The Alborán · The Court
Match writing. The matches that mattered, the players who made them, what the play looked like up close.
What lives in this section
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 and write slowly, and 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.
More in The Court
The Alborán · 3rd August 2026
The Racket Roulette →
An intermediate player, briefly without his racket, sets out to find whether he can tell one from another.
The 7 P's of the Southside →
Padel, Pickleball, Pilates, Pastries, Patience, People and Pato: the seven P's of a Castlemilk club built for its members, where the numbers said not to.
See all eight pieces of Issue Two →The Alborán · 1st July 2026
The Next Diamond in the Rough →
Everyone is looking at the United States this summer. Three markets nobody is watching are the more interesting bet.
Mixed everywhere but the top →
The mixed pair is the most ordinary thing in club padel and the rarest at the top of it. A look at why.
See all nine pieces of Issue One →The other sections
Issue Two · out now
The Alborán is out now. Coastal membership is free, and always will be.
Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Editors