Photos by Dominic Ceraldi
OVERALL TOP 5:
- TRIPLE TRIPLE: Anna Leigh Waters is looking to win 3 Triple Crowns in a row for the first time ever.
- LARGEST TOURNEY IN PPA HISTORY…AGAIN: Over 1,500 players tops the 1,400 in Atlanta two weeks ago.
- SHOT-GUNNING FOR A REPEAT – Tyson McGuffin won singles last year, sending Ben Johns to his only Championship Sunday singles loss ever.
- RILEY’S NEW CRIB : New Dallas-area resident looking for gold in Texas.
- BIG 10: Catherine Parenteau is vying for her 10th PPA women’s doubles gold medal
BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
- Mixed final live on ESPN on Sunday from 4-5 Central.
- Mixed action live on CBS Sports Network from 2-5 Central on Friday and Championship Sunday live from 10-1 Central on Sunday.
MEN’S SINGLES:
- Defending medalists (from Fall ’22 Texas Open): Tyson McGuffin, Ben Johns, Julian Arnold
- Stacked field – Top 13 all entered for the first time in ‘23
- Will the Texas heat benefit the large and more acclimated Texas contingent?
- WATCH OUT FOR: Connor Garnett – earned his first PPA medal in ATL – can he back it up?
WOMEN’S SINGLES:
- Defending medalists: Anna Leigh Waters, Lea Jansen, Catherine Parenteau
- AL looking for her 25th career PPA singles gold – #1 all time.
- Mary Brascia not in the field to follow-up her run to the finals.
- WATCH OUT FOR: Judit Castillo – getting closer and closer to a medal. Is this the week she pulls it off?
MIXED DOUBLES:
- Defending medalists: Waters/Johns, Parenteau/Newman, Wright/Rettenmaier
- Is this the week it all clicks again for Matt Wright and Lucy Kovalova? No medals since early February at Desert Ridge.
- Etta Wright medaled in Texas in the fall – can she hit the podium again in tourney 3 with Dekel Bar?
- WATCH OUT FOR: The Newmans — back together for the first time since Austin where they lost 12-10 in the 3 rd to the Johnsons.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES:
- Defending medalists: Waters/Waters, Irvine/Bright, Jansen/Parenteau
- Dizon and Wright teaming up again – gold medalists from Red Rock.
- Jorja Johnson and Vivienne David return – they saved 6 match points against in the semis in ATL against the Brascias to reach the final.
- WATCH OUT FOR: AB and Schneemann – strong MLP team now hits the PPA courts.
MEN’S DOUBLES:
- Defending medalists: Johns/Johns, Newman/Wright, Deakin/Ignatowich
- New pairing #1: Devilliers/Rettenmaier paired together for the first time.
- New pairing #2: Wilson (coming off injury) and Brendon Long
- WATCH OUT FOR: Ignatowich/McGuffin. Big Papa Jimmy grabbed bronze last year with the Canadian, can he get there again with McGuffin?
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