About and editorial standards

X3Insights News covers the growth of padel in the U.S.: club openings and the operators behind them, investment and the business of the sport, and coaching careers. We also follow domestic competition and the professional game worldwide, interview the people building the sport, and publish practical guides to rules, tactics and equipment. It is part of X3Insights, with X3Insights Data (venues, courts, openings and prices) and X3Insights Jobs (jobs and services at U.S. clubs).

• Every story has a named author and a publication date. Material changes add an “Updated” date.
• We link to the sources we rely on, listed under each story.
• A planned opening is reported as planned, not as open. Estimates and forecasts are labeled as such.
• Analysis, features, interviews and opinion are labeled above the headline. Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors.
• Clubs and companies do not pay for coverage. Stories about X3Insights Jobs or X3Insights Data say so.

When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a correction note at the end of the story that says what changed. To report an error, write to news@x3insights.com with the link to the story.

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