by Sfapickleball | Jul 22, 2023 | beer city, beer city open, Dylan Frazier, Finals, gold, grand rapids, Lauren Stratman, michigan, mixed doubles, pickleball 2023, Tournament, Tournaments
Dylan Frazier will be on the mixed doubles podium for the first time since February coming up Sunday. It’s been that long. Thanks to an impressive run in a good field at the Beer City Open in Grand Rapids, Mich., Frazier and partner Lauren Stratman will be playing...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 21, 2023 | beer city open, Championship, championships, Finals, jaume martinez vich, Juame Martinez Vich, pickleball, ppa 2023, Tournament, Tournaments
Less than two months ago, Jaume Martinez Vich joked about how he was a nobody. “I’m just a Spanish boy living in Hawaii, playing pickleball and making it to Championship Sunday,” he said back in June at the Texas Open. That was then. Martinez Vich is a bit more of a...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 20, 2023 | All-Access, Andrea Koop, beer city, beer city open, charity, hannah johns, paul richards, pickleball, Players, ppa 2023, Stream, Tournament, Tournaments
Six years ago, it took a long conversation and a few beers to convince Paul Richards that he could run a successful pro pickleball tournament in Michigan. At first, Richards said, nope. Well, he admits he might have added a few words into his very declarative...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 18, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Collin Johns, Denver Open, Finals, Oh Snap, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, Tournament, Tournaments, triple crown
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: Ben Johns and Collin Johns (1) def. Federico Staksrud and Pablo Tellez (3), 11-7, 11-4, 11-4. . MATCH NOTES: Johns brothers: Fourth straight title, ninth this year, and 23rd career. . RALLIES: 1,404 shots. 118 rallies. 11.9 shots per rally. 39.3...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 18, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, Denver Open, doubles, Finals, gold medal, johns, mixed doubles, Oh Snap, Tournament, Tournaments, triple crown, waters
Patience, thy name is Pickleball. Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters won their triple crowns at the OH SNAP! Denver Open in characteristic fashion. The champions known for consistency and precision journeyed through a few rises and falls in play on Sunday, but were able...
by Sfapickleball | Jul 18, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, Christian Alshon, Collin Johns, Denver Open, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Irina Tereschenko, Lacy Schneemann, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, Oh Snap, Pablo Tellez, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, stats, stats preview, Stream, Tournament, Tournaments, Vivienne David, vizzy
Anna Leigh Waters looking for her eighth Triple Crown of 2023 and her fifth consecutive Triple Crown. Simone Jardim has the Tour record with six in a row. Ben Johns is marching toward his 100th PPA Tour Title. He has 90, according to ppatour.com‘s tournament history....
