Pickleball's Most Dominant Women's Singles Player Loses

[@Dmocification]

Question ALW maturity? While you got Mcguffin breaking paddles over his knee? like come on

[@mccgunter]

Exactly!

[@chazmo1968]

We should treat her as a professional athlete that is 16. Professional Athletes make mistakes and we hope they learn from them.

[@christian-gu5oq]

did you see how her mom acted when she lost this family are just babies

[@chazmo1968]

@@christian-gu5oq the feeling of entitlement.

[@tatankadog2]

I saw nothing wrong with how AL acted. It was in no way negative... unusual maybe, but expressive which is perfectly fine.

[@EddieDBama]

ALW- I think her mom told her to lose gracefully, and ALW probably thought - of course I'm going to lose gracefully, and then decided to make a silly reaction to make her mom uncomfortable. Teens vs Moms McGuffin -seems obvious Alshon was mad at himself for blowing the opportunity. McGuffin thinking it was about him, confronted him. Alshon and ALW both will grow from this. Tyra - DANG! She's the one that will give ALW more trouble in the coming years. Strength and speed. Once she really learns the game- watch out.

[@sj-uc9ke]

Seemed like Alshon was just mad at himself and McMuffin thought it was a dig at him.

[@noelgenoway9360]

McMuffin is a bit of a douchebag! Give Alshon a break - he is mad at HIMSELF and did do a quick good game at the end............... but McDouche had to make it bigger than it was!!!

[@springfield03sniper]

I’ve been watching alshon for about a year now. He has a ton of talent, and athleticism, but he is a head case. Reminds me of like a Tomas Berdych on the ATP tour. Ton of natural ability and talent, just couldn’t perform in back to back big matches/tournaments. Alshon is still young, but unfortunately that mentality is hard to break.

[@brianbanks3044]

she was celebrating..."Finally someone beat me!!!!"...."It took long enough"....I don't think she was disrespecting her opponent but it wasn't a great look...she looked like she was upset with her mom constantly telling her to calm down

[@willbridgesentertainment]

She is 16. she hasn't even experienced life yet. It's ok!

[@LebronCCP]

She’s experienced a Range Rover

[@thegoldenrooster8376]

Why would thumbs up Alshon as he’s walking away and behind his back, that’s just disrespectful. He’s angry and frustrated, leave him alone. Imagine if Tyra Black thumbs upped AL when she lost and went after her to talk to her. Leave her alone.

[@kakpraat18]

Because money is involved and it's unprofessional. Your attitude counts.

[@bonniebeaux]

Really liked this recap!

[@robsutton3092]

Great recap! Thank you!

[@brittanyblassingill]

How can we look at the Real Clear spreadsheets for other matches?

[@doug186]

She’s only 16 but is paid like an adult. I was watching on TV and it overshadowed Tyra’s win IMO.

[@firstbikeisascout9103]

No mention of how the broadcast shifted from CBS to subscription CBS sports in the middle of Tyra’s final? With limited viewership I should add. I’m told that Jana was not happy with the delay as she had the momentum.

[@NOT_A_TOP_FAN]

I don’t think it was that big of a deal…why?? Because all of these middle aged people who never played a sport in their life caller her THE GOAT. She’s 16 years old and this sport has been around for a minute! Stop doing that to a 16 year old!

[@TC-dw6wg]

Oooooo K. Come down and take some deep breathes.

[@kosanmr2]

IF AW reacts well to losing next time, then yep, lesson learned and good for her.

[@mitchelll4847]

whos AW

[@timhardman4764]

nice re-cap of the unusual events of the tournament

[@ronp5615]

Great job by both ladies and gratz to the winner. Life is a learning adventure. I hope the pressure doesn't break the young lass. I think that it will not.

[@darciisabella]

I disagree with you completely about Anna Leigh. At the end of the game she clapped, tapped paddles, tossed her paddle to her mom, even took a moment to thank the ref and left. How is any of that disrespectful? She's actually very mature for a 16yo and acts like an adult more often than actual adults.

[@thegoldenrooster8376]

tossing your paddle at your mom unexpectedly is 100% disrespectful, she hardly gave her mom any reaction to catch the paddle. youre sarcastically clapping at your opponents win while jumping up and down or loss and storm off the court. i will say it was blown out of proportion though. not as a big deal as people make it but it was just weird. LOL

[@noelgenoway9360]

I would agree! I think she was more mad at Mom and all the pressure she puts on her! ALW is an amazing player and today was not her day! However, Tyra was on fire and played so well! CONGRATS!!!

[@springfield03sniper]

Ignatowitch and wright will be a good pair

[@friendz44life]

I don’t even think she reacted poorly. Strange reaction, yes. But disrespectful or immature??….no. She still taps paddles w Tyra and she thanks the refs. An immense amount of pressure from everyone and coming from within was on AL. She probably just wanted to get off the court asap after the loss. I think ppl are trying to make something out of nothing. Where’s all the hate from that one male player who literally threw his paddle damaging the screen after a bad play?

[@wisepickleball]

Well said. Very professional round up of everything.

[@hi.biancarusso]

nice video

[@rburnsiv]

Tyra is a coward. She basically retired from singles after this tournament. "Going out on top". She knows she caught lightning in a bottle and would never beat AL again. Ask Parris Todd.

[@ctontz]

It's just a matter of time before the tennis players like Tyra start dropping in to play pickleball. Kind of like how Ronda Rousey dominated MMA in the beginning until other legit women started competing. There will be more new names coming up soon. And as always, Alshon you just got McGuffin'd

[@user9b2]

Both, she IS a kid!

[@Mr.DJones]

Thank you for your time and posting. I thought AL had to go to the bathroom really bad. TM has turned into an acc. Did you see the ref tell TM to go to his side? Why would an * go next to the match? Collin played, he didn't have to. IMO, JW/DF won fairly.

[@ronespiritu6875]

Sports stars should be role models, even if they claim they don't have to be. Bad behavior is rampant in tennis, and its sad to see it happens in this sport. ALW needs to learn to be a good sport. At 16, she doesn't want to become an unpopular pariah. She has a long career to go. We want to root for her, not dread the next melt down.

[@TC-dw6wg]

Except for this ONE instance, where else have you seen ALW being a poor sport? Most ignorant statement on this post!

[@asantewa3]

Lol…very very strange how quick people are to point out her age but if Tyra were 16 and reacted that way…no would mention her age at all. They would be calling on her to be banned from the sport.

[@cindyscott1984]

Sad to watch egos take over

[@TC-dw6wg]

Sad to read ignorant comments!

[@crizzy8373]

If she’s mature enough to date a 22 year old man, then she should be mature enough to lose a match gracefully!

[@Linda-vz5lv]

If ALW was to win ALW would have been jumping around and showing off like all other matches. But she couldn't really handle the loss, like a Professional Player....

[@TC-dw6wg]

Fifth Shot Media stop being a drama queen!

[@robertharless3304]

I we seen teenage girls playing on bigger stages then this in pro tennis never acted like ALW. But that that was another time and era before this is the time of self entitled millennials that can’t handle rejection

[@TC-dw6wg]

Ignorance is bliss in your world. You don’t have a clue who ALW is and you want to Talk about being self entitled!

[@Yungdil]

Hey idiot she’s not a millenial lmfao

[@drbonesshow1]

Upset? It is upsetting enough to know that there are pickleball champions. What a lame sport.

[@vincentblackshadow1581]

You sound like an unhappy individual, pickleball is probably the last thing you should be commenting on hope things turn around for you

[@drbonesshow1]

@@garuda70 You must be Mexican't.

[@TC-dw6wg]

@@drbonesshow1have you looked in the mirror lately? Now that’s upsetting!

[@drbonesshow1]

@@TC-dw6wg You must be a tool.