The Alborán · The Court
Match writing. The matches that mattered, the players who made them, what the play looked like up close.
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Pieces in The Court cover the game at its highest level. The professional tour, match by match. The players who define the modern game. The technique that wins on a humid afternoon. The tactical evolution of a sport still finding its shape.
We watch closely. We write slowly. We trust the reader to know more than we tell them.
The Court treats padel the way the better cricket writing treats cricket. A game worth taking seriously, populated by people worth taking seriously, in a register that doesn't pretend to be neutral.
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Issue One · June 2026
The Alborán arrives this June. Coastal membership is free, and always will be.
See you at the club. — Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Co-Editors