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 | Apr 8, 2024 | 2024 doubles, All-Access, Championship, doubles rallies, doubles rallies getting shorter, Finals, Food For Thought, men's doubles, mixed doubles, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Tournament, women's doubles
A subtle change is happening across the early portion of this PPA season. Championship doubles rallies are shorter this year. That’s using the statistics from the three PPA gold medal doubles matches in each of the first five tournaments of this year, compared to...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 4, 2024 | fanatics sportsbook north carolina cup, Finals, Juame Martinez Vich, Maggie Brascia, north carolina cup, North Carolina Cup 2024, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, round of 16, Sarah Ansboury, Tournament
The last time the PPA Tour was in action Anna Bright and Matt Wright were the big winners. Bright won a pair of gold medals and was the player of the tournament in Austin, scoring a pair of wins in mixed doubles and in women’s doubles, beating the seemingly unbeatable...
by Sfapickleball | Apr 2, 2024 | Championship, Finals, Food For Thought, increase in third shot drives, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2024, pickleball doubles, pickleball third shot drives, PPA, ppa tour, third shot drives, Tournament
A shift in tactics is underway in the PPA. Have you noticed it, especially lately? If you think you’ve been seeing more third shot drives, you are right, and the numbers back it up. Let’s compare the statistics on third shots in the three PPA gold medal doubles...
by Sfapickleball | Mar 28, 2024 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Collin Johns, fanatics, Federico Staksrud, Finals, jack sock, Matt Wright, north carolina cup, North Carolina Cup 2024, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Rachel Rohrabacher, storylines, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin
OVERALL TOP 5: 100 CROWNS: Anna Leigh Waters is a triple crown away from 100 PPA Tour titles. PICKLE AND PUCKS: Saturday Pro-Am features Carolina Hurricanes NHL alumni and PPA pros – no checking allowed. BIG POPPA IS BACK: James Ignatowich returns – Daescu won two...
by Sfapickleball | Mar 20, 2024 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Austin open, austin open 2024, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, championship monday, Championship Sunday, Christian Alshon, Federico Staksrud, Finals, finals 2024, Matt Wright, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Rachel Rohrabacher, Veolia Austin Open 2024, Zane Navratil
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....
