‘We don’t see ourselves as competing with tennis,’ Sebastian Gordon, the founder of Rocket Padel at Battersea Power Station, said. ‘We’re competing with restaurants, cinemas ...

Rocket Padel’s expansion has seen its turnover grow 250 per cent year-on-year, while it also has designs on a flagship site on the Costa del Sol, a hotspot for the sport.

Britain’s booming number of padel players can grow tenfold because the country has the “perfect ingredients”, says the founder of Rocket Padel as the operator prepares to open a new club in ...

Britain’s booming number of padel players can grow tenfold because the country has the “perfect ingredients”, says the founder of Rocket Padel as the operator prepares to open a new club in ...

“The court is also smaller, and usually has an astroturf surface.” Rocket Padel’s flagship UK centre is in Bristol, and is the largest of its kind in the UK. There’s also a pop-up at ...