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."