The last time the PPA Tour was in action Anna Bright and Matt Wright were the big winners.
Bright won a pair of gold medals and was the player of the tournament in Austin, scoring a pair of wins in mixed doubles and in women’s doubles, beating the seemingly unbeatable Anna Leigh Waters twice in the same day.
Meanwhile, Matt Wright picked up his first gold in 2024 in Austin and headed to North Carolina back with regular partner James Ignatowich.
So what the heck happened in North Carolina?
Hard to say, but Bright lost twice on Thursday, Ignatowich lost twice and Wright lost once. All were No. 2 seeds and all are out of the tournament making Thursday’s North Carolina Cup look like March Madness in the first week of April.
Here’s what happened:
- No. 14 seeded Augustus Ge and Jaume Martinez-Vich topped Wright and Ignatowich in the round of 16 in the men’s draw, 11-6, 11-9.
- No. 22-seeded Todd Fought and Maggie Brascia beat Bright and Ignatowich, 11-4, 11-7 in the round of 16 in the mixed doubles draw.
- No. 15-seeded Audrey Banada and Sarah Ansboury beat Bright and Rohrabacher, 11-7, 1-11, 12-10 in the round of 16 women’s draw.
“I feel solid after that for sure,” Ansboury said. “It just feels like it was how I can play. I obviously…
