by Sfapickleball | Aug 24, 2023 | Championship, concussion, default, Featured Player, Finals, Food For Thought, injury, Jay Devilliers, mixed doubles, News, Patrick Smith, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, recovery, Seattle Open 2023, tina pisnik, Tournament, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, withdrawal
Patrick Smith wasn’t pain-free, but as he describes it, he was feeling better on the court than he had in a long time. And that’s saying something. Smith was finally distancing himself from a frustrating hip injury that had limited his mobility over the last year and...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 3, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, bainbridge island, Jessie Irvine, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Rafa Hewett, seattle, seattle open, Seattle Open 2023, Tournament
Nearly 9 million people play pickleball in the United States. Last week, four of them played at the court where the game was invented. The First Pickleball Court in History: Bainbridge Island The Seattle Open was a huge success, bringing the game back to the area...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 1, 2023 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, baird wealth management, Ben Johns, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Federico Staksrud, Finals, gold medal, Jackie Kawamoto, James Ignatowich, JW Johnson, Lea Jansen, lower woodland park, Pablo Tellez, Paddles, pickleball, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, seattle open, Seattle Open 2023, Tournament, Tournaments, Vivienne David
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Anna Bright and James Ignatowich, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6. MATCH NOTES: Waters/Johns’ ninth title of 2023. . RALLIES: 1,681 shots. 173 rallies. 9.7 shots per rally. 43.25 rallies per game. 101/173...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 31, 2023 | All-Access, Championship, Dylan Frazier, Featured Player, Finals, gold medal, JW Johnson, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, seattle open, Seattle Open 2023, Tournament, Tournaments
Dylan Frazier wasn’t ready to say if he and J.W. Johnson are the second-best team in pickleball. “I guess it depends on who you ask,” Frazier said. “But I like to think we can beat anyone on any given day. I guess that’s my answer.” Well, run the metrics, the numbers,...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 31, 2023 | All-Access, alw, Anna Leigh Waters, Featured Player, Finals, gold, Lea Jansen, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Seattle Open 2023, Tournaments, women's singles
Lea Jansen walked away and Anna Leigh kept on winning. After 26 months and 27 medals, Jansen announced she will no longer be playing any singles events. And Sunday at the Seattle Open, Jansen finished her career across the court from the best player in the world....
by Sfapickleball | Jul 30, 2023 | Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, bright, Championship, Championship Sunday, david, doubles, Finals, first gold, Jackie Kawamoto, kawamoto, News, Paddles, pickleball, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Seattle Open 2023, Tournament, Tournaments, upset, Vivienne David
There’s no one on tour who looks like she’s having more fun than Vivienne David. She’s a walking smile, complete with a paddle. And with her play of late, it’s pretty easy to see why she’s in such a good mood. David is back in her third Championship Sunday appearance...
