OVERALL TOP 5:
- Opportunity is Knocking LOUDLY! Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters are not playing this event. Who will step up?
- Under Cover: The adjustment to indoor pickleball (same surface, thanks to Acrytech’s expert court resurfacing) can be significant with different lighting, sightlines, and bounces. Who will adapt the quickest?
- Greetings 1st timer: Will we have a 3rd consecutive tournament with a PPA Championship Sunday newcomer, following Allyce Jones at Desert Ridge and Jorja Johnson at Mesa?
- Kooped Up No More: Andrea Koop will be a force to be reckoned with, paired with the red-hot Anna Bright and AJ Koller.
- Fed Up: Federico Staksrud has reached 3 consecutive singles finals, winning gold at the Carvana Arizona Grand Slam in an impressive fashion. Will he make it 4 for 4 in finals this year?
MEN’S SINGLES:
- Tyson McGuffin, the defending champion, is a scratch again due to the minor foot injury he sustained during the first Major League Pickleball event of the year
- JW Johnson and Dylan Frazier return to singles in this one after sitting the competition out in Mesa
WATCH OUT FOR: Christian Alshon – he playing hot; could this be his week to break through to the semis or finals?
WOMEN’S SINGLES:
- Anna Leigh Waters, the defending champion, is not in the…
