Stats Wrap: Championship Sunday at the PPA Mesa Arizona Cup

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (3) Vivienne David and Thomas Wilson, 11-4, 11-1, 11-9. . MATCH NOTES:  #1 ANNA LEIGH WATERS and BEN JOHNS avenged one of their two losses of last year by beating the Johnsons, 11-1, 11-3. That loss was at...

Mesa Tournament wrap-up

A quick look at who won and how from the five championship matches Sunday at the Arizona Cup in Mesa, Ariz. Women’s Doubles Winners: Anna Leigh Waters and Catherine Parenteau Well, that’s 64 matches in a row without a loss for the pair as they tore through the bracket...

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

(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...

Wins keep coming for Daescu and Tardio

When you beat Ben and Collin Johns, it’s worthy of a celebration. When you beat a team seeded higher than you for a third day in a row, that’s also worth a celebration. And when you make a semifinal in just your second tournament playing together, that’s not just...

Sock moves into quarters and does it with a smile

Jack Sock is just out looking for a forehand and having a good time. Simple as that.  And Thursday in the round of 16 in Mesa, Ariz., against one of the game’s biggest names Tyson McGuffin, there was plenty of the former and enough of the latter to sustain a...