Game, Set, Pour: Reserve Miami’s Most Well-Served Match

At Reserve Cup Miami, the lush green courts buzzed with intensity as Team Reserve dominated  the game, reinforcing the sport’s status as Miami’s newest obsession. With flawless weather overhead and the city showing off in full form, the event felt like Miami’s Wimbledon. Just louder, sleeker and significantly more tequila-forward.

As your focus drifts past the players rapid-fire rallies on the court, it lands on the backdrop, plopped in the ocean so enormous you could see it upon just walking in. A Bezos-sized yacht so massive rumors have it might be Jeff’s own floating palace. At least, that’s what was heard according to the whispers circulating the crowd. But if that rumor started somewhere between the DJ booth and my margarita…I’ll plead the fifth.

The scene was peak Miami perfection: blue skies, sunshine and a cool ocean breeze that somehow kept the heat at bay. The crowd was as dynamic as the competition itself: elite padel pros mingled with global entrepreneurs, cultural tastemakers, and familiar faces from sports and music. Braxton Berrios and Rick Ross. Steve Aoki and DJ Khaled. Not exactly a crossover you expect to see sharing the same sidelines—yet there they were, courtside.

VIP guests circulated through The Reserve Club, where hospitality lounges and premium box experiences elevated the viewing experience, but whether you were seated in GA or a suite, this was the kind of event everyone showed up for. Still, it was Laelia Tequila, the Reserve Cup’s official tequila partner, that anchored the experience.Their Mexican margarita was dangerously addictive—clean, balanced, and deceptively smooth. I arrived with dry January intentions. Laelia had other plans. But Reserve’s ability to bring together an international crowd, far beyond the usual nightclub or art fair circuit, is something worth raising a glass to. Coming up next on the Reserve Cup itinerary: Mallorca, Spain.

Back on the court, eyes snapped left and right as Arturo Coello and Fede Chingotto faced off against Agustín Tapia and Ale Galán in the weekend’s most anticipated matchup. Credit is due to Reserve Padel Founder and CEO Wayne Boich, alongside Honorary Chairman Jimmy Butler for creating a competition split into Team Miami—captained by Derek Jeter—and Team Reserve, led by Butler himself, cementing this Reserve weekend into a new January must in Miami.