The second half of the PPA season starts this week at the Denver Open.
From there, the PPA will make five more stops by the end of August in places like Seattle, Kansas City, Utah, and California.
Ready to go?
Here are a few storylines to look out for as the players head back to the court:
Can anyone beat ALW?
Right now, the answer is pretty simple. Nope. Anna Leigh Waters is the most dominant player in the game – men’s or women’s – and it doesn’t appear anything will change any time soon.
Waters is 112-2 this season, a record so absurd it seems made up. She’s lost once in singles this year. She’s lost once in mixed doubles this year. Read more on Waters here. The last time we saw Waters, back in June in San Clemente, Calif., she just finished putting a bow on her fourth-consecutive triple crown and her 16th triple crown for her career.
Waters is definitely No. 1, but there are some challengers in both singles and women’s doubles.
Lea Jansen has had a remarkable 2023, despite not being able to beat Waters. Jansen has 13 medals this season and has medaled in every singles event of the season she’s entered. She also had a match point against Waters in June at the Texas Open and has six silver singles medals and a pair of bronze finishes.
There’s also…
