by Sfapickleball | Nov 13, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, BioFreeze USA Pickleball National Championships 2023, Championship, Championship Sunday, Finals, gold, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament
Make it 11 titles in the past 12 tournaments for Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters, and in the post-match celebration in Dallas, holding another trophy at another PPA Tour stop, Johns stopped and congratulated his partner. “She’s incredible,” Johns said of Waters. “A...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 21, 2023 | Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Featured Player, Federico Staksrud, Finals, gold, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament
“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,...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 28, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, Finals, gold, Kansas City Open 2023, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, triple crown
With so much action in the past few days happening around the game, off the court, on the internet and behind closed doors, Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters provided a sense of pickleball normalcy in Kansas City. Because, from what we’ve seen for just about all of...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 26, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Finals, gold, gold medal, Jessie Irvine, JW Johnson, Kansas City open, Kansas City Open 2023, Matt Wright, Meghan Dizon, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan
Career PPA titles coming into Sunday: Johns 96, Waters 74. We have similar storylines in the men’s and women’s singles. === MEN’S SINGLES === The two winningest men’s singles players continue their rivalry. Ben Johns is the all-time men’s leader in Triple Crowns (17),...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 7, 2023 | Championship, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Finals, gold, JW Johnson, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Takeya Showcase 2023, Tournaments
What’s next for Dylan Frazier and J.W. Johnson? Well, after three wins in a row, including back-to-back men’s doubles titles on the PPA Tour, including Sunday’s victory in the Takeya Showcase, Frazier’s answer was pretty simple. “Four in a row,” he said. Well, that...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 31, 2023 | All-Access, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Featured Player, Finals, gold, Lea Jansen, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Seattle Open 2023, Tournaments, women's singles
Lea Jansen walked away and Anna Leigh kept on winning. After 26 months and 27 medals, Jansen announced she will no longer be playing any singles events. And Sunday at the Seattle Open, Jansen finished her career across the court from the best player in the world....
