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OVERALL TOP 5: 100 CROWNS: Anna Leigh Waters is a triple crown away from 100 PPA Tour titles.  HERE COMES THE CAVALRY: Waters, Ben Johns, Etta Wright, Meghan Dizon, JW & Jorja Johnson, Dylan Frazier, and others return to action. HOME COOKIN’: Many pros call the...

PPA’s Arizona Cup has huge viewership weekend

NASCAR’s wild finish was the most-watched event of last weekend, but pickleball and the PPA continue to enjoy record numbers. More than 500,000 viewers checked out FOX’s broadcast of the Arizona Cup Sunday and saw Anna Leigh Waters earn a triple crown and Ben Johns...

Stats Wrap: Championship Sunday at the PPA Mesa Arizona Cup

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (3) Vivienne David and Thomas Wilson, 11-4, 11-1, 11-9. . MATCH NOTES:  #1 ANNA LEIGH WATERS and BEN JOHNS avenged one of their two losses of last year by beating the Johnsons, 11-1, 11-3. That loss was at...

Mesa Tournament wrap-up

A quick look at who won and how from the five championship matches Sunday at the Arizona Cup in Mesa, Ariz. Women’s Doubles Winners: Anna Leigh Waters and Catherine Parenteau Well, that’s 64 matches in a row without a loss for the pair as they tore through the bracket...

Mesa Arizona Cup Championship Sunday Preview, from the Stats Desk

(all stats and records reflect PPA Tour events only) Anna Leigh Waters: 22 PPA Triple Crowns (three consecutive), 94 tour wins. (34 S, 29 D, 31 MX) Title #100 should come in March. The next tournament is the Indoor Championships, which Waters skipped last year. Ben...

The Same, But Different

Ben and Collin Johns beating Riley Newman and Thomas Wilson to win the Men’s Doubles gold medals at the PPA Finals in December and again at the Masters in January was the same, but different. In both gold medal matches, the Johns brothers won in four games, losing the...