The biggest tournament ever has lived up to the hype. Despite some torrential rain downpours, the PPA LAPIPLASTY World Championships have provided a ton of drama, thus far.
There are five pro events being played, much like any other tournament, women’s singles, men’s singles, mixed doubles, women’s doubles, and men’s doubles. Each discipline has two matches today, for a total of ten matches to determine who is playing on Championship Sunday for Gold.
Because this is such a big tournament, I thought a quick guide to each of the matchups might be fun for people to follow along. This guide will be especially helpful if you weren’t able to watch much during the week.
NOTE: Three players have a chance at the triple crown, going into the semifinals:
- Anna Leigh Waters
- Federico Staksrud
- Quang Duong
Order of Play
*ALL matches are being played on Championship Court today on PickleballTV
Let’s Get Into the Action
Women’s Singles
Semifinal #1: Noon ET – 1 Anna Leigh Waters v 4 Catherine Parenteau
Semifinal #2: ~1:30 ET – 5 Salome Devidze v 9 Kate Fahey
How they each got here
- 9 Kate Fahey had to beat 8 Parris Todd and 3 Lea Jansen in 3 games and Kate won both matches by two points in the third game – I think this is the definition of being “clutch”
- Anna…
