have a horse in. “Padel, for the uninitiated, is like pickleball’s cooler, jet-setting cousin. It’s a racket sport played on a turf or carpet court about the size of doubles tennis — except here, the walls are fair game. Think tennis meets squash with a dash of pickleball thrown in. The ricochets alone make it a whole new ballgame. … Hotels have clocked the trend, and they’re racing to serve it up. From The Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne to Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, Virginia, and The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa in Texas, padel is quickly becoming a baseline amenity.” ~ learn more