2021 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships - Pro Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match

[@Starry737]

AL Waters is so mature in the way she carries herself despite Matt Wright acting like Matt Wright, that is, always in your face with his opponents. Even a fifteen year old opponent!

[@kiklocus4660]

so you expect him to be easy on his 15 year old opponent and let her win?

[@mex5341]

this was one the pro and consistent game ever

[@roman2011]

Great commentary

[@jeanines2833]

The person singing the national anthem needs to learn the lyrics better. Toward the end, she replaced some words with other similar sounding, but wrong words. Sadder yet is the fact that no one else noticed this, or they were too afraid (or polite) to mention it here in the comments, or maybe they just don't care. Otherwise, she sounded great and hit all the correct notes in this very difficult song to sing, so I'm applauding her.

[@pineappleproduction795]

Your life must be miserable if you are crying about how someone messes up a song you know you wouldn’t have the confidence to even sing in front of all those people

[@Chuckme888]

McGuffin needs to let Water play her game...and not leave his left side opened so much. Kovalova can eat him up with her quickness.

[@bitcoinandinvesting]

that's what i'm thinking after watch five minutes, why he always trying to cover the right and left his left a big open?

[@SamWilkinsonn]

@@bitcoinandinvesting because men are better than women so he wants as many shots as possible in the rallies. Before anyone gets offended, I’m not pointing this fact out to be provocative, I’m just answering the question truthfully.

[@DavidSmith-77777]

@@bitcoinandinvesting @

[@janechambers4983]

I wish they would not put commercials right in the middle of a point. Why not wait until between serves?

[@WilliamSt.Clair1399]

Imagine being a 40 year old man, and staring down a 15 year old and yelling.

[@lyndagunderson6895]

Not just staring down at a 15 year old, but yelling and shaking his fist at her. Wow…he’s acting like a grumpy old man.

[@genzoned4244]

more likely a 45 yr old staring down a 25 yr old but yeah

[@WilliamSt.Clair1399]

@@genzoned4244 well she’s 16 now so a year ago that makes her 15.

[@genzoned4244]

@@WilliamSt.Clair1399 oh wow I thought she was mid 20s from her face but I guess the sunglasses makes it hard to tell

[@WilliamSt.Clair1399]

@@genzoned4244 all good, just wanted it to be clear that he really is acting that way towards a minor.

[@jeremysmith9694]

You guys have more ads on this than the Superbowl

[@devgliss]

Amazing to watch!

[@saeyhaqeiqa4628]

So at first watch I’m like it’s mini tennis and this is boring at first then I realized how addictive it is to just watch. The close proximity and hand and eye coordination has to be so on point. It’s sounds like ping pong but looks like tennis. Pickle ball or Tennis Pong? I think I like it.

[@CatLost_Waiting]

Pickle ball is more like Ping Pong + Badminton. It's got 80% badminton moves (drop shots, lobs, and overhead smashes) and 20% Ping Pong moves (bashes and smashes).

[@gunchbandit4422]

Either way it sucks to watch. I'd rather watch tennis.. and even that sucks. I don't get it.

[@laneyc.4587]

@@gunchbandit4422 Then don't watch... why you even in this comment section lmaoo

[@pickleballer1729]

You commented a year ago about how you thought Pickleball was boring at first, but then saw the appeal. Have you _played_ yet?

[@tommiemaese7116]

​@@gunchbandit4422 If you think it sucks, play it with a good player, then let me know!

[@kirynkokos5751]

Do they play on grass in Wimbledon?

[@saeyhaqeiqa4628]

How long has this sport been going on? It looks like it will sharpen up your tennis play because of the close proximity.

[@stayready4fun]

PB will wreck your tennis play since it is so much faster, and slices are rarely used by top PB players. Also, serves in PB doubles aren't much of a factor, unlike tennis.

[@td5272]

1965. Invented by dads of bored kids on Bainbridge Island in Seattle area, spread via physical education instructors from there.

[@nealjessup8834]

On Waters' serves, does she appear to impart spin to the ball before striking (rule 4.A.5)? (Edit: never mind, this was banned in 2023, so in 2021 it was legal).

[@tednorberto3086]

Where are the Chinese and Japanese? I'm bettin they'd be awesome.

[@walliegirl2]

Tennis is huge in Japan and China.

[@kilowatt02]

Matt Wright is very impressed with Matt Wright. It is not fun to watch Matt Wright play.

[@valerianpereira1259]

Ms. A. Waters.. is a pleasure to watch; Smart; quick; Awesome; Bright future.

[@lorettacanterbury4226]

OMG! McGuffin stay on your side. Waters can hold her side. She can out play you if you weren't so full of yourself you would let her play her side.

[@tamjeanell]

18:20 Starts

[@downieduck2414]

waters is definately beating that matt guy most of the time

[@mikemorgan8646]

Personal trainer here: Anything that gets you off the couch. BTW: think of baseball players in a "no hitter" game or low scoring game [which is very common] Pickleball players at least have to move.

[@racketman2u]

They should change the game so that all players just stand at the "kitchen" and do away with the rest of the court. They could then fit 3 courts in! It's not like they use the blue bits anyway.

[@PaperStreetInk]

Respectfully, you must not be paying much attention

[@jonesy77777]

That mcguufin guy is all over his partners court, yet it is him letting all the points by

[@jasonbrown5752]

I think the point that gave them the lead was in and not out slow it down. it bounces on the outside of the line.

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Ididn't know there was a national championship in pickleball. Now I know.

[@walliegirl2]

Matt Wright is old as hell, but he can really play. He could have played on the pro tennis tour in doubles when he was younger. Interesting to see if Anna Leigh tries to play on women's pro tennis tour. McGuffin looks a little bit like Fabio Fognini.

[@jebby16]

That's funny. Water's young as hell.

[@walliegirl2]

@@jebby16 Do you think Anna Leigh will play pro tennis?

[@GIVEMESN1PE]

Is this tennis for people that aren't athletic enough to play tennis? Was ping pong too hard as well? I don't get it

[@charleneandrade2688]

You get what you give in attitude on court.

[@walliegirl2]

Does Matt Wright still actively practice law?

[@Melodie007]

Anna Leigh

[@carltonhinote2247]

I see maybe 10% of the people have their right hand over their heart . America has changed .

[@jp0blues04]

THE SINGLE MOST SILLIEST GAME EVER

[@PaperStreetInk]

Equal parts silly and fun 🤩

[@divinggets2703]

You obviously haven't watched Golf.

[@jeremysmith9694]

Why does this say 2021?

[@docjun3588]

good exercise but not exciting as tennis. the ball transfer is quite slow. good for senior players. better than nothing.

[@taekim7002]

The man is hogging all the balls. The one who’s playing with the young woman.

[@ursuladelvalle]

McGuffin should let Al play her side and don't take over. She's a better player than him anyway ...

[@joemarshall4226]

The winning team should have taken a time out quicker in game 3. once your opponents score 3 points in a row, TIME OUT!

[@kuya24]

Stay classy.

[@karendenman2174]

If I was Annalee I’d be pissed as hell that my partner was over playing his position

[@alexwood9941]

There were a number of points they lost because he put himself out of position to hit her ball

[@jeremysmith9694]

If you think that's bad go watch Ben Johns

[@saeyhaqeiqa4628]

Right stay in your lane bro she’s got her side man. Dude almost ran over her.

[@nerfbutt]

ESPECIALLY when she's outplaying him. Kudos to her for not letting it get to her.

[@ahbrealtyandpropertymanage2039]

Oh that was hard listing to the national anthem getting butchered like that yikes

[@toledotoyota]

Good grief. The paddles are almost the size of tennis racquet heads...smh

[@dakota2314]

That girl's singing sounds rough 😅

[@valeriepaul6348]

the singer was HORRIFIC

[@sophocles1198]

Ear-ritating anthem

[@mervatameen646]

mat and kovalova are bad sports

[@Normagrateful]

agree. Rather nasty

[@alexwood9941]

At first I read that they are “bad at sports”. But that too

[@jeanventura5366]

why?

[@abc24601]

The commentators love them, especially the female commentator. She may be jealous of ALW.

[@yumiodeunalombok4921]

❤️

[@SONG1952]

Please the lady on this great talk , plz do not talk over Gabor or jump in when he talk. His response are to valuable to be interrupted. Plz b humble n patience till his dine. Less is more. 🙏🏽👍🏽

[@IdaMTarbell]

😢

[@gunchbandit4422]

This screams rich people....

[@gunchbandit4422]

This is just sad tennis. Try a new sport. Tennis sucks to watch already. I'd rather watch golf.

[@walliegirl2]

Tennis is great to watch. Arguably, the best sport to watch.

[@lancebornmann1160]

I can't wait till Jack sock decides to try in this so called sport. He is just going destroy pickleball players.

[@PaperStreetInk]

Seen him lose quite a few so far lol

[@PaperStreetInk]

To be fair, he will be amazing if he sticks with it

[@lancebornmann1160]

@@PaperStreetInk yeah. They didn't really seem to get into it.

[@PaperStreetInk]

@@lancebornmann1160 sock is still playing to this day

[@lancebornmann1160]

@jacobswift7473 going to be easy money for him once he retires from tennis. He is one of the best doubles players in the world. Imagine if Nick Kyrgios took pickleball seriously

[@chuckwalla2967]

Looks lame.

[@jebby16]

Yet here you are.

[@IsraelGarcia-m2y]

this looks so boring

[@meski6651]

how exciting-------------not

[@sunfloweralpacas]

OMGoodness. Even pickleball has to have an American flag display? Geez. Why? People don’t know they are in the USA? American teams are playing teams from elsewhere? Pickleball is courting sponsorship from military recruiters?

[@NN-oz6rr]

They mentioned that it was Military Appreciation Day. Did you miss that part?

[@sunfloweralpacas]

@@NN-oz6rr yes, I did miss that part. Thanks for pointing it out. 👍🏽

[@djjaewon]

I can't play a real sport like Tennis. Oh, let's play on a small court, stay up front, and not run at all.

[@gugolero]

Extremely boring sport, sorry to say

[@gunchbandit4422]

The fastest growing sport? C'mon no one watches this.

[@crystal372]

You watched it

[@td5272]

Said a guy commenting on something with 338k views.

[@DriverGuy23]

WTF is this? The pre-requisites for playing this must be owning a condo in Florida, a sailboat more than 30ft in length and a golf cart instead of a car. Don’t forget that you can’t play unless your name is Chase, Brad, Karen or Stacey.

[@AMurderOfLobs]

My buddies Chad and Chad want to play. You tellin me the Chads can't play? Trying tellin that to the Chads...

[@jglee6721]

This is a great invention. A sport for the mass.

[@sunfloweralpacas]

What about Chelsea and Heather?

[@siaf2398]

lol... these are NON-TENNIS playing ppl. that made-up a sport so they can compete. like the walking competitions.

[@G.B.B.]

Good Lord this game is stupid!

[@timmywitty1432]

It’s clear that you have never played pickleball, it is ridiculously fun and addictive!