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Yuta Funemizu has made history as the first Japanese player to sign an exclusive contract with the United Pickleball Association (UPA) to compete on the Carvana PPA Tour (PPA Tour) and be eligible to be drafted on a team in Major League Pickleball. The PPA Tour is the premier professional pickleball tour, holding exclusive contracts … Read more
OVERALL TOP 5: PERFECT ATTENDANCE: All of the top players, female and male, will be in action in Mesa. GRAB A SLICE OF GOLD WITH GABE?: Ben Johns did not win gold with Patriquin, what happens with pizza-loving Tardio? SINGULARLY FOCUSED: Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, and Catherine Parenteau are all back in the singles … Read more
The 2025 PPA Tour Carvana Mesa Cup will prove to be a seminal moment in professional pickleball, with record-breaking attendance revenue and more attendees than an average ‘23-’24 regular season NBA and NHL game. The 6-day event at the Arizona Athletic Grounds drew a staggering 18,965 attendees – the largest pickleball event in the venue’s … Read more
The Carvana PPA Mesa Cup Presented by Proton DID NOT disappoint! Many pundits (including myself) are saying this was the most competitive and entertaining event in PPA Tour history. There were so many amazing matches that I can’t even talk about all of them! Let’s get into the action! Top Storylines from Mesa Ben and … Read more
The Professional Pickleball Association today announced their multi-year partnership with FASENRA® (benralizumab) injection, for subcutaneous use as an Official Partner of the PPA Tour. FASENRA® (benralizumab) injection, for subcutaneous use is a prescription medicine used with other asthma medicines for the maintenance treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma in people 6 years and older whose asthma … Read more
The PPA Tour is back where it started, six years ago! The Mesa PPA event was the first PPA Tour event ever, in 2019. The Round of 64 starts nine days after the PPA Tucson Open concluded, and the players are back in the Arizona desert for more action. The Arizona Athletic Grounds is hosting … Read more
Fans in Australia can catch Evans and Spiridis at this week’s Proton Australia Pickleball Open, Jan. 28-Feb. 2 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Evans and Spiridis join the PPA Tour and MLP after incredible careers with Australia’s National Pickleball League (NPL), where they were both part of the inaugural NPLeague 1 winning team, … Read more