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...

Sock moves into quarters and does it with a smile

Jack Sock is just out looking for a forehand and having a good time. Simple as that.  And Thursday in the round of 16 in Mesa, Ariz., against one of the game’s biggest names Tyson McGuffin, there was plenty of the former and enough of the latter to sustain a...

Todd back in championship form; rallies past Bouchard

Genie Bouchard is playing in just her second tournament on the PPA Tour and she’s trying to make a name for herself in the pickleball world. And on the long list of players who have already ascended the women’s singles pickleball hill – and there are more than a few –...

Carvana Mesa Arizona Cup gets going Tuesday in Mesa

The qualifiers are into the main draw and we’re heading to the round of 32 at the PPA Tour’s Mesa Arizona Cup. Men’s doubles In the men’s bracket, former tennis player Donald Young and partner Marshall Brown came in as the No. 27 seed. They beat No. 37-seed Austin...