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Shimabukuro rewrites PPA Atlanta script as finals set for Championship Sunday
Tama Shimabukuro’s breakout run headlines Atlanta as finals are set across all five brackets ahead of Championship Sunday.
Anna Leigh Waters
Anna Leigh Waters is the dominant force in women’s professional pickleball and the benchmark the rest of the tour is measured against. Below you’ll find every World Pickleball Magazine story, result and analysis piece featuring Anna Leigh Waters, newest first.
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Atlanta Semi-Finals Set as Waters Stays in Control
Anna Leigh Waters leads the Atlanta draws into the semi-finals as Albie Huang’s line-call complaints spark wider debate.
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Atlanta Day 1: Pressure Builds Below the Top Seeds
Top seeds mostly survive Day 1 of the Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships, but close matches across five brackets…
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Atlanta Isn’t About Winning. It’s About Staying in the Season
The Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships will decide the final PPA Finals places, with narrow points races making early…
PPA Tour
Professional Pickleball Is Losing Control of the Basics
Disputes, penalties and stream failures at the US Open, PPA Sacramento and the Pickle Slam exposed weak foundations…
PPA Tour
The US Open Doesn’t Need the Pros Anymore
The US Open is thriving without top pros. That shift is redefining what matters in pickleball and who…
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The US Open Still Matters — Just Not at the Top of the Game
The US Open remains one of pickleball’s biggest events, but without most top PPA professionals its role at…
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PPA vs APP Wasn’t a Debate — Until This Final
Waters and Devilliers won the US Open, but Sewing and Diamond exposed a shift in the PPA vs…
PPA Tour
PARTNERS Reveals the Truth About the PPA Tour — Control Sits With the Few, Stability With No One
The new PPA docuseries is more than a behind-the-scenes story. It reveals how partner choice, influence, and instability…
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Sacramento Shows How the PPA Tour Now Works
With Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright absent, the Sacramento Open shows how schedule choices now shape PPA…