Quick hits from the gold medal matches at the Indoor National Championships:
- First PPA Tour titles for James Ignatowich (Singles and Mixed Doubles) and Dylan Frazier (Men’s Doubles)
- Women’s Doubles had stats that surpassed any PPA gold medal match from 2022: Shots (3,022), Shots per rally (16.4), Shots in one game (931), total offensive lobs (34), and individual offensive lobs (20, Kovalova).
- Men’s Doubles: Federico Staksrud hit 19 third shot drives and zero third shot drops.
The gold medal matches appear in the following order:
- Mixed Doubles
- Men’s Doubles
- Women’s Doubles
- Men’s Singles
- Women’s Singles
***STATS BREAKDOWN***
PPA National Indoor Championships, Lakeville, Minnesota, February 26, 2023.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: Catherine Parenteau and James Ignatowich defeated Lauren Stratman and Julian Arnold, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5.
RALLIES:
1,433 shots.
139 rallies.
10.3 shots per rally.
46.3 rallies per game.
84/139 rallies were 9 shots or less. (60%)
55/139 rallies were 10 shots or more. (40%)
Shortest: 1 shot (0), 2 shots (4), 3 shots (12), 4 shots (6).
(15% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 44, 37, 33.
(5 rallies were 30 shots or more. 14 were 20+.)
THIRD SHOTS:
Frazier: 30 drops, 11 drives. (73% drops)
Johnson: 18 drops, 16 drives. (53%…