Mike Dale

Former Dutch squash champion and national coach Nicole Beumer swapped a strung racket for a padel bat during the pandemic, fell in love with the 20x10 and founded the hugely popular Expat Padel Club.

Femme Open staged its first ever junior event last weekend with 18 girls introduced to padel at The Padel Hub in Slough.

Just when it seemed that the battle for world domination had been settled by last August's takeover of the World Padel Tour by Premier Padel - along come new circuits making big plays for market share.

We're all set for the second Pro Padel League season following Tuesday's draft - with world No.1s among the cast, a new format, more teams - and TWO British stars!

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GB international Louie Harris confessed to being "gobsmacked" after being picked in the draft for the second Pro Padel League season, which kicks off in April in the USA.

Sandy Farquharson will be familiar to any dedicated padel follower in the UK. He is probably Britain's most experienced and well-known padel coach - but he only fell into the sport due to a well-timed phone call.

Renowned padel player Willy Lahoz has been enlisted by Balwin Sport to grow the sport in South Africa through celebrity exhibitions, coaching workshops, talent scouting and developing underprivileged players.

Andy Murray was already looking forward to the next Hexagon Cup after his Team AD/Vantage emerged victorious in the star-studded first ever edition of the event in Madrid last weekend.

Andrew Simister says "it was wonderful to feel part of a family" after becoming the first British amputee to compete on the Inclusive Padel Tour in Milan last weekend.