Sunday, April 10, 2022

2022 PPA Red Rock Open

 

Anna Leigh Wins Second Triple Crown

Mixed Doubles

1:50:17 Ben Johns/Anna Leigh Waters vs Anna Bright/Tyler Loong 4:11:20 Ben Johns/Anna Leigh Waters vs Tyson McGuffin/Lauren Stratman (Highlight)

4:46:59 Ben Johns/Anna Leigh Waters vs Riley Newman/Catherine Parenteau (Gold) (Highlights)

Mixed Doubles/Singles Match Points/Interviews

Singles

3:18:38 Paris Todd vs Anna Leigh Waters 4:20:24 Ben Johns vs Tyler Loong 5:57:56 Anna Leigh Waters vs Lauren Stratman

4:06:38 Lea Jansen vs Anna Leigh Waters (Gold)


TeamWaters Gold Medal Match Highlight Reel

Doubles

6:26:19 Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs Catherine Parenteau/Lea Jansen

10:57 Lucy Kovolova/Callie Jo Smith vs Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters (Gold)


Commentary/Interview/Reel 2:30:29 TeamWaters 2021 Tennis Channel Orlando Cup Reel 2:40:12 Dave Weinbach Interviews Anna Leigh Waters 2:46:22 Point interrupts Dave's Interview with AL

5:15:38 Lea Jansen vs Callie Smith Commentary: Leigh Waters


Saturday, April 9, 2022

2022 PPA Red Rock Interview with ‘The Waters Sisters’

 

  1. 0:35 Is AL on the top of the Pickleball World?
  2. 0:41 What is it like being 15?
  3. 1:01 What has changed for you personally and professionally?
  4. 1:40 Tennis? College?
  5. 2:08 Playing with world #1 Ben Johns?
  6. 2:31 What is Ben like as a person?
  7. 2:55 Did you drag Ben to Minnesota because you wanted to see snow?
  8. 3:11 Now you are in the heat?
  9. 3:27 Is there pressure playing with your daughter?
  10. 4:04 Gary Vaynerchuk? Advice?

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

The top pickleball pro in the world is a 15-year-old who used to think the sport was for "old people"

 


Insider

This teen pickleball pro is going to need a bigger trophy room.

Indeed, the darling of the ever-expanding pickleball universe is a 15-year-old from Florida who inadvertently picked up the sport at age 10.

And as Anna Leigh Waters, the youngest pickleball champ in the country and current No. 1 women's singles player in the world, tells Insider, she's just getting warmed up. The teen spoke from her home in Delray Beach after a winning a stunning Professional Pickleball Association Tour title in Women's doubles in Austin, earning herself some more shiny hardware to add to her put-upon mantle. (Read More)