Double dipping will be the norm on Championship Sunday

If you like Ben Johns, this is not your weekend. If you’re a huge fan of Anna Leigh Waters, well, maybe this isn’t your weekend, either, or Riley Newman or James Ignatowich.  Better luck next time. They’ll be back soon enough But if you like Federico Stakrsud, Sunday...

Stakrsud will be busy on Championship Sunday

We’ve known all along about how impressive Federico Staksrud is. And now at the PPA’s Indoor Championships, Staksrud is going next-level. What a pair of days for Staksrud, who is ascending from good to great to elite in a short amount of time.  Staksrud, who has 18...

Garnett gets to go for gold again

Ben Johns has the trophies; Federico Staksrud has the consistency. So, what’s the deal with Connor Garnett? In men’s singles, where the new norm is qualifiers making deep runs and upsets happening on the regular, there’s only been Ben and Fed as things you can count...

Frazier on fire, earns shot at singles title

When Quang Duong beat No. 1 Ben Johns in the round of 16 in the men’s singles bracket earlier in the week, it opened up all the possibilities.  After all, if the best, most-prolific winner on tour is out, the rest of the field has to rest a bit easier. It’s got to...

2024 will tell a lot about the future of tennis stars in pickleball

Genie Bouchard moved her way to Championship Court Wednesday afternoon, snaking her way through the crowd at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif. It wasn’t the first time she’d be center stage. After all, the former tennis star made a Wimbledon...

STORYLINES FOR THE HYUNDAI MASTERS POWERED BY INVITED (January 9-14, 2024)

OVERALL TOP 5: GRAND SLAM: Starting the year with a SLAM – one of only 4 tourneys worth 2,000 points.  BALL DROP: Vulcan VPRO FLIGHT is the new official pickleball of the Carvana PPA Tour. NO STRINGS: Genie Bouchard, Jack Sock, and Donald Young start a full campaign...