PPA Hyundai Masters - Women's Doubles Gold Match - AL Waters/Bright vs. Kovalova/Smith

Watch the Women's Doubles Championship match from The 2023 Hyundai Masters powered by Invited.
Watch as (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright take on (2) Lucy Kovalova and Callie Jo Smith at Rancho Mirage, California

[@gabelstapler19]

Thanks for posting this, glad I can eventually see these matches, even without 3 different cable packages.

[@royceracoma8864]

ALW, & AB together is a no brainer! I see a very bright future for that duo!

[@pickleballer1729]

No pun intended?

[@cathygraham8005]

Loving the Anna X 2 team! Gonna be a force!

[@rockerobertson4002]

Mama bear is a sensational PB player. But seriously, Anna Bright can take her spot permanently. Serious serious skills, speed. This duo can take many tournaments.

[@lucyli1742]

Way to go! Anna & Anna 🎉

[@Edward-qe7ih]

Anna Bright is a force

[@brianmacdougall5261]

Glad to see Callie and Lucy could be big after getting smoked two straight. They just never controlled the game. The ability of the Annas to switch sides at will and play either side effectively cannot be overstated. Great game and a new sheriff in town.

[@christinaguo5952]

Eventually got this vedio!!!

[@skidz8426]

24:50 I guess Smith didn’t get the memo no spin serves. Very sneaky with it must of practiced that alot

[@gabelstapler19]

Uh, while there may be a tiny bit of rotation, if anything she puts a bit of back spin on a top spin serve. There is zero kick when bounces, so...I don't see any rule breaking there.

[@thegoldenrooster8376]

@@gabelstapler19 you cant spin the ball as you drop it, plain and simple.

[@johnfisher6149]

I’m all for color co-ordinated team outfits, but the PPA is not Wimbledon.

[@patricksnyder3446]

If women want equal pay then NO MORE GENDER in Pickleball if you want the most play ALL of the best!! Let's see how that rolls out !!

[@bicyclethief]

these boomers outraged 24/7

[@sethbrand9009]

Patrick why does women asking for equal pay upset you enough to comment about it under a match's comment section? It doesn't even affect you..

[@patricksnyder3446]

@@sethbrand9009 this is one of the reasons why our country is in the state it's in now. The announcer brought it up not me I responded to a political statement made by the announcer. Then people like you come along to try and quiet the opposite opinion! Why do you care what I say why do you feel the need to quiet me??

[@MadagascarDave]

how much athletes get paid isn't a reflection on the relative skill but based on the popularity of the sport. If women's doubles brings in the same revenue as mixed or men's doubles, why wouldn't they be paid the same?

[@pickleballer1729]

@@MadagascarDave Agreed! And it may just happen in Pickleball, or at least come close, because of how great the Women's matches are. Fun fact: A couple of weeks ago I replied to one of the many douche bags that denigrate Pickleball, asking what sport(s) he played that he judged as so superior. He said he was a pro beach Volleyball player. One of the comments he made was disparaging the prize money, calling it "pocket change", (more true that we would like) so I researched the history of Beach Volleyball prize money. Besides finding that their prize money was significantly less (in real terms) at a similar point in the pro history, I also found that in that sport, women make MUCH more money than the men. I think you'll know why, and it's NOT because they are better players.