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2026-07-17

Pickleball is on the Invictus Games programme - here's what that means for the sport's next chapter

Prince Harry played pickleball at the Birmingham NEC as part of the Invictus Games countdown event. For a sport still fighting for legitimacy outside North America, the moment is bigger than it looks.

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2026-07-17

Where to sell a used padel racket in the UK and get a fair price for it

Whether you're upgrading to a new frame or simply clearing out the gear bag, here's how to find the right buyer and avoid leaving money on the table.

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2026-07-16

Stan Wawrinka says goodbye to Gstaad - and what a legend's retirement means for his rackets

The three-time Grand Slam champion bid farewell to the Swiss Open this week. Here's what happens to the gear of a player whose backhand defined a generation.

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2026-07-16

Tennis racket trade-in: cash versus store credit, and where to actually do it

Thinking about trading in your old tennis racket? Here's an honest breakdown of what your options are worth, and how to choose between cash and store credit.

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2026-07-15

Serena and Venus Williams are heading to the US Open - and what two legends returning means for the second-hand racket market

Both Williams sisters are expected to compete at Flushing Meadows this August, with Serena possibly pairing with Carlos Alcaraz in mixed doubles. That kind of nostalgia wave has a way of moving gear.

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2026-07-15

Wilson's Defyer is here: what a tour-driven design means for the racket you can actually buy

Wilson built the Defyer from a tour insight up, targeting players who want more spin and power. Here's how that development story changes what you should be looking at on the pre-owned market.

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2026-07-14

St. Louis top the MLP midseason tournament in Grand Rapids - and what a team-sport format tells paddle buyers

Major League Pickleball's midseason event wrapped up at Belknap Park with St. Louis claiming top spot. Here's what the format and the player movement mean if you're shopping for a solid paddle.

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2026-07-12

Linda Noskova wins Wimbledon 2026 - and what a first-time major winner does to the second-hand racket market

The Czech 22-year-old beats Karolina Muchova in three sets to claim her first Grand Slam title. Here's why that matters if you're buying or selling tennis gear.

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2026-07-12

Major League Pickleball's midseason tournament is live in Grand Rapids - here's what it means for paddle buyers

The MLP heads to Belknap Park for its biggest mid-year event, with the top-seeded New Jersey side in the mix. For anyone eyeing a pickleball paddle, the timing is worth paying attention to.

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2026-07-12

A Suffolk tennis club is fighting a 500% rent hike to survive a padel takeover bid

An 80-year-old club in Bury St Edmunds has been told a padel operator will pay far more for its courts. It's a local story with a global pattern - and it tells you something important about the pre-owned padel market.

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2026-07-11

Arthur Fery's Wimbledon wildcard run is the kind of story that shifts second-hand racket demand overnight

A 23-year-old wildcard has reached the men's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon 2026 - and that kind of breakout moment has real consequences for the pre-owned gear market.

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2026-07-11

Pickleball and tennis finally share a park in California - here's what it means for the sport's growing pains

A California city council has brokered a four-court split between tennis and pickleball players, ending a two-year dispute. It is a small story with a big pattern.

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2026-07-10

Padel's land grab is real: a Suffolk tennis club's fight shows what happens when courts go up for sale

An 80-year-old tennis club in Bury St Edmunds has been told a padel operator is willing to pay dramatically more for its courts. It's a small story with a big message for the sport.

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2026-07-10

Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon final - and what it means for the second-hand racket market

The world No 1 dispatched a 39-year-old Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4 in two hours and 20 minutes. When the most-watched match of the season is a statement performance, the gear behind it always follows.

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2026-07-10

Wilson's new Defyer racket was built by tour players - here's what that means for the used market

Wilson has just launched the Defyer, a spin-and-power frame developed directly from tour-level feedback. A new flagship means the models it replaces are heading pre-owned.

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2026-07-09

Badminton is testing a shorter scoring format this week - here's why it matters beyond India

The BWF's new 15-point game system gets its first competitive outing at a senior ranking tournament in Ernakulam. The ripple effects for how we play, watch and buy badminton gear are worth thinking through.

Four players in a doubles padel rally on an indoor court with glass back walls and blue artificial turf, the near player lunging to return the ball with a padel racket

2026-07-09

Padel is now Austin's 'trendy new racquet sport' - and the pre-owned market is catching up

A local news outlet calling padel Austin's hottest racket sport is one more data point in the sport's North American expansion - and it has real implications for gear buyers everywhere.

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2026-07-08

ATP Tour plans to halve doubles draws and slash prize money to 10% from 2028

Leading doubles players have condemned ATP proposals that would gut their earnings and effectively end careers outside the top 30 in the rankings.

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2026-07-08

WTA Finals leaves Saudi Arabia for Indian Wells as Middle East tensions force a rapid rethink

The WTA has ended its Riyadh deal a year early, moving its season-ending showcase to Indian Wells in November - and the decision carries real weight for how women's tennis positions itself going forward.

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2026-07-07

The PPA's Tokyo Open just exposed a real problem with pickleball's global tour points system

Shimabukuro and Dennehy won gold at the 2026 Sansan Tokyo Open, but the bigger story is the growing argument about whether Asian tour events are handing out too many ranking points for their competitive depth.

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2026-07-01

Tanvi and Srikanth advance at the BWF US Open - and what it means for badminton's pre-owned market

Two Indian shuttlers progress at the BWF US Open in late June, shining a light on a sport that rarely gets its due in the racket-sport conversation.

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2026-07-01

Mallorca Open 2026: the grass-court warm-up that matters more than you think for racket buyers

With Wimbledon starting Monday, the ATP 250 in Mallorca is finishing up as the last serious grass-court test - and what happens on those courts has a quiet effect on what rackets people want to buy.

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2026-06-30

Jack Draper reaches Eastbourne semi-finals with Andy Murray in his corner ahead of Wimbledon

The Brit's comeback from a knee injury is gathering pace on grass, and his racket choices are back under the spotlight.

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2026-06-30

Naomi Osaka retires in Bad Homburg final with a foot injury, raising Wimbledon doubt

Osaka pulled out against Karolina Muchova mid-final on Saturday, just two days before Wimbledon begins. Here's what it means for her chances and the used-racket market.

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2026-06-30

Porto hosts the FIP Junior Euro Padel Cup, Portugal's first major junior event

Europe's best under-18 padel players come to Porto from 27 June to 4 July for Portugal's first major junior event. Here is why it matters, and what the junior boom means if you buy or sell gear.

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2026-06-29

Emma Raducanu reaches her biggest final since 2021 and what it means for the Wilson rackets she plays

Raducanu's run to the Queen's Club final is her deepest result at a tour event in five years. Here's why that matters beyond the scoreline.

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2026-06-29

Frances Tiafoe beats Taylor Fritz in an all-American Halle final - and what it means for Wilson grass-court rackets

Tiafoe's first grass-court title at Halle is a good moment to think about the rackets both Americans swing, and what happens to pre-owned stock when a tour player suddenly becomes the story.

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2026-06-29

Wimbledon 2026 starts Monday and the grass-court racket rush is already here

With Serena Williams returning on a wild card, Cerundolo fresh from Queen's, and Draper back from injury, this year's draw is unusually wide open - and that has real consequences for which rackets are moving right now.

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2026-06-29

Wimbledon 2026 players will limit media duties in prize money protest - and what it means for the sport you watch

The world's top players are staging a quiet boycott at SW19 this fortnight. Here's the background, why it matters, and what a fractured tennis economy means for the second-hand gear market.

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2026-06-28

Francisco Cerundolo wins Queen's Club in the longest final in championship history

The Argentine beat Tommy Paul 6-7 6-4 6-3 in a three-hour, three-minute epic. Here's what it means for the grass-court season and the pre-owned Wilson and Head market heading into Wimbledon.

Jack Draper in all-white Vuori kit warming up on a grass court ahead of Wimbledon 2026

2026-06-28

Jack Draper's Vuori 'Return to Centre' kit and what a comeback story means for the second-hand racket market

Draper is back on grass with a new coach and a new kit deal. Here's why his Wimbledon story is worth watching beyond the fashion column.

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2026-06-27

The ITF is now called World Tennis - what it means for the sport you play

The International Tennis Federation has changed its name to World Tennis. It's a small rebrand with a bigger story behind it.

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2026-06-27

Premier Padel trims the 2027 ranking calendar and reshuffles points

Premier Padel and the FIP have set out 2027 rule changes, cutting ranking-counting events from 22 to 21 and locking top players out of lower CUPRA FIP Tour draws. Here is what it means for the rackets the rest of us actually buy.

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2026-06-27

Serena Williams receives a Wimbledon wild card at 44 - and what it means for the second-hand racket market

The 23-time Grand Slam champion is heading back to SW19. Here's the ER take on what her return does to demand for Wilson frames.

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2026-06-26

Reserve Cup Marbella 2026: women's padel gets its overdue moment in the sun

Six world-class women competed at Puente Romano for the first time in the event's history - and the final went all the way to a super tiebreak.

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2026-06-25

Padel hit 35 million players in 2025. The pre-owned gear wave is just starting

The FIP's latest report shows padel still booming, with Portugal now on 1,560 courts. More players means more rackets changing hands, and that is good news whether you are buying your first frame or selling the one you have outgrown.

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2026-06-25

Premier Padel's Valladolid P2 puts Spain back in the spotlight this week

Spain's third Premier Padel stop in a month lands in Valladolid from 22 to 28 June. Here's what that tour buzz does to the pre-owned racket market near you.