Australian tennis legend Pat Rafter has been addicted to padel ever since his neighbour in Byron Bay invited him to play the game two years ago.
The 52-year-old, who won the US Open twice in the 1990s, says that while the beauty of tennis is the physical and mental pressure it puts players through, padel – where the ball is played off walls – is a mind-boggling sport.
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Gus McCubbing is a markets reporter in the Melbourne newsroom. He was previously the Australian Financial Review’s Victorian political correspondent. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com
