The Orlando Squeeze made a bold move back in July. Something that no one saw coming. They traded out of the third spot in the draft.
They traded out of the automatic pick to land the second-best men’s player in the world, Riley Newman. A spot most teams would be dying to get into.
With their newly acquired fifth pick, the Squeeze placed their bet on Anna Bright.
The trade was with the DC Pickleball Team and as luck would have it, the Squeeze and DC met in the finals in Atlanta.
On Sunday the final 4 teams of MLP faced off in Atlanta. Let’s start with the semifinals.
View our recaps from Friday and Saturday to get up to speed.
Semifinal – Orlando vs Arizona
Bright and early this morning, the Squeeze started the match against the AZ Drive. The match actually got moved to the earlier time slot because the Miami Pickleball Club was on the court so late finishing their quarterfinal on Saturday.
The Squeeze split games with the Drive trading points back and forth. The Squeeze won in women’s, the Drive won in men’s, back and forth all the way to a tiebreak Dreambreaker.
Andrei Daescu and Zane Navratil shut down the efforts of two high-level singles players, Julian Arnold and Dekel Bar. The Squeeze rolled in the Dreambreaker 21-10.
Best singles pickleball point…
