by Sfapickleball | May 13, 2024 | alw, Anna Bright, anna leigh, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Collin Johns, Federico Staksrud, Finals, JW Johnson, Mary Brascia, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, storylines, storylines atlanta open, vizzy atlanta open, Vizzy Atlanta Open 2024
OVERALL TOP 5: FIELD OF DREAMS: Everyone is back with a full field fighting for a major title. A TON OF POINTS: 2,000 points go to the winner, the most available just 4 times per year. A PERFECT 10: Can Federico Staksrud make his 10th straight singles final in 2024? ...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 8, 2024 | 100 golds, 100 titles, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Championship Sunday, fanatics sportsbook north carolina cup, north carolina cup, North Carolina Cup 2024, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024
Less than three years ago, Anna Leigh Waters won her first gold medal. Sunday, she won her 100th. With another triple crown, this time at the North Carolina Cup, Waters stayed comfortably “on-brand” as the best, most-dominant, no-doubt-about-it,...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 20, 2023 | All-Access, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, anna leigh waters and ben johns, Ben Johns, Championship, Finals, gold medal, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, ppa tour 2023 gold medals, Tournament, triple crown
*Anna Leigh and Ben’s Championships (PPA Tour events only) ANNA LEIGH WATERS: Medals: Anna Leigh’s 47 medals in 2023 were all gold medals. She averaged 2.76 gold medals per tournament played in 2023. Singles: Waters won 14 times in 17 tournaments. The gold medal...
by Sfapickleball | Oct 9, 2023 | Aanik Lohani, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Collin Johns, Dylan Frazier, Finals, guaranteed rate, Guaranteed Rate PPA Championships 2023, JW Johnson, Lucy Kovalova, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa championships, ppa tour 2023, thorlo, Tournament
Nineteen triple crowns for Ben Johns. Another nineteen for Anna Leigh Waters. And a ninth triple crown for each together. The duo paired up and were all aces in Las Vegas, both taking singles and doubles events on Championship Sunday and winning the mixed doubles...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 4, 2023 | alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, hurricane tyra black, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, takeya showcase, Takeya Showcase 2023, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyra Black, upset, Yates Johnson
Thursday was the rarest of days on the PPA Tour. Maybe it was something more than that, because for the better part of three years we have never seen anything like it on the PPA Tour. It was a hand-to-the-side-of-the-face, you-gotta-be-kdding sorta day, because when...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 31, 2023 | All-Access, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Featured Player, Finals, gold, Lea Jansen, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Seattle Open 2023, Tournaments, women's singles
Lea Jansen walked away and Anna Leigh kept on winning. After 26 months and 27 medals, Jansen announced she will no longer be playing any singles events. And Sunday at the Seattle Open, Jansen finished her career across the court from the best player in the world....
