by Sfapickleball | Apr 24, 2024 | AJ Koller, Anna Bright, Ben Johns, Callie Smith, etta wright, Federico Staksrud, Finals, James Ignatowich, Lea Jansen, Marietta Wright, Mary Brascia, Matt Wright, Meghan Dizon, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, red rock, red rock utah, selkirk red rock open, Selkirk Red Rock Open 2024, storylines, Tournament
OVERALL TOP 5: FED EXPRESS: Can Fed make it 9 for 9 Sundays in men’s singles? HOME COOKIN’: Utah players will receive a big home court push from their fans. HIGH ALTITUDE: From 33 feet above sea level in Cali to nearly 2,800 in Utah – big impact on play as the ball...
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 | Dec 14, 2023 | 2023 medal count, All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Dylan Frazier, Finals, Gabriel Joseph, jack sock, James Ignatowich, Jorja Johnson, JW Johnson, Lea Jansen, Lucy Kovalova, Marietta Wright, Matt Wright, medals, Meghan Dizon, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, standings, stats and facts, Tyra Black, Tyson McGuffin
Part Two: Medals and Standings Triple Threats: Which male players finished the year ranked in the Top Ten in all three categories: Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles? Ben Johns (1-1-1, respectively) Tyson McGuffin (3-10-6) JW Johnson (5-3(tie)-4) Dylan Frazier...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 12, 2023 | 2023 pickleball stats, AJ Koller, All-Access, Allyce Jones, anna leigh water, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Collin Johns, Collin Shick, Connor Garnett, Dylan Frazier, Finals, James Ignatowich, JW Johnson, Lauren Stratman, Lea Jansen, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, ppa tour tournaments, Riley Newman, statistics, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, Yana Grechkina
Gold Medal Matches In numerical order: 11: Catherine Parenteau trailed Lea Jansen 0-5 in the decisive Game Three of the Women’s Singles Final at the National Indoor Championships, then she won eleven points on eleven serves to claim the title. 12: There were only 12...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 5, 2023 | 2023, 2024, All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Christian Alshon, Collin Johns, doubles, Federico Staksrud, James Ignatowich, Jorja Johnson, JW Johnson, Lea Jansen, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, ppa tour 2024, Riley Newman, Singles, Tournament, Tournaments, Vivienne David
The end of the 2023 PPA season finished like it started. Without a surprise. What did we learn from this past weekend’s Tour Championship? And what should we expect in 2024? Women’s singles What we saw: Total domination. Anna Leigh Waters won again. OK, not a...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 3, 2023 | Championship, cibc ppa tour finals, CIBC PPA Tour Finals 2023, Finals, James Ignatowich, lifetime, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, men's doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa finals, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, san clemente, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Vivienne David
In a season of drama on the PPA Tour, both on and off the court, the Matt Wright-Riley Newman soap opera is still going on. A day after Wright and partner Lucy Kovalova knocked out Newman and Vivienne David and the courtside music blared Taylor Swift’s, “We Are Never...