In several previous matches, the team hitting toward the video board on Championship Court had an advantage. Will that hold up?
The weather has been rainy and cold most of the week – what will Sunday bring?
Ben Johns turned 24 on Saturday.
=== MEN’S SINGLES ===
BEN JOHNS and FEDERICO STAKSRUD are forging a new and surprising rivalry in 2023. Johns won in two games in the final at the Masters, and in three games in the final at Desert Ridge, then Staksrud beat Johns in three games in the semifinal at the Arizona Grand Slam in Mesa. (Staksrud beat Jay Devilliers in the final there.)
Staksrud started the year ranked #5 and is now #2. Neither player lost a game in his four wins in this tournament.
=== WOMEN’S SINGLES ===
ANNA LEIGH WATERS and CATHERINE PARENTEAU continue their rivalry and domination. They are the only women to win back-to-back singles titles since Simone Jardim in February 2021. Both players have won three matches in this tournament…Waters was spotless, and CP dropped just one game to Brooke Buckner. Last week, Parenteau gave Waters her first loss since last June (Parris Todd).
=== MIXED DOUBLES ===
ANNA LEIGH WATERS and BEN JOHNS, the top seeds, lost only one game in their four wins here. They have won three titles this…
