Why Federico Staksrud’s Cincinnati Title Just Means More

“Just when you think he’s in trouble, he rallies back.”  That’s what PPA commentator Michelle McMahon said of Ben Johns during the first game of the Men’s Singles final at the Baird Wealth Management Cincinnati Open on Sunday.  She’s not wrong—earlier in the day,...

From the Stats Desk: Cincinnati Open Championship Sunday Preview

BEN JOHNS enters Sunday with 99 career titles, 18 Triple Crowns, and eight “Double-Triples” with Anna Leigh Waters. ANNA LEIGH WATERS enters Sunday with 77 career titles, 17 Triple Crowns, and eight “Double Triples” with Ben Johns. CATHERINE PARENTEAU needs one win to...

Buckner, pregnant with her third child, keeps competing

Court temperatures were like a radio station – “Hot 101, Power 102,” you get the idea. But it didn’t bother Brooke Buckner. She’s from North Carolina. She knows what humidity is like. Or maybe she was just crazy from the heat? It had to be miserable, right? While a...

Stats-Wrap: Baird Wealth Management Cincinnati Open Championship Sunday

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...

Ben Johns: 101 Titles

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...

Men’s Doubles Recap at the Cincinnati Open

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...