by Sfapickleball | Nov 7, 2023 | Anna Bright, Ben Johns, BioFreeze USA Pickleball National Championships 2023, Callan Dawson, Championship, Finals, JW Johnson, nationals, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Riley Newman, split pro, tom dundon, usa pickleball national championships, usap nationals
Pro play at the Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships kicked off Monday with the men’s and women’s split pro age brackets. An event unique to Nationals, split-age doubles teams must consist of one player over and one player under the age of 50. These...
by Sfapickleball | Oct 16, 2023 | Aanik Lohani, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Collin Johns, Dylan Frazier, Finals, guaranteed rate, Guaranteed Rate PPA Championships 2023, James Ignatowich, JW Johnson, las vegas, Lucy Kovalova, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa championships, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Stats Wrap, thorlo
=== MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL === (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6. MATCH NOTES: Eleventh title this year for Johns brothers. Third straight silver medal for Frazier/Johnson. Game Two, a rarity: Collin Johns...
by Sfapickleball | Oct 7, 2023 | ankle injury, Anna Bright, Championship, Championship Sunday, default, Finals, Guaranteed Rate PPA Championships 2023, ignatowich, injury, james, James Ignatowich, las vegas, las vegas championships, Matt Wright, men's doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, Tournaments, twisted ankle, withdrawal
James Ignatowich got through one match with a sprained left ankle Saturday, but said he wasn’t healthy enough to make it through another. He and partner Matt Wright were forced to withdraw before their semifinal in Las Vegas, and now Ignatowich is also out of Sunday’s...
by Sfapickleball | Oct 7, 2023 | Anna Bright, Championship Sunday, Finals, guaranteed rate, Guaranteed Rate PPA Championships 2023, James Ignatowich, james ignatowicy, las vegas, mixed doubles, mixed douhles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa championships, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, thorlo, Tournament
There’s no way James Ignatowich and Anna Bright are set to be the No. 1 mixed doubles team in pickleball. “No chance,” Ignatowich said. “What are you trying to get out of us?” OK, so not only are they self-proclaiming themselves to be well behind Ben Johns and Anna...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 26, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Finals, gold, gold medal, Jessie Irvine, JW Johnson, Kansas City open, Kansas City Open 2023, Matt Wright, Meghan Dizon, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan
Career PPA titles coming into Sunday: Johns 96, Waters 74. We have similar storylines in the men’s and women’s singles. === MEN’S SINGLES === The two winningest men’s singles players continue their rivalry. Ben Johns is the all-time men’s leader in Triple Crowns (17),...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 18, 2023 | Allyce Jones, Anna Bright, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, couples, Featured Player, James Ignatowich, Julian Arnold, Just for Fun, Lauren Stratman, Leigh Waters, love on the ppa tour, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, national couples day, pickleball, pickleball couples, pickleball partners, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour couples, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin, Yana Grechkina
It’s National Couples Day, and there are so many great stories on the PPA Tour. so why not check in on with some of the players who “Couple Up” and compete together Anna Bright & James Ignatowich Anna: James and I coincidentally started playing pickleball on the...
