Stats Wrap: Championship Sunday at the North Carolina Cup.

Cary, North Carolina. April 7, 2024. MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (14) Augie Ge and Jaume Martinez Vich, 11-2, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6. . MATCH NOTES: Part of Johns’ 21st PPA career Triple Crown. Johns brothers’ 39th PPA career title together....

Waters reaches another milestone, wins 100th-career gold medal

Less than three years ago, Anna Leigh Waters won her first gold medal. Sunday, she won her 100th.  With another triple crown, this time at the North Carolina Cup, Waters stayed comfortably “on-brand” as the best, most-dominant, no-doubt-about-it,...

Parenteau gets by Devidze, gets another shot at Waters

To get the chance to play a familiar foe Catherine Parenteau hasn’t had much success against, she had to beat a new rival who Parenteau hasn’t had success with either. Saturday Parenteau did the second part, getting past Salome Devidze. And now Sunday, Parenteau gets...

Stats Wrap: Championship Sunday at the Veolia Austin Open

Lakeway, Texas. March 17 and 18, 2024. MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (4) Anna Bright and Andrei Daescu def. (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns, 11-3, 11-9, 11-3. MATCH NOTES: Windy conditions. Waters and Johns lost only twice last year, and one of those was in pool play....

Daescu and Bright win two golds each and end runs by Johns and Waters

Streak stoppers!  What a week for Andrei Daescu and what a way to win a pair of gold medals. Hard to imagine anyone could do better. But Anna Bright might have done just that. Daescu won a pair of golds. Bright won a pair of golds and Anna Leigh Waters’ golden streak...

Wrapping up a wild week in Minnesota

What an odd, strange trip it was in Minnesota at the Indoor Championships. What started out as a week about who wasn’t there, turned into a week of firsts. First-time partnerships. First-time breakthroughs. And lots of first-time gold medal winners. Ben Johns, Anna...