The Carvana PPA Mesa Cup Presented by Proton DID NOT disappoint!
Many pundits (including myself) are saying this was the most competitive and entertaining event in PPA Tour history. There were so many amazing matches that I can’t even talk about all of them!
Let’s get into the action!
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Ben and Anna Leigh lose for the first time in nearly a year
For the first time in over 340 days, Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters lost a match. The culprit? Anna Bright and Dekel Bar.
The last time Ben and Anna Leigh lost a match together was at the PPA Austin Open, on March 18th, 2024. The culprit then? Anna Bright and Andrei Daescu.
Anna Bright is the common denominator. She is the only person to beat Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters twice in the last year and a half. If there was a question before, it has surely been answered: Anna Bright is far and away the second best mixed doubles female player in the world.
Bright and Bar faced off against Waters and Johns on Saturday afternoon, in the semi-finals. The match was hugely entertaining, taking nearly an hour and a half to determine the winner.
Bright and Bar got off to a good start, with a score of 8-4 in game one. However, they hit a wall at that score, and started losing points. Johns and Waters…
