by Sfapickleball | 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,...
by Sfapickleball | May 9, 2023 | Allyce Jones, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Federico Staksrud, Finals, jack sock, JW Johnson, Lauren Stratman, Lea Jansen, Matt Wright, mixed doubles, News, north carolina open, OS1st, pickleball, PPA, preview, pro, Riley Newman, Sports, Tour, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, Yana Grechkina
=== MEN’S DOUBLES === DYLAN FRAZIER and JW JOHNSON vs. RILEY NEWMAN and MATT WRIGHT is a repeat of the final at Newport Beach two weeks ago. Frazier and Johnson won that match 12-10, 11-8, 12-10. Newman and Wright were serving 10-6-1 in Game Three when the “Young...
by Sfapickleball | 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...
by Sfapickleball | 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...
by Sfapickleball | 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...
by Sfapickleball | May 4, 2023 | Featured Player, Finals, Food For Thought, jack, jack sock, mens singles, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, Players, PPA, quarterfinals, results, Singles, sock, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments
For the first time since he played junior tennis, Jack Sock didn’t have a ball boy helping out. And for the first time since he played junior tennis, Sock had to call his own lines. That’s what happens when you play a pickleball tournament for the first time. Sock, a...
