PPA Riverland Open Singles Live Blog

The PPA Riverland Open starts today as Florida gets another weekend of premier professional pickleball. The PPA stars will descend on Port St Lucie to battle it out for gold. We've got a full preview here and will follow the coverage all weekend long.

Catch the broadcast on the PPATV youtube channel and PPA Tour Facebook.

And now for the Women's Singles Draw! Can AL Waters stay hot and win her fourth straight Women's Singles title to start 2022? Tune in tomorrow to watch singles all day long starting at 10 AM ET. pic.twitter.com/zSVhGNAcGB
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🚨Upset Alert: Alex Neumann takes down 6 seed Tyler Loong 11-7, 11-5.

Federico Staksrud beats Dylan Fraizer 11-7, 11-4.

Both players have entered the pickleball scene with high-level tennis experience.

Check out Neumann's Journey to Pro series: https://t.co/4fNPN3S5JQ
— The Dink Pickleball (@DinkPickleball) March 10, 2022

Game 1 was unbelievable. DeHeart is feeding Johns low backhand volleys and then closing points with the forehand roll. Johns fights off multiple game points to win game one 17-15.https://t.co/q8NqY0fIvQ
— The Dink Pickleball (@DinkPickleball) March 10, 2022

We are through to the semis in the women's field where we will see Anna Leigh Waters play Parris Todd and Lea Jansen play Callie Smith.

JW Johnson pulls off the upset over #1 seed Ben Johns. Johnson has been untouchable in back-to-back APP events and now will play for PPA gold on Championship Sunday. #pickleball #PPATour

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— The Dink Pickleball (@DinkPickleball) March 10, 2022

McGuffin pulls it off! Wins with a roar and headed to the finals tomorrow for a shot at a second gold in a row! https://t.co/JtGc5ExGny pic.twitter.com/pFxH6XwCrO
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Jorja Johnson closed out the day with a win over Parris Todd to bring home the bronze medal. The men's bronze medal match is postponed due to a rain delay. Julian Arnold battled through the losers bracket but will have to beat Ben Johns if he wants to leave with hardware.