Sock, Waters impress on ESPN2

What a debut for Jack Sock. What a weekend for Anna Leigh Waters. The North Carolina Open started with Sock’s first appearance in a pro event and ended with another triple crown for the best player in the women’s game. That’s your storyline, and ESPN2 was there to...

Newman-Wright Back on Top; Waters Takes Two Titles

The last time we saw Matt Wright and Riley Newman they were undone in three games by J.W. Johnson and Dylan Frazier in the final of the Newport Beach Open, extending a winless streak that dated back to November. Newman and Wright looked tired, not exactly uninspired,...

Stats Preview: OS1st North Carolina Open

=== MEN’S DOUBLES === DYLAN FRAZIER and JW JOHNSON vs. RILEY NEWMAN and MATT WRIGHT is a repeat of the final at Newport Beach two weeks ago. Frazier and Johnson won that match 12-10, 11-8, 12-10. Newman and Wright were serving 10-6-1 in Game Three when the “Young...

Bright Phones a Friend & Picks Up Fourth With Glozman at NC Open

When Anna Bright found out earlier this week that her partner for the North Carolina Open wasn’t going to be able to play because of injury, she got on the phone. But she didn’t call Vivian Glozman. At least not right away. “Andrea Koop texted me and said she couldn’t...

‘Old Men’ Take Bronze Medal in Charlotte

You just have to appreciate the honesty in Travis Rettenmaier. After all, his podcast is called, “Tennis Sucks,” which tells you right off that this guy isn’t shy about giving his opinion. When asked about what went right between him and partner Steve Deakin Saturday...

Sock & McGuffin Upset in First Round of Men’s Doubles

Jack Sock got off to a great start Thursday, had a great finish Friday, but he and partner Tyson McGuffin are done before lunch on Saturday. Sock, making his professional pickleball debut this week at the North Carolina Open, had the pickleball world buzzing about a...