Sock & Waters Earn Their Way to the Finals

by | May 6, 2023 | Allyce Jones, Anna Leigh Waters, charlotte, Finals, intralinks, jack sock, lifetime, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, Players, PPA, pro, results, Riley Newman, semifinal, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments

There’s the forehands and the backhands and the athleticism. Jack Sock has all of that.  He said it’s the nuances of the game that are the hardest thing to figure out with pickleball. But after staring down Julian Arnold and doing a bit of chirping with one of the...

Buckner Has Best Finish of Season in Charlotte

by | May 5, 2023 | Brooke Buckner, charlotte, Featured Player, Finals, lifetime, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, semifinal, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments, womens singles

Everyone knows the top of the women’s singles pickleball world is owned by Anna Leigh Waters. The best player on the PPA Tour has four gold medals in 2023 alone. There’s Catherine Parenteau and Lea Jansen and Salome Devidze, but there aren’t a lot of people who know...

Sock Makes Singles Debut, Falls in Quarterfinals

by | May 4, 2023 | Featured Player, Finals, Food For Thought, jack, jack sock, mens singles, News, north carolina, OS1st, pickleball, Players, PPA, quarterfinals, results, Singles, sock, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments

For the first time since he played junior tennis, Jack Sock didn’t have a ball boy helping out. And for the first time since he played junior tennis, Sock had to call his own lines. That’s what happens when you play a pickleball tournament for the first time. Sock, a...