Thursday, March 4, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
Simone Jardim Florida Grand Slam
Women's Doubles
8:03 Jessie Irvine/Irina Tereschenko vs Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters (Highlights)
3:31:51 Jessie Irvine/Irina Tereschenko vs Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters (Highlights)
Mixed Doubles
- 50:18 Tyson McGuffin/Leigh Waters vs Lucy Kovalova/Matt Wright
- 2:11:18 Tyson McGuffin/Leigh Waters vs Steve Deakin/Catherine Parenteau
- 2:47:31 Tyson McGuffin/Leigh Waters vs Corrine Carr/Joey Farias
- 3:16:24 Tyson McGuffin/Leigh Waters vs Lucy Kovalova/Matt Wright
Monday, February 22, 2021
Mother-daughter pickleball duo are transcending the sport
Chierstin Susel, Channel 12 (KPNX-TV, NBC)
PHOENIX — Pickleball is no longer your grandfather’s sport. Mother-daughter duo Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters are proof.
The duo picked up the sport back in 2017 when they evacuated their home in Florida due to Hurricane Irma and stayed with Leigh’s parents for a couple of weeks.
Leigh’s dad introduced them to the sport and from there they were hooked.
“I think we played like morning, noon and night for two weeks straight while we were up there and the rest is history,” said Leigh.
Leigh is a former collegiate tennis player and her 14-year-old daughter also picked up the sport which made it an easy transition to pickleball, but they never imagined it would take them to where they are now.
They were on their way to winning three straight majors when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and halted sports, now they’re hoping to pick up where they left off.
They’ve returned with a new clothing sponsor and are now not only fierce but fashionable competitors that get noticed everywhere they go.
“We’re like totally into fashion,” said Leigh. “We get to pick our own patterns, what you see us wearing we’ve actually picked out and helped design along with the company (Faye+Florie).
Together, they’ve helped transcend pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in the country.
The duo competed in the PPA Foot Solutions Arizona Grand Slam Qualifier this weekend.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
2021 Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Foot Solutions Arizona Grand Slam Qualifier
Professional Pickleball Association Arizona Grand Slam Qualifier Promo Reel.
Highlight Point: TeamWaters vs Jessie Irvine/Irina Tereschenko (Watch Match, Highlight Reel)
Saturday, February 13, 2021
The First Three Shots of Pickleball
Coach Toui Pomsouvan uses Anna Leigh's game footage to showcase "The First Three Shots Of Pickleball"
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Professional Pickleball National Champions Mother/Daughter Duo Are Back! Gold Medal, Podcast, Happy Birthday #AL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26: Leigh Waters curtsied to her daughter Anna Leigh on her 14th birthday
Professional Pickleball National Champions Mother/Daughter Duo Are Back! Gold Medal, Podcast, Happy Birthday #AL (Nat Headline)
PUNTA GORDA, FL (January 31, 2021) -- In 2020, after playing in a handful of exhibitions due to COVID-19, the 2019 Women’s Doubles Professional National Champions, Leigh Waters and her thirteen-year old daughter Anna Leigh played in The Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) Tour first tournament of 2021 the AAP Punta Gorda Pickleball Open in Punta Gorda, FL.
The mother/daughter duo, known for their intense ”ripit” style of play, won a Gold Medal in the Pro Women’s Doubles bracket. (Watch 2 min Highlight Reel)
Decked out in matching custom outfits from their new sports clothing sponsor, Faye+Florie, #TeamWaters appeared to have just stepped out of the pages of a fashion magazine.
"I never expected to be in the Gold Medal Match," states Leigh. "I had nothing to lose. So, I was going to go for it."
This week TeamWaters will return to Punta Gorda for the $100,000 World Pickleball Championship. ProPickleball will livestream WPC matches on their Facebook page. NOTE: Due to COVID concerns, TeamWaters did not attend this event.
Photo: 2019 WPC Anna Leigh Waters with her grandfather Neil Eichelberger, who taught TeamWaters how to play pickleball during Hurricane Irma (Sept. 2017)
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Pickleball Fire Podcast with Lynn Cherry
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Pickleball Fire Podcast with Lynn Cherry |
Discussion Topics
- How Hurricane Irma was a life changing event for the Waters
- The level at which Leigh and Anna Leigh started playing Pickleball tournaments
- Why the Waters game improved rapidly in 2018 and when Leigh realized 11-year-old Anna Leigh was ready to be her partner at the professional level
- Why the Waters did not play tournaments for most of 2020 and how they did in their first tournament in 2021
- Which part of the game Leigh and Anna Leigh worked on when they were training in 2020
- Whether Leigh or Anna Leigh’s game is now more aggressive
- Why the Waters were called tennis players on the Pickleball court when they first started playing
- How other sports have enhanced Anna Leigh’s Pickleball game
- Anna Leigh’s goals in sports and what she plans to achieve in the future
- How to make practice fun
- The music the Waters use for motivation during a tournament
- What they give up to play Pickleball
- Anna Leigh’s plans for her 14th birthday and how COVID-19 is impacting her party
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