Sock, Waters impress on ESPN2

by | May 9, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, Championship Sunday, charlotte, Featured Player, Finals, gold, intralinks, jack sock, lifetime, mixed doubles, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments

What a debut for Jack Sock. What a weekend for Anna Leigh Waters. The North Carolina Open started with Sock’s first appearance in a pro event and ended with another triple crown for the best player in the women’s game. That’s your storyline, and ESPN2 was there to...

Newman-Wright Back on Top; Waters Takes Two Titles

by | May 9, 2023 | AJ Koller, All-Access, anna leigh, Anna Leigh Waters, Catherine Parenteau, charlotte, Dylan Frazier, Featured Player, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Julian Arnold, JW Johnson, Lauren Stratman, Lea Jansen, lifetime, Matt Wright, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, Riley Newman, Sports, Tour, Travis Rettenmaier, Tyson McGuffin, waters, Yana Grechkina

The last time we saw Matt Wright and Riley Newman they were undone in three games by J.W. Johnson and Dylan Frazier in the final of the Newport Beach Open, extending a winless streak that dated back to November. Newman and Wright looked tired, not exactly uninspired,...

Bright Phones a Friend & Picks Up Fourth With Glozman at NC Open

by | May 7, 2023 | Anna Bright, charlotte, lifetime, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, Players, PPA, pro, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments, vivian glozman, women's doubles

When Anna Bright found out earlier this week that her partner for the North Carolina Open wasn’t going to be able to play because of injury, she got on the phone. But she didn’t call Vivian Glozman. At least not right away. “Andrea Koop texted me and said she couldn’t...

Sock & McGuffin Upset in First Round of Men’s Doubles

by | May 7, 2023 | Championship, charlotte, Finals, jack sock, men's doubles, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, Players, PPA, pro, results, Sports, Tour, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin

Jack Sock got off to a great start Thursday, had a great finish Friday, but he and partner Tyson McGuffin are done before lunch on Saturday. Sock, making his professional pickleball debut this week at the North Carolina Open, had the pickleball world buzzing about a...

Sock & Waters Earn Their Way to the Finals

by | May 6, 2023 | Allyce Jones, Anna Leigh Waters, charlotte, Finals, intralinks, jack sock, lifetime, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, Players, PPA, pro, results, Riley Newman, semifinal, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments

There’s the forehands and the backhands and the athleticism. Jack Sock has all of that.  He said it’s the nuances of the game that are the hardest thing to figure out with pickleball. But after staring down Julian Arnold and doing a bit of chirping with one of the...

Buckner Has Best Finish of Season in Charlotte

by | May 5, 2023 | Brooke Buckner, charlotte, Featured Player, Finals, lifetime, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, semifinal, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments, womens singles

Everyone knows the top of the women’s singles pickleball world is owned by Anna Leigh Waters. The best player on the PPA Tour has four gold medals in 2023 alone. There’s Catherine Parenteau and Lea Jansen and Salome Devidze, but there aren’t a lot of people who know...