Mesa Tournament wrap-up

A quick look at who won and how from the five championship matches Sunday at the Arizona Cup in Mesa, Ariz. Women’s Doubles Winners: Anna Leigh Waters and Catherine Parenteau Well, that’s 64 matches in a row without a loss for the pair as they tore through the bracket...

From survival to sensational – Dizon and Wright make women’s final

Friday, Meghan Dizon and Etta Wright survived.  That’s about the only way to put it. When you face down a match point, then another and another, and dismiss seven of them in all, that’s an expert level of tenacity. The result was an escape. A 12-10 thriller of a...

Mesa Arizona Cup Championship Sunday Preview, from the Stats Desk

(all stats and records reflect PPA Tour events only) Anna Leigh Waters: 22 PPA Triple Crowns (three consecutive), 94 tour wins. (34 S, 29 D, 31 MX) Title #100 should come in March. The next tournament is the Indoor Championships, which Waters skipped last year. Ben...

Wins keep coming for Daescu and Tardio

When you beat Ben and Collin Johns, it’s worthy of a celebration. When you beat a team seeded higher than you for a third day in a row, that’s also worth a celebration. And when you make a semifinal in just your second tournament playing together, that’s not just...

Todd back in championship form; rallies past Bouchard

Genie Bouchard is playing in just her second tournament on the PPA Tour and she’s trying to make a name for herself in the pickleball world. And on the long list of players who have already ascended the women’s singles pickleball hill – and there are more than a few –...