Wrapping up a wild week in Minnesota

by | Mar 11, 2024 | Anna Bright, Championship, Championship Sunday, Connor Garnett, federico staksru, Finals, Indoor National Championships 2024, pickleball, pickleball central indoor usa championships, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Rachel Rohrabacher, salome devidze, Thomas Wilson, Vivienne David

What an odd, strange trip it was in Minnesota at the Indoor Championships. What started out as a week about who wasn’t there, turned into a week of firsts. First-time partnerships. First-time breakthroughs. And lots of first-time gold medal winners. Ben Johns, Anna...

Double dipping will be the norm on Championship Sunday

by | Mar 10, 2024 | Anna Bright, Championship, championship sunday preview, Connor Garnett, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Indoor National Championships 2024, Pablo Tellez, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2024, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Rachel Rohrabacher, Thomas Wilson, Tyler Loong, Vivienne David

If you like Ben Johns, this is not your weekend. If you’re a huge fan of Anna Leigh Waters, well, maybe this isn’t your weekend, either, or Riley Newman or James Ignatowich.  Better luck next time. They’ll be back soon enough But if you like Federico Stakrsud, Sunday...

Stakrsud will be busy on Championship Sunday

by | Mar 9, 2024 | Championship, Collin Johns, Connor Garnett, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Indoor National Championships 2024, indoor usa championships, Matt Wright, Pablo Tellez, pickleball, pickleball central, pickleball central indoor usa championship, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Rachel Rohrabacher, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Vivienne David

We’ve known all along about how impressive Federico Staksrud is. And now at the PPA’s Indoor Championships, Staksrud is going next-level. What a pair of days for Staksrud, who is ascending from good to great to elite in a short amount of time.  Staksrud, who has 18...

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

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Carvana Mesa Arizona Cup 2024, Championship, etta wright, Finals, Marietta Wright, Meghan Dizon, mesa arizona cup, mesa arizona cup 2024, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Tournament, womens 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

by | Feb 25, 2024 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Carvana Mesa Arizona Cup 2024, Championship, championship sunday 2024, Finals, mesa 2024 storylines, mesa arizona 2024, mesa arizona cup 2024, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Stats Wrap, storylines, Tournament

(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...

Carvana Mesa Arizona Cup gets going Tuesday in Mesa

by | Feb 21, 2024 | Brandon French, Callan Dawson, carvana mesa arizona cup, Carvana Mesa Arizona Cup 2024, DJ Young, Gabe Tardio, Gabriel Joseph, mesa 2024, mesa cup, Patrick Smith, pickleball, pickleball 2024, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Rafa Hewett, round of 64 results, Ryan Sherry, Spencer Smith, Tournament, Tyra Black, Zane Navratil

The qualifiers are into the main draw and we’re heading to the round of 32 at the PPA Tour’s Mesa Arizona Cup. Men’s doubles In the men’s bracket, former tennis player Donald Young and partner Marshall Brown came in as the No. 27 seed. They beat No. 37-seed Austin...