Wednesday, June 30, 2021

USA PICKLEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: PRO SR MIXED DOUBLES CC#1

 

USA Pickleball NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Newport Beach Championships
$65,000 Purse Gold Ticket Qualifier for Amateurs and Pros

0:01 Kim Jagd/Paul Olin vs Kris Anderson/Dave Weinbach 27:39 Carolyn Wei/Mattias Johansson vs Kris Anderson/Dave Weinbach 1:09:50 Jennifer Dawson/Dayne Gingrich vs Julie Johnson/Mircea Morariu 1:57:05 Jennifer Lucore/Kevin Booth vs Nathalie Bagby/Julio Rivera 2:33:08 Carolyn Wei/Mattias Johansson vs Jennifer Lucore/Kevin Booth

USA PICKLEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: PRO MIXED SR. DOUBLES CC#2

 

USA Pickleball NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Newport Beach Championships
$65,000 Purse Gold Ticket Qualifier for Amateurs and Pros

0:02 Jennifer Lucore/Kevin Booth vs Julie Johnson/Mircea Morariu 45:50 Jennifer Lucore/Kevin Booth vs Laura Jaget/Rich Lopez 1:11:28 Cammy MacGregor/Mills Miller vs Steve Dawson/Tracy Tanner 1:38:41 Nathalie Bagby/Julio Rivera vs Jana Spano/Abbas Ghasemi Hesar  2:05:37 Kim Jagd/Paul Olin vs Cammy MacGregor/Mills Miller  2:45:51 Cammy MacGregor/Mills Miller vs  Julie Johnson/Mircea Morariu



Tuesday, June 29, 2021

PPA 2021 Orange County Cup Pro Women's Doubles Bronze

 

2021 PPA Orange County Cup 
Pro Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Jessie 'Trinity' Irvine/Irina Tereschenko​ vs Catherine Parenteau/Callie Jo Smith 

Sunday, June 27, 2021

PPA 2021 ORANGE COUNTY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY

 

8:20 Lea Jansen vs Anna Leigh Waters 2:03:28 Ben Johns vs Jay Devilliers (Highlights) 3:15:01 Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters vs Simone Jardim/Lucy Kovalova (HighlightsTop 10 Points)
4:47:47 Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs Riley Newman/Tyson McGuffin
5:05:40 Amazing 98-shot rally!
5:15:00 Two amazing fire fights

The Orange County Register (16 photos): Pickleball pros battle in San Clemente

Saturday, June 26, 2021

PPA 2021 ORANGE COUNTY CUP Doubles

 

2:49 Tyler Loong/Spencer Smith vs Tyson McGuffin/Riley Newman
17:07 Riley Newman Highlight Point 39:11 Lea JansenVivienne David vs Irina Tereschenko/Jessie Irvine 1:14:24 Simon Jardim/Lucy Kovalova vs Lauren Stratman/Michelle Esquivel 1:53:05 Pat Smith/Jay Devilliers vs Ben Johns/Collin Johns 2:54:26 Pat Smith/Jay Devilliers vs JD Young/Matt Wright

3:31:21 Matt Wright/Lucy Kovalova vs Ben Johns/Simon Jardim (Mixed Doubles Gold)

Why Callie Smith/Catherine Parenteau forfeit the Women’s Pro Semi Final match with Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters:

“To shed a little light on what happened, this tournament wasn’t originally supposed to be a championship Sunday format when Catherine and I signed up for it. At that point in time, it’s tough to find another partner to play with, as most everyone is already partnered and registered.

That being said, Catherine was gracious enough to withdraw from the semi-final match in the main draw, which allows there to be a broadcast match on Sunday, and was willing to forfeit that match in order to go into the back draw and play for bronze. We ended up playing Lindsay Newman and Corrine Carr to then advance to the bronze medal match where we then played Irina and Jessie for the bronze.

I understand that many people don’t (and won’t) understand my decision, but am grateful to Catherine who was still willing to play with me given the circumstances.” (Scott Golden Facebook post)

"Interesting story. Callie Smith does not play on Sundays for religious reasons. This means she normally does not sign up for events that take place on Sunday! But a couple of the latest PPA tournaments are now doing "Championship Sunday" where all the finals/gold medal matches are played on Sunday." Glen Lucey Facebook Post

Friday, June 25, 2021

PPA 2021 Orange County Cup: Women's Doubles

Pro Women's Doubles

Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters vs Sydney Sonday/Yana Grechkina

PPA 2021 Orange County Cup: Pro Mixed Doubles

 

6:12 Lindsey Newman/Riley Newman vs Kyle Yates/Anna Leigh Waters 1:14:31 Tyson McGuffin/Callie Smith vs Jay Devilliers Pickleball/Corrine Carr 2:33:01 Lauren Stratman/Pat Smith vs Ben Johns/Simone Jardim 3:12:00 Dekel Bar/Leigh Waters vs Jessie Irvine/Jeff Warnick 4:17:05 Matt Wright/Lucy Kovalova vs Collin Johns/Yana Grechkina
5:09:09 Chatting with NBA Hall Of Famer Rick Berry 5:10:49 Jay Devilliers/Corrine Carr vs Lindsey Newman/Riley Newman 6:02:04 Dekel Bar/Leigh Waters vs Matt Wright/Lucy Kovalova 6:49:56 Lindsey Newman/Riley Newman vs Ben Johns/Simone Jardim 7:49:31 Dekel Bar/Leigh Waters vs Kyle Yates/Anna Leigh Waters
8:35:03 Kyle Yates/Anna Leigh Waters vs Lindsey Newman/Riley Newman

Tyson McGuffin/Callie Smith vs Kyle Yates/Anna Leigh Waters (Game to 15) Tyson McGuffin talks about the MxD match on his Podcast Episode 17
12:23 Score 11-2-2 16:43 Score 4-11-1 20:44 Score 11-10-1 22:13 Score 11-11-2 25:34 Score 11-14-1


Orange County Cup Mixed Doubles Produces Not So Mixed Results

Thursday, June 24, 2021

PPA 2021 Orange County Cup Pro Singles

 

17:20 - Nic Valko v.s. Tyson McGuffin (Men's Singles - Second Round). 43:15 - Tyler Loong v.s. Gabriel Joseph (Men's Singles - Third Round). 1:13:13 - Ben Johns v.s. Kyle Lewis (Men's Singles - Third Round). 1:41:00 - Tyson McGuffin v.s. Ryan Sherry (Men's Singles - Quarterfinal). 2:31:10 - Dekel Bar v.s. Gabriel Joseph (Men's Singles - Quarterfinal). 3:27:45 - Anna Leigh Waters v.s. Callie Smith (Women's Singles - Quarterfinal) (Highlights) 3:56:59 - Ben Johns v.s. Daniel Roditi (Men's Singles - Quarterfinal). 4:35:38 - Tyson McGuffin v.s. Jay Devilliers (Men's Singles - Semifinal) 4:46:36 - Jay launches a comeback at 6-10 in game 1 5:09:32 - Catherine Parenteau v.s. Anna Leigh Waters (Women's Singles - Semifinal). 5:41:18 - Ben Johns v.s. Gabriel Joseph (Men's Singles - Semifinal). 6:18:40 - Gabriel Joseph v.s. Ryan Sherry (Men's Singles Consolation Bracket - Semifinal). 6:51:22 - Callie Smith v.s. Catherine Parenteau (Women's Singles Consolation Bracket - Final/Bronze Medal Match). 7:49:58 - Tyson McGuffin v.s. Gabriel Joseph (Men's Singles Consolation Bracket - Final/Bronze Medal Match).

 
For the first time, Anna Leigh Waters, 14, used her 
"chainsaw serve" at the Orange County Cup.

 

Dave Weinbach: "Oh, my! That is so good. Parenteau had total control of that point. For 98% of it. And Anna Leigh kept chasing balls down and hits an incredible winner. And she just does it again with the backhand down the line. Wow! I don't know what else Catherine can do? She is playing really solid pickleball. But, Anna Leigh keeps pounding winner after winner. That is a good approach shot by Catherine. And Anna Leigh is just painting lines....
Anna Leigh is a play-maker!"
(See match Clip Anna Leigh Waters vs Catherine Parenteau)


Blog Posts/Podcasts/Forum Threads
  • PPABlog: San Clemente Singles Brings New Championship Opponents For Ben And Lea
  • PPA Blog: OCC Recap: Lea Jansen Gets 1st Title, Others Add To Totals
  • NML Blog: PPA Orange County – Live Blog
  • NML Blog: PPA Orange County – 5 Takeaways – Phenom-enal

    "(1) Phenom-enal (Slim) – I think it’s time to start asking the question, of when, not if Anna Leigh Waters, will become the best female player in the game. We are not the only one’s thinking this obviously, as Dave Weinbach and Scott Golden were talking about it on the broadcast this weekend. The talent is just undeniable, and it seems like she is just now coming into her own.

    While she may not have had the defining gold medal performance this weekend, I thought she showed off her tremendous talent, competitiveness and potential in all three events. Her silver in the singles, an event she has just started playing more regularly, showed her raw potential there and she is is obviously just figuring out that game. Her fourth place run with Kyle Yates in mixed was very impressive as she was often the dominant player in their matches, and the ability of her hands to not okly hold up against but cause problems again for Riley Newman, widely considered to have some of the best hands in the game, is beyond impressive. Then in women’s doubles we saw her taking more court than ever as she and her mom grabbed silver. It has also been pretty cool to see the roles of the Waters switch this year with Anna Leigh becoming the dominant left side player, the role her mom used to hold.

    The weekends performance made it pretty easy to see many potential future triple crowns in Anna Leigh’s future. With perhaps the only question there being, do she and Ben Johns team up? A question we have asked before, or does she find another top male, and perhaps attempt to be the first real threat Ben’s reign has faced?

    Anna Leigh is still young, and obviously it sounds like there is a potential soccer passion that could slow down her pickleball career. However, if she keeps playing pickleball competitively, I think it is very clear that she is on track to quickly become the dominant women’s player in the game. She is definitely the games first true phenom."


Sunday, June 20, 2021

APP 2021 SO CAL PICKLEBALL SUMMER CLASSIC PRO MEN'S & WOMEN'S SINGLES

APP SO CAL PICKLEBALL SUMMER CLASSIC PRO MEN'S & WOMEN'S SINGLES (Court 1)

  • 13:54 JW Johnson vs Caden Nemoff
  • 38:11 Daniel Roditi vs Frank Anthony Davis
  • 58:12 15 seconds - The ball hits FAD foot and rolls across the court giving Roditi time to get on the court
  • 1:43:53 Gabriel Joseph vs AJ Koller
  • 2:21:28 Jill Braverman vs Corrine Carr
  • 3:04:37 JW Johnson vs Jay Devilliers
  • 3:48:39 Frank Anthony Davis vs Gabriel Joseph
  • 4:30:34 Jill Braverman vs Michelle Esquivel
  • 4:58:09 Gabriel Joseph vs Jay Devilliers
  • 5:33:40 Vivienne David vs Michelle Esquivel
  • 6:06:37 JW Johnson vs Jay Devilliers
  • 7:18:53 Vivienne David vs Jill Braverman
  • 7:31:04 15 seconds - Jill serves to an empty court and gets a point (no comment)
  • 7:51:36 JW Johnson vs Gabriel Joseph
Court 2
  • 1:14 Jamil Atcha vs Rick Witsken
  • 35:28 Rick Witsken Interview with Camryn Irwin
  • 39:34 Jay Devilliers vs Andres Arana
  • 1:03:56 JW Johnson vs Rob Nunnery
  • 1:27:22 Jay Devilliers vs Quinn Borchard
  • 2:06:24 Michelle Esquivel vs Maggie Brascia
  • 2:42:43 Rick Witsken vs Mattias Johansson
  • 3:37:22 Jennifer Dawson vs Julie Johnson
  • 4:24:38 Jamil Atcha vs Rick Witsken
  • 5:27:23 JW Johnson vs Frank Anthony Davis
  • 5:49:24 Highlight Point - FAD hits the fence at full speed (Scary moment) On the next point, FAD paddle broke on the return of serve
  • 6:12:05 Jamil Atcha vs Mattias Johansson

2024 PPA Daytona Beach Open WD Gold Medal Match, Article and Interview

  Family Triumph: Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters Capture Gold at the PPA Daytona Beach Open Mother-Daughter Duo's Incredible Comeback Ends ...