Garnett gets to go for gold again

by | Mar 8, 2024 | Championship, Championship Sunday, Connor Garnett, Federico Staksrud, Finals, gold medal match, Indoor National Championships 2024, indoor usa championships, pickleball, pickleball central, PPA, ppa tour

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...

Stats-Wrap: Vulcan Kansas City Open Championship Sunday

by | Aug 30, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, bronze, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Finals, gold medal match, kansas city, Kansas City Open 2023, Matt Wright, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, silver, Tournament, triple crown, Vulcan Kansas City Open

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Jessie Irvine and Riley Newman, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2. MATCH NOTES: Part of Johns’ 18th career Triple Crown, and 99 career titles. Part of Waters’ 17th career Triple Crown, and 77 career titles....

Stats-Wrap: Tournament of Champions Gold Medal Matches

by | Aug 22, 2023 | All-Access, gold medal match, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, statistics, Stats Wrap, TOC, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, tournament of champions gold, vulcan toc

Brigham City, Utah. August 19, 2023. MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (4) Catherine Parenteau and Tyson McGuffin def. (19) Tina Pisnik and Pat Smith, 11-7, 11-5 (retired). . MATCH NOTES: Smith retired after the second game, citing a “likely slight concussion” he suffered the...

McGuffin, Parenteau try for a triple and Newman is back in a final

by | Aug 19, 2023 | AJ Koller, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, championship saturday, Finals, gold medal match, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan toc

It’s Championship Saturday at the Tournament of Champions in Utah and there’s a bit of a throw-back feel to heading into today’s schedule of matches. Not exactly, “Old School,” but certainly not what we’re used to seeing. At least not lately. There’s no Anna Leigh...

Men’s Doubles Action at the Denver Open

by | Jul 17, 2023 | Ben Johns, Championship Sunday, Collin Johns, Featured Player, Federico Staksrud, finalist, Finals, gold, gold medal match, Pablo Tellez, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Tournaments

Before men’s doubles action began in the Mile High City at this year’s Denver Open, the unique conditions were thought to be a potential equalizer for the underdogs. The qualifiers, who all played on Wednesday, had more time to practice and play at altitude than the...

MILESTONE IN THE MILE HIGH CITY; STAGE HAS BEEN SET FOR A BATTLE ROYALE

by | Jul 17, 2023 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Championship, Championship Sunday, Featured Player, gold medal match, Lacy Schneemann, pickleball, Players, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Tournaments, vivenne david, Vivienne David

Sunday, July 16th at the OH SNAP! Denver Open presented by Vizzy will be ground zero for a very exciting match-up that promises to bring tons of action. The #6 seed Lacy Schneemann and Vivienne David will take on the #1 seed Anna Leigh Water and Anna Bright in the...