Professional Pickleball National Champions Mother/Daughter Duo Perfect Role Models For Multi-generational Sport

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Professional Pickleball National Champions Mother/Daughter Duo Perfect Role Models For Multi-generational Sport

DELRAY BEACH, FL (April 1, 2021) -- In 2020, after playing in one tournament due to COVID-19, the 2019 Women’s Doubles Professional Pickleball National Champions, Leigh Waters and her fourteen-year old daughter Anna Leigh have returned to touring the country coast-to-coast playing on the AAP and PPA professional tour circuits. (TeamWaters 2021 Tournament Schedule)

Last month at the APP Delray Open, TeamWaters played the world's #1 woman, Simone Jardim and the #2 ranked woman Catherine Parenteau in the Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match that will air on CBS News Network April 3rd at 8pm (EST).

During the Delray Beach Open Pro Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match, the commentators discussed the dynamics of the mother/daughter duo:

Ari Shanok: What a feeling it has to be for Leigh Waters to be able to participate at this level with her daughter.

Morgan Evans: Yeah. It is a real kind of fairy tail story. Fantastic for the family.

Ari Shanok: You look at Anna Leigh's ground strokes. You taught tennis before pickleball, Morgan,  they just look like classic tennis strokes.

Morgan: Oh, yeah.  Fantastic level of aggression.

Pickleball players worldwide watch the Waters family compete at the highest level of the sport through live stream matches published on YouTube and Facebook. Mothers/Fathers/Grandparents and kids are inspired by the evolving mother and daughter journey. 

Karen Mitchell, Director - PickleballEngland states:

“When pickleball was invented in 1965, it was played by families together.  Today, the Waters are an inspirational example of inter-generational play that inspires other families to play together.  I recently shared a post about a grandfather and grandson playing in a tournament together in Indiana, the grandfather said “it doesn’t get any better than this”.  Says it all doesn’t it?”  

Leigh and Anna Leigh enjoy their off court time together. They launched a video series called “Tuesday Talks Car Conversations with Anna Leigh (AL)” available on YouTube and Instagram.

Photo: Pickleball Fire Magazine Cover

In the Pickleball Fire Magazine March/April 2021 issue, TeamWaters is featured and Leigh published her first instructional article, “Attacking Dinks”.

Leigh and Anna Leigh will play together for the first time at the Minto US OPEN Pickleball Championships April 17-23 in Naples, FL. Anna Leigh played her last tournament as an amatuer at the US Open in 2019. She was 12 years old and won 4 Gold Medals. Leigh won a Bronze Medal with Catherine Parenteau. The annual event was cancel last year due to COVID.

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If you are looking for an inspirational positive family story for Mother’s Day (May 9th), this is it.

Digital Press Kit (Interviews, Tournament Videos, Highlights, Photos, Schedules)

Lynn Cherry, Pickleball Podcast: “Actually, the media kit was really helpful. It really made it very fast to prep and the timestamps on the (interview) videos were great because I could get to exactly what I wanted to see or hear. I think that is really key!”

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