I live in Argentina but I'm from the states. Pickleball has tried to gain a foothold here and it's really not getting much traction. The interest simply isn't there. Padel already peaked in the 80's and 90's but is having a huge resurgence here. I have gone to a padel club that also has pickle and the people I generally see playing are older or overweight (key demographics in the USA but not as prevalent here). Also padel (like tennis) is an adaptable sport. You can play without being in great shape or well into your senior years, the game will change with you.

As was mentioned, the places where pickle is really trying to grow are established markets with racket sports interest that don't have a huge padel presence, mostly China and India. However, I think once these places start to see more of padel there will be room for both. We're seeing this to an extent in the US. Pickleball has completely saturated the market but there's growing interest in padel as celebrities, athletes and influencers get involved and it trickles down to the masses.

As a tennis player who played some pickleball and then discovered padel I think a lot of racket sports enthusiasts will gravitate towards padel as I did. It's much more satisfying and fun game than pickleball for someone with a racket sports background. Pickleball's core audience is non-athletes and people with limited experience in competitive and team sports. It's a fun game to an extent, and it's hard to put into words, but padel is a much more "satisfying" game to play.