Stats-Wrap: Post Finals in Desert Ridge

***STATS BREAKDOWN*** PPA Desert Ridge Open, Phoenix, Arizona, February 5, 2023. OVERALL TAKEAWAYS: Singles: More clean winners and fewer errors on serves, returns, and thirds is a winning combination. Men’s Doubles: the Johns brothers have a plan against Newman and...

Stats-Wrap: Hyundai Masters Finals

Introducing the Carvana PPA Tour “Stats-Wrap” from the PPA Masters at Rancho Mirage, featuring a breakdown of all five gold medal matches. The matches appear in this order.  Mixed doubles Men’s doubles Women’s doubles Women’s singles Men’s singles...

Masters Rain Delays Mean Lots of Good Pickleball on Sunday

Day Three of the Carvana PPA Masters Tournament at the beautiful Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, CA started off under very grey, overcast skies. The dark looming clouds did not detract from the incredible action packed into the first two rounds of play,...

New Year Brings a Wider Field and Some Familiar Results

It’s a new PPA season, but Thursday definitely had a 2022 feel to it. In the first event of the year, Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters kept their momentum rolling from last season as the pair dominated their singles matches in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at the Hyundai...