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 | Oct 6, 2023 | Aanik Lohani, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Finals, guaranteed rate, Guaranteed Rate PPA Championships 2023, las vegas, mens singles, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa championships, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, semifinals, singles day, thorlo, Tournament, womens singles
Men’s Singles The confidence Aanik Lohani said he received from beating Ben Johns back in August was significant. That was at the PPA’s Denver Open in the quarterfinals. Can you imagine how good Lohani will feel if he beats the world’s No. 1 player? Well, he’s got...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 25, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Irina Tereschenko, kansas city, Kansas City Open 2023, liam, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin
With a tear in her eye, Linda Fetter is quick to say how pickleball saved her life. And with a big smile, her grandson Liam, only four years old, is well on his way to being a pickleball fan for life. Fetter has been playing for about eight years and Liam got to go to...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 12, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Collin Johns, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, statistics, Stats Wrap
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and J.W. Johnson, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8. Watch Here MATCH NOTES: 100th PPA career title for Ben Johns. Ben & Collin are 10-1 in finals this year. This was the most deliberately played...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 11, 2023 | 100, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Finals, men's doubles, mens singles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023
It was a bittersweet ending to Ben Johns’ century-eclipsing 100th title weekend in Cincinnati—he finished with 101 titles—but he probably should have punctuated his festivities with a Triple-Crown. First, Ben and Colin Johns scrapped and clawed their way to perhaps...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 11, 2023 | Ben Johns, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Collin Johns, Finals, men's doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Thomas Wilson
Neither Ben nor Colin Johns had their best level on Saturday in Cincinnati, but once again they proved why they remain the best team in the world, and the team to beat for the foreseeable future. With Colin less than 100% health-wise after twisting his ankle just over...