Getting to know Aanik Lohani

In 2022, Aanik Lohani asked Ben Johns to take a picture with him. Lohani was an aspiring pickleball player, an ex-tennis player who had just won an amateur pickleball singles
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Championship Sunday Stats Wrap: Guaranteed Rate PPA ​Championships

=== MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL ===  (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6. MATCH NOTES: . RALLIES: 2,647 shots. 179
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From Horrifying Tragedy to Newfound Joy: Pickleball Changes Lives

From Horrifying Tragedy to Newfound Joy: Pickleball Changes Lives

Six years ago Darla Christensen and her family survived a horrifying tragedy.  Two years ago, pickleball saved her life. Now, on the anniversary of the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting
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McCurley retires from PickleballTournaments.com 

McCurley retires from PickleballTournaments.com 

Ten years ago, Melissa McCurley remembers the world of pickleball. The best players in the world were in their 60s. There were two companies manufacturing paddles and PickleballTournaments.com was home
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Lohani breaks through in Vegas; Waters-Parenteau make final

Lohani breaks through in Vegas; Waters-Parenteau make final

Men’s Singles The confidence Aanik Lohani said he received from beating Ben Johns back in August was significant.  That was at the PPA’s Denver Open in the quarterfinals. Can you
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When you’re sorry that you’re not sorry

Truth serum time. Be honest and true to yourself. Be vulnerable. It’s OK to admit it.  You’re not sorry and you never have been – probably won’t ever be. Your
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Tennis players’ relationship with pickleball is evolving in real time

Last December, Jack Sock and Sam Querrey had Ben Johns and Matt Wright a little worried. OK, maybe not worried, but perhaps a tad surprised. After all, Sock and Querrey
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