Waters/Johns v Bright/Tardio at the CIBC PPA Finals

[@jackiei3887]

Best I’ve seen Ben johns play in a while

[@Houjixful]

send pizaa boy back to dominos

[@tombarca100]

Look at Ben's defense on the last point; the guy is incredible

[@annegoodfellow8928]

Congratulations I love watching Ben and ALW play, so smooth. What a terrific match and great commentary

[@richardmejia803]

I agree Ben J was amazing and clearly the reason they won

[@andrewtaylor2607]

Not to bash, but how do you have the 1 & 2 seed play in the semi finals? What tournament organization is that? 😅

[@voiceofreason9238]

This tournament had pool play in the first round. Single elimination in the championship bracket.

[@williamhumphries2900]

why is 1st seed vs 2nd seed not the final?

[@johnclikeman5041]

This tournament had pool play followed by bracket. Bright and Tardio were second overall seed at the start of the tournament but finished second in their pool.

[@voiceofreason9238]

what is wrong with Anna Leigh's knee?

[@wolf-xf6hf]

I’m pretty sure its just general wear and tear. Hard courts and especially playing singles is absolutely brutal on your knees and since she plays and drills so much it’s just bound to happen. I’m honestly shocked more players don’t have knee braces and just straight up knee issues

[@icefalcon2243]

The only cure for pickleball fever is more pickleball. It’s tough on the body no question

[@spaznickermeyer3507]

Ben and ALW after match: "PHEW."

[@juice1837]

11-7, 11-4. Phew lol

[@spaznickermeyer3507]

@@juice1837 score doesn't always tell the story of the match my friend

[@juice1837]

​@@spaznickermeyer3507 true, but in this case it wasn't that close.

[@lemcortez]

Every team that plays against the 1 seed does well the first game and crap the next game. They come in strong, then get discouraged. They need to keep the intensity.

[@matthewpursley69]

Why is #1 playing #2 in semi’s?

[@Riker-ER]

It wasn't a 42 point rally🤪Announcer knows everything 🤔

[@skchang168]

Most often, Bright likes to start the speed-up hand combat, but in fact, most of her shots are actually outball if the opponents can get out of the way quickly. She needs to be more patient and actually learn more soft touch handling (drop reset) instead of always bruteforce her way out to win a point. The only reason she picked Tardio is she THINKS he is a good match-up against Ben during a hand-combats speed-up but obviously miss calculated Ben's other skills (speed-up backend roll). She always plays like a shark, as she likes to attack first, and she thinks attacking is better than being patient waiting for your opponent to make a mistake. She should try play more singles and see how far her attacking strategy can get her so she can evolve her game more.

[@stevec6919]

Bright is overrated.

[@kellenoneill2050]

@@stevec6919 Beating the most dominant women's doubles team ever in two consecutive tournament finals = overrated. What? Sure she doesn't have as much success against ALW in mixed but like... who does?

[@YanickLegault-f8n]

The crowd shpuld learn to be quieter during points

[@meizhou2275]

its almost getting bored nobody can challenge AB's dominance in xd . need more new talents...

[@45414]

Waters/Johns may be better than Johns/Johns.

[@Max-kj1xb]

ALW should play against BJ or many other men just to give her a little competition and make things more interesting.