JAKARTA -- A once-niche sport is staging a stylish breakout across Indonesia. Welcome to the era of padel -- a hybrid of tennis and squash with athletic appeal and a cool image that is sweeping through the country's better-off city dwellers.
Fashionable hybrid racket sport is booming among Jakarta's wealthy
Members of the Padel Nyok padel community gather for a group photo in Jakarta. Clubs dedicated to the sport are sprouting up across the Indonesian capital and beyond. (Courtesy of Padel Nyok)
JAKARTA -- A once-niche sport is staging a stylish breakout across Indonesia. Welcome to the era of padel -- a hybrid of tennis and squash with athletic appeal and a cool image that is sweeping through the country's better-off city dwellers.