by Sfapickleball | Sep 21, 2023 | Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Featured Player, Federico Staksrud, Finals, gold, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament
“Just when you think he’s in trouble, he rallies back.” That’s what PPA commentator Michelle McMahon said of Ben Johns during the first game of the Men’s Singles final at the Baird Wealth Management Cincinnati Open on Sunday. She’s not wrong—earlier in the day,...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 13, 2023 | Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Finals, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, statistics, stats preview, sunday preview, Tournament
BEN JOHNS enters Sunday with 99 career titles, 18 Triple Crowns, and eight “Double-Triples” with Anna Leigh Waters. ANNA LEIGH WATERS enters Sunday with 77 career titles, 17 Triple Crowns, and eight “Double Triples” with Ben Johns. CATHERINE PARENTEAU needs one win to...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 13, 2023 | Brooke Buckner, Cincinnati Open 2023, Featured Player, Finals, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, third child, women's doubles
Court temperatures were like a radio station – “Hot 101, Power 102,” you get the idea. But it didn’t bother Brooke Buckner. She’s from North Carolina. She knows what humidity is like. Or maybe she was just crazy from the heat? It had to be miserable, right? While a...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 12, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Collin Johns, Federico Staksrud, Finals, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, statistics, Stats Wrap
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and J.W. Johnson, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8. Watch Here MATCH NOTES: 100th PPA career title for Ben Johns. Ben & Collin are 10-1 in finals this year. This was the most deliberately played...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 11, 2023 | 100, Ben Johns, Championship, Championship Sunday, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Finals, men's doubles, mens singles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023
It was a bittersweet ending to Ben Johns’ century-eclipsing 100th title weekend in Cincinnati—he finished with 101 titles—but he probably should have punctuated his festivities with a Triple-Crown. First, Ben and Colin Johns scrapped and clawed their way to perhaps...
by Sfapickleball | Sep 11, 2023 | Ben Johns, cincinnati open, Cincinnati Open 2023, Collin Johns, Finals, men's doubles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Thomas Wilson
Neither Ben nor Colin Johns had their best level on Saturday in Cincinnati, but once again they proved why they remain the best team in the world, and the team to beat for the foreseeable future. With Colin less than 100% health-wise after twisting his ankle just over...
