Stats and facts emerging from the gold medal matches at the Florida Open:
- Anna Leigh Waters said in a post-match interview she plans to take off for about a month. She said she is having her wisdom teeth pulled, and her mother is having her long-postponed knee surgery. It is not clear when she plans to return.
- In the Men’s Doubles Final, the players hit 105 third shots, and only two of those were hit into the net or out of bounds.
- Ben Johns ramped up his singles game, winning a very clean match against Federico Staksrud
The stats from 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 Austin Showdown, Lakeway Texas, March 19, 2023.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns defeated Anna Bright and James Ignatowich, 11-8, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5.
RALLIES:
1,644 shots.
186 rallies.
8.83 shots per rally.
46.5 rallies per game.
130/186 rallies were 9 shots or less. (69%)
56/186 rallies were 10 shots or more. (31%)
Shortest: 1 shot (7), 2 shots (5), 3 shots (13), 4 shots (19).
(23% of the rallies were four shots or fewer.)
Longest: 34, 33, 29.
(2 rallies were 30 shots or more. 14 were 20+.)
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THIRD SHOTS:
Waters: 37 drops, 13 drives. (74% drops)
Johns: 15 drops, 26…
