Japan
Why Japan’s Largest Pickleball Venue Has 20 Courts
Japan’s largest pickleball venue opened on 20 July with 20 courts at Izu Resort Villa in Higashiizu, aiming…
Len Yang
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News
Yuta Funemizu Makes Japanese Pickleball History in Tokyo
Yuta Funemizu and Tama Shimabukuro beat Collin Johns and Len Yang to win the PPA Asia 500 Tokyo…
News
Weekend Roundup: Three Tournaments, Three Rhythms
Tokyo, Italy and Heidelberg reveal three distinct competitive rhythms in professional pickleball, from volatility to depth to structured…
News
Global Podium: The Weekend’s Biggest Pickleball Winners
Sahra Dennehy in Beijing, Madrid’s Pickle Pro Tour, Smythe and Bright in England, Roos Van Reek in Vietnam…
News
Lý Hoàng Nam’s Beijing Withdrawal Tests PPA Asia
Lý Hoàng Nam withdrew from Beijing Open singles after qualifying, citing inconsistent regulations, an early test of PPA…
News
Zane Ford Tops the Beijing Open Singles Draw
Top-10 American Zane Ford makes his PPA Tour Asia debut as men’s singles No.1 seed at the Capital…
June 2026
The End of Predictability in Asian Pickleball
Qualifiers, teenagers and crossover stars upended the PPA Tour Asia at the Kuala Lumpur and Macao Opens in…
Analysis
Tama Shimabukuro Faces Latest Test at Macao Open
Fresh from Kuala Lumpur mixed doubles gold, 15-year-old Tama Shimabukuro arrives at the Macao Open needing to prove…
News
Macao Open Shows the Speed and Strain of Asia’s Circuit
The PPA Asia Macao Open follows Kuala Lumpur by four days, bringing quick rematches and heavy workloads for…
MLP
Kuala Lumpur Open Shows PPA Asia Is Becoming a Player Market, Not Just a Tour
Hien Truong’s dominant Kuala Lumpur Open win highlighted how PPA Tour Asia is becoming a genuine professional ecosystem…