MLP
March on the PPA Tour: Waters Dominates. The Rest Keeps Moving.
Anna Leigh Waters controlled March with three Triple Crowns, while rankings, conditions, and rising players created chaos across…
Tama Shimabukuro
Follow Tama Shimabukuro’s pickleball career with rankings, tournament results, match analysis, and the latest professional pickleball news from World Pickleball Magazine.
News
Vietnam Locks Out MB Hanoi Cup Men’s Singles Final
Truong Vinh Hien beat Federico Staksrud and Ly Hoang Nam beat Dylan Frazier to set an all-Vietnamese men’s…
News
MB Hanoi Cup: Asia Pushes Back as PPA Names Hold the Line
Hoang Nam Ly beats Tama Shimabukuro 11-3, 11-0 and Vietnam breaks through at the MB Hanoi Cup quarter-finals,…
News
Hanoi Cup Day One: Vietnamese Depth and Doubles Upset
Day one of the MB Hanoi Cup saw Ly Hoang Nam beat Christian Alshon, top seeds progress and…
Analysis
The Gap Is Closing in Pro Pickleball. This Is Why
Upsets and tighter matches are becoming harder to ignore across pro pickleball. The reasons go deeper than a…
News
This Was Supposed to Be Routine. It Wasn’t: The Greater Zion Cup Warning Sign
The biggest names are still advancing at the Greater Zion Cup, but the ease has gone. Longer matches,…
News
Hanoi Cup Draw Revealed as Waters Makes Asia Debut
The MB Hanoi Cup draw at My Dinh Arena sets up a Chao Yi Wang v Sahra Dennehy…
News
Top Seeds Advance in Singles and Mixed Doubles at Greater Zion
Top seeds came through the Round of 64 in Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles at the Greater Zion…
MLP
2026 MLP Draft: Anna Bright’s $1.23m Pick and Jorja Blunder
The 2026 MLP draft brought a $1.23m top pick for Anna Bright, Dallas releasing MVP Jorja Johnson and…
MLP
MLP’s $1.23M Draft, Vietnam–Japan Diplomacy, Skechers India
The World Pickleball Report: record MLP draft bids, a Ho Chi Minh City–Yamaguchi exhibition, and Skechers’ apparel deal…