by Sfapickleball | Jul 2, 2024 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, Finals, orange county cup, Orange County Cup 2024, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, san clemente, Stats Wrap, Tournament
San Clemente, California. June 30, 2024. MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (7) Catherine Parenteau and Christian Alshon, 11-0, 11-7, 11-4. . MATCH NOTES: Ben Johns 50th PPA Mixed Doubles title. Waters/Johns’ 35th career title together, and...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 24, 2024 | 2024 pickleball, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Collin Johns, Finals, orange county cup, Orange County Cup 2024, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, san clemente, storylines, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin
OVERALL TOP 5: THAT 70’S SHOW: Perfect weather in Orange County with highs in the mid 70s. 3’S COMPANY: Anna Leigh Waters is defending her triple crown from 2023. ROAR-A-BACHER: Rachel is back in the singles draw and looking for huge results in doubles. CHANCE OF A...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 3, 2023 | Championship, cibc ppa tour finals, CIBC PPA Tour Finals 2023, Finals, James Ignatowich, lifetime, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, men's doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa finals, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, san clemente, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Vivienne David
In a season of drama on the PPA Tour, both on and off the court, the Matt Wright-Riley Newman soap opera is still going on. A day after Wright and partner Lucy Kovalova knocked out Newman and Vivienne David and the courtside music blared Taylor Swift’s, “We Are Never...
by Sfapickleball | Dec 2, 2023 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, cibc ppa tour finals, CIBC PPA Tour Finals 2023, Finals, James Ignatowich, Jorja Johnson, JW Johnson, lifetime, mixed doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, san clemente, Tournament, Tournaments
Kind of a weird pattern Ben Johns is slipping into here at the PPA Championships. It’s the same thing two days in a row now. Another early round loss for Johns, Friday’s a much more rare situation, and another comeback, albeit not a surprise at this point. Johns lost...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 13, 2023 | All-Access, Ben, Ben Johns, Championship, collin, Collin Johns, gold, johns, lifetime, men's doubles, News, orange county cup, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, san clemente, select medical, Sports, Tour, Tournaments
Doing whatever it takes to win is all that really matters for Ben and Collin Johns. Being perfect is just the goal. However, if you look closely at what happened in the last two games of the Championship Men’s final against Matt Wright and Riley Newman, it sure looked...
by Sfapickleball | Jun 13, 2023 | alw, anna leigh, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, gold, lifetime, mixed doubles, News, orange county cup, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, pro, results, san clemente, select medical, Sports, Tour, Tournament, Tournaments, triple crown, waters, women's doubles, womens singles
As the wins start to pile up and the triple crowns keep coming, the numbers start to lose their meaning. It’s hard to understand what 112-2 truly means. It seems made up. Officially, Anna Leigh Waters isn’t unbeatable, but her success this season is something north...
