It feels like deja vu — like season one all over again. In fact, it feels like any pickleball competition ever. If you give Ben Johns enough time, he will find a way to win.
Major League Pickleball decided to forego the third event of season two in favor of an invite-only playoff of the league’s best. Everyone was anticipating another final between the D.C. Pickleball Team and the Orlando Squeeze.
Sweet revenge for D.C. at MLP Dallas
Path to the Finals
The playoff bracket was a little confusing at first glance. Orlando and D.C. were the top two seeds and played each other for an immediate bid into the finals.
The Chicago Slice and Miami Pickleball Club were also invited to the event. They played each other in sort of a play-in match. The winner of that match would play the loser of D.C. and Orlando for the second spot in the finals. See it in bracket form below.
The Semifinals
On Monday, the Squeeze beat D.C. to earn a spot in the final. That forced D.C. to play the Chicago Slice for another chance to reach the final.
D.C. took a 2-0 lead on the Slice winning both women’s and men’s doubles. The Slice rallied back and won both mixed doubles games and the singles dreambreaker by two points each. This punched their ticket into the final against the…
