Stats-Wraps: Austin Showdown Finals

Stats and facts emerging from the gold medal matches at the Florida Open: Anna Leigh Waters said in a post-match interview she plans to take off for about a month. She said she is having her wisdom teeth pulled, and her mother is having her long-postponed knee...

A Return to Normalcy for Johns and Waters

2023 has been an eventful year on the PPA Tour, and it’s just getting started. There have been upsets and qualifiers, new faces, new partnerships, a bit of sun, rain, and cold, too. But as the PPA Tour takes a week off so its players can head to Major League...

Stats Preview: Onix Austin Showdown

In several previous matches, the team hitting toward the video board on Championship Court had an advantage. Will that hold up? The weather has been rainy and cold most of the week – what will Sunday bring? Ben Johns turned 24 on Saturday. === MEN’S SINGLES === BEN...

Weather or Not: Chilly Temperatures Give New Look to Austin Showdown

Ben and Collin Johns are back in the final. Anna Leigh Waters is doing her thing, too. But the weather in Austin continues to be undefeated this week at the Austin Showdown. With winds up and unpredictable for the first day of the tournament and temperatures way down...

The Facts About Playing Alongside Family

Johnsons top Newmans in Austin, go on to win bronze Sometimes the truth hurts and oftentimes, the worst kind of hurt comes from people we love. Happens in pickleball all the time. And no, you’re not going to see Lindsey and Riley Newman on the next episode of  “Dr....

Tennis No Longer, Christian Alshon Is All In On Pickleball

Christian Alshon was a top-ranked junior tennis player. OK, that’s not necessarily uncommon in the world of professional pickleball. The PPA Tour landscape is teaming with ex-tennis players. But the PPA isn’t full of players who won an NCAA title and then quit the...