A Return to Normalcy for Johns and Waters

2023 has been an eventful year on the PPA Tour, and it’s just getting started. There have been upsets and qualifiers, new faces, new partnerships, a bit of sun, rain, and cold, too. But as the PPA Tour takes a week off so its players can head to Major League...

Stats Preview: Onix Austin Showdown

In several previous matches, the team hitting toward the video board on Championship Court had an advantage. Will that hold up? The weather has been rainy and cold most of the week – what will Sunday bring? Ben Johns turned 24 on Saturday. === MEN’S SINGLES === BEN...

Penetrex Teams Up with the PPA Tour to Offer Trusted Joint and Muscle Relief to the Pickleball Community

Keep feeling your best and playing the sport you love, thanks to new deal between Penetrex and the PPA Tour SALT LAKE CITY (March. 16, 2023) – The Carvana Professional Pickleball Association (PPA Tour) announced today that it had named Penetrex its Official Joint and...

The Facts About Playing Alongside Family

Johnsons top Newmans in Austin, go on to win bronze Sometimes the truth hurts and oftentimes, the worst kind of hurt comes from people we love. Happens in pickleball all the time. And no, you’re not going to see Lindsey and Riley Newman on the next episode of  “Dr....

Tennis No Longer, Christian Alshon Is All In On Pickleball

Christian Alshon was a top-ranked junior tennis player. OK, that’s not necessarily uncommon in the world of professional pickleball. The PPA Tour landscape is teaming with ex-tennis players. But the PPA isn’t full of players who won an NCAA title and then quit the...

Stats-Wrap: Florida Open Gold Medal Matches

“Stats and facts” emerging from the gold medal matches at the Florida Open: Catherine Parenteau reaching the women’s singles final after defeating Anna Leigh Waters raised eyebrows. Collin Shick, the #30 seed, not only reached the men’s singles final, but he also won...