We are following the live pickleball action from the PPA Riverland Open in Port St Lucie, FL. Yesterday was a chaotic day in the men's singles division. We had upsets all over the bracket in true March Madness fashion.
The top ranked men's player, Ben Johns, lost to the 4 seed JW Johnson who is playing at an elite level. The number 38 seed, Alex Neumann, made a Cinderella run to the semifinals before losing to Tyson McGuffin.
As of late, the mixed doubles field has been the most ripe for upsets and if we're lucky, we'll see a little more chaos today.
Look at this match Smith/Koller vs Koop/Johnson in round one. There nowhere to hide in this bracket. It is going to take a couple of big wins to make it to Championship Sunday.
Tyler Loong & Anna Bright got the W in their first match. Can they keep up with the mixed dubs powerhouse team of Irvine & Devilliers? #pickleball #PPATour
— The Dink Pickleball (@DinkPickleball) March 11, 2022
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Leigh Waters and Patrick Smith take down number 1 seed Kovalova/Wright. Smith will face off against his old partner Jay Devilliers in the semifinals.
Ben Johns/Anna Leigh are gonna be hard to beat 😦
— PPA Tour (@PPAtour) March 11, 2022
They just took care of business and advance to the Mixed Doubles Semi’s pic.twitter.com/42Gs9fIFTC
@AnnaLeighWaters & @BenJohns_pb stay undefeated and qualify for Championship Sunday. They will face @jaydevilliers & Jessie Irvine on Championship Sunday in a rematch of last month's PPA Indoor Championships. #pickleball #PPATour
— The Dink Pickleball (@DinkPickleball) March 11, 2022
Lucy Kovalova & Matt Wright powered through the loser's bracket then go revenge on the team that put them there. They end the day in third.
