There was a LOT of PPA Tour pickleball played in the first half of 2024 and you may have missed some of it.
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We’re defining top plays as highlight reel plays – think ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 (many of them actually made the list). The top moments are some of the more pivotal moments of the first half of the year.
Top Plays
A great point for Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters against Lauren Stratman and Julian Arnold at the Masters in the first tournament of the year. They ended up winning the tournament together in mixed doubles, their first of seven thus far on the PPA Tour.
Catherine Parenteau hits an amazing ATP against Hurricane Tyra Black and Lea Jansen in the Masters. Parenteau and her partner, Anna Leigh Waters, won the match 11-3, 11-5, and eventually the tournament. They are by far the best women’s doubles team in 2024, winning gold an astounding seven times, only losing one match.
Federico Staksrud with the hustle in a singles match against Jaume Martinez Vich to win the point. This was at the PPA Desert Ridge – the second stop on the PPA Tour – where Staksrud went on to win the entire tournament. Fed has been the most consistent men’s singles player this year, winning a medal at every single…
