**5. Conclusions**

The current investigation has described the advantage of serving in padel by comparing points won by servers and receiving players after a di fferent number of shots within rallies. Given the server has a significant advantage, the aim of the return is to avoid the serving pair winning the rally quickly. This could be best achieved by good depth on lobs, regardless of the direction, and pace on straight shots, predominately aimed toward the server [16]. Statistical di fferences according to gender and court side were found. Female players execute more backhand and cross-court returns and use more lobs than men. On the right court, serves are more frequently aimed at the "T" and more down the line returns are executed when compared to the left side. Such knowledge may have implications for accuracy and the quality of training drills based on specific technical–tactical demands.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, B.J.S.-A., D.M. and J.C.; methodology, B.J.S.-A., J.R.-L., F.P., A.S.-P. and D.M.; software, B.J.S.-A. and F.P.; validation, B.J.S.-A., F.P., J.R.-L. and D.M.; formal analysis, B.J.S.-A., J.C. and A.S.-P.; investigation, B.J.S.-A., J.C., J.R.-L., D.M. and A.S.-P.; resources, B.J.S.-A., J.R.-L., A.S.-P. and D.M.; data curation, B.J.S.-A., J.R.-L., A.S.-P. and D.M.; writing—original draft preparation, B.J.S.-A., J.C. and D.M.; writing—review and editing, B.J.S.-A., F.P., J.R.-L., A.S.-P. and D.M.; visualization, B.J.S.-A., J.C., F.P., J.R.-L., A.S.-P. and D.M.; supervision, B.J.S.-A., F.P., J.R.-L., A.S.-P. and D.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
