by Sfapickleball | Apr 8, 2024 | 2024 doubles, All-Access, Championship, doubles rallies, doubles rallies getting shorter, Finals, Food For Thought, men's doubles, mixed doubles, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Tournament, women's doubles
A subtle change is happening across the early portion of this PPA season. Championship doubles rallies are shorter this year. That’s using the statistics from the three PPA gold medal doubles matches in each of the first five tournaments of this year, compared to...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 2, 2023 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, cibc ppa tour finals, CIBC PPA Tour Finals 2023, Finals, James Ignatowich, Jorja Johnson, JW Johnson, lifetime, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, san clemente, Tournament, Tournaments
Kind of a weird pattern Ben Johns is slipping into here at the PPA Championships. It’s the same thing two days in a row now. Another early round loss for Johns, Friday’s a much more rare situation, and another comeback, albeit not a surprise at this point. Johns lost...
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 | Oct 20, 2023 | All-Access, Championship, cibc ppa tour finals, Finals, men's doubles, mens singles, mixed doubles, News, pickleball, pickleball 2023, points, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, the race, Tournament, women's doubles, womens singles
With Las Vegas in the rearview mirror, we’re one step closer to the CIBC PPA Tour Finals taking place Nov. 30-Dec. 3 in San Clemente, California. Qualification for San Clemente is based on The Race, a ranking system based on player performance throughout the...
by Sfapickleball | Oct 7, 2023 | Anna Bright, Championship Sunday, Finals, guaranteed rate, Guaranteed Rate PPA Championships 2023, James Ignatowich, james ignatowicy, las vegas, mixed doubles, mixed douhles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa championships, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, thorlo, Tournament
There’s no way James Ignatowich and Anna Bright are set to be the No. 1 mixed doubles team in pickleball. “No chance,” Ignatowich said. “What are you trying to get out of us?” OK, so not only are they self-proclaiming themselves to be well behind Ben Johns and Anna...
by Sfapickleball | Oct 4, 2023 | Featured Player, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Rachel Rohrabacher, Tournament, women's doubles, womens singles
Rachel Rohrabacher is so new to the sport of pickleball that she only recently decided that she was all in. “I just did what was best for myself at that moment in time,” Rohrabacher said. She just wanted to get better. And by the looks of things, that’s exactly what...
