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03-13-24

Pickle4 Team

The 2024 US Open Pickleball Championships is Set for a Record Breaking Year

The US Open Pickleball Championships has evolved into a sporting event phenomenon. The upcoming 2024 event is poised to make…

4 min read

01-31-24

Pickle4 Team

The Pickler Partners with Kitchen Talk: Pickleball Edition to Serve Up Pickleball Interviews

The Pickler is excited to announce our partnership with Kaitlin Miller and her podcast, Kitchen Talk: Pickleball Edition….

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Rules Refresh

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03-13-24

Mark Peifer

Q&A – PLAY OR REPLAY

3 min read

Murmurs from the Losers’ Bracket

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03-13-24

Frank Cerabino

Lob into the Sun? Maybe, Maybe Not

Not all lobs into the sun are created equal. It’s important to differentiate between the rules of pickleball and the spirit…

8 min read

Strategy & Technique

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03-27-24

Pickle4 Team

7 Tips to Dominate The US Open Pickleball Championships (or Any Other Pickleball Tournament)

The Biggest Pickleball Party in the World™—the US Open Pickleball Championships—begins on Saturday, April 13th, 2024…

Headlines from the court

Pickleball is the latest commodity to convince buyers to say yes to the address! 🏠 With pickleball mentions up 64% compared with last year, at-home courts or proximity to pickleball courts is a huge selling point when putting your house on the market.
American Idol judge Katy Perry showed off her pickleball skills. Check out Katy and her mother challenging fellow judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie on the pickleball court. 🎶
Do you have a favorite pickleball-inspired playlist to listen to while out on the court? 🎧 Searches for pickleball playlists had a whopping 1,600% increase on Spotify.
Double Double

The PPA Tour faced some wild weather at the Austin Open in Texas that seemed to welcome some 🌪️ whirlwind shakeups for the event. Anna Leigh Waters withdrew from the women’s singles event making way for Judit Castillo to earn the gold medal and her first ever PPA singles win. Andrei Daescu and Anna Bright earned the “double double” 🥇🥇 at the event with gold medals in mixed doubles and gender doubles. Daescu and Bright defeated top duo Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns. Bright and her partner Rachel Rohrabacher gave Waters and Catherine Parenteau their first loss as a pair in women’s doubles.

The APP headed to Florida for the Miami Open. This event also had a “double double” winner with Dylan Frazer earning the gold 🥇in mixed with Hurricane Tyra Black and men’s doubles with JW Johnson. After a triple crown 👑in California, Jorja Johnson earned another gold medal with women’s doubles partner Milan Rane. Another (unrelated) Johnson took the men’s singles title with Hunter Johnson defeating Grayson Goldin.

For a full recap on these events, check out the following:

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for more pro pickleball action in April! 📆

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