by Sfapickleball | Aug 16, 2024 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Brooke Buckner, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Connor Garnett, Dylan Frazier, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Gabe Tardio, Jade Kawamoto, Jorja Johnson, JW Johnson, kansas city open 2024, Lacy Schneemann, pickleball, ppa tour, Selkirk Kansas City Open 2024, Tyson McGuffin
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson, 11-2, 10-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-2. Ben Johns had 21 clean winners, JW Johnson had 20. Waters/Johns trailed in Game Three 10-5-1, won 12-10. Jorja Johnson had three service...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 23, 2024 | Anna Bright, Ben Johns, Brooke Buckner, Championship, Championship Sunday, Collin Johns, Connor Garnett, Federico Staksrud, Finals, jaume martinez vich, la open, Lacy Schneemann, Lauren Stratman, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Rachel Rohrabacher, statistics, Stats Wrap, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin, veolia la open, Veolia LA Open 2024, Vivienne David
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (4) Tyson McGuffin and Jaume Martinez Vich, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6. . MATCH NOTES: Fifth title this season for Johns brothers, and their 31st together. Since the start of 2023, the Johns brothers are 17-1...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 20, 2024 | Anna Bright, Ben Johns, Brooke Buckner, Championship, Championship Sunday, Collin Johns, Connor Garnett, Federico Staksrud, Finals, jaume martinez vich, jaume vich, Lacy Schneemann, lauren stramtn, Lauren Stratman, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Rachel Rohrabacher, Stats Wrap, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin, Veolia LA Open 2024, vivian glozman, Vivienne David
=== MEN’S SINGLES === #2 Federico Staksrud gave up only 28 points in eight games Thursday. This is his eighth straight final this year (3 golds, 4 silvers), including a win over Garnett for the Indoor Championships title in March. Staksrud’s run of eight finals is...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 16, 2024 | Anna Bright, Ben Johns, Connor Garnett, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Juame Martinez Vich, la open, Marietta Wright, Mary Brascia, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Rachel Rohrabacher, storylines, Tyson McGuffin, Veolia LA Open 2024, veolia la open presented by deep eddy vodka
OVERALL TOP 5: GREAT 8: Federico Staksrud goes for a jaw dropping 8th consecutive men’s singles final. CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: 3rd of 4 consecutive weekends in April: NC to TX to Cali – Utah next week. MERRY GO ROUND: So many new partnerships – who will mesh and who...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 9, 2024 | Anna Bright, Ben Johns, Connor Garnett, DJ Young, Dylan Frazier, Finals, houston open, James Ignatowich, Mary Brascia, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Rachel Rohrabacher, storylines, Tournament, veolia, Veolia Houston Open 2024, Yates Johnson
OVERALL TOP 5: TRIPLE PLAY: Ben Johns grabbed his first triple crown of 2024 in NC, can he go back-to-back? ALW101 WILL HAVE TO WAIT: Anna Leigh Waters and Catherine Parenteau are sitting out the PPA schedule until Atlanta. WEEKEND PLANS: Second of 4 straight weekends...
by Sfapickleball | Mar 11, 2024 | Anna Bright, Championship, Championship Sunday, Connor Garnett, federico staksru, Finals, Indoor National Championships 2024, pickleball, pickleball central indoor usa championships, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Rachel Rohrabacher, salome devidze, Thomas Wilson, Vivienne David
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...
