Waters/Johns vs Bright/Patriquin at the Carvana Mesa Cup

It certainly has. So I want to see if they can get off to a good start here. This is going to be fun. She's a force when she's cooking. How about the hands of Patrick Quinn handled two balls off the tape there. And Patrick Quinn and Ben Johns have to play back-to-back to start when you have all these triple crowns. There's no good way to make the agenda for today. So I'll keep an eye on them in the next one. Nice counter. Annaleigh looking to test Big H down the line early. He's on it. He is on it and he is the key to this whole operation today. If he's on it they can win. Anna Bright will be solid as usual. Well a strong start I think too for Anna Bright and Hayden Patrick Quinn. I don't think they had the best start in Cape Coral either. Still kept it close obviously all the way through. It was Anna Bright who was struggling out the gate which is a rare sight. Great recognition of the pattern. So H goes up the line not perfect off the tape but he notes the next one is likely to come middle and we're just waiting to pounce. This is a much better start than last time. 0-2-1. Missed third for Ben Johns. Rare sight for that one. 0-2-2. 186 days since that last triple crown when they were both double triple hunting. So it has been a long time since that term has been in play. Yeah when these two are chasing history together it's palpable for the rest of us. Tie game early best three out of five as always on championship Sunday. Waters so the cross court dinks. When will Annaleigh and Anna Bright keep the dudes honest behind them especially attacking Ben down the line? Monstrous play in the middle. Yes and the side-to-side lateral movement is elite. You talk about short area quickness it's absurd. 2-3-1. Not the tallest but covers a lot of ground quickly. That's deep for Anna Bright. Second serve. And she's talked about in women's doubles how attacking out of the air is the thing she needs to do because Annaleigh will take care of anything off the bounce. Nice cookie set up there for Anna Bright. Why is Annaleigh so effective off the bounce compared to most? Deception, pinpoint accuracy. You put those two together and you have people all pretzeled up. Whoopsie. Oh gets out of it. Oh what a shot. Mixing it a lot. Much more aggressive already. He has been sending it at Annaleigh and he just threw a ball up and over. He has dinked cross court a lot more in these in the past so this is already different. There's another example there unfortunately off the tape so it'll be interesting to see if Ben trusts that hey what I'm throwing cross court he can't really do a lot. It'll be at his own risk but he's sending stuff early and sending it over her head as well. Women's doubles partners heads up here. Oh over Ben's head. Left guess what I'm lobbing your partner all day. And speaking of lobs, lob serve to get this one going. Nice angle from Hayden. Dangerous J. Anna Bright and Hayden Patricklin could be their day today. Hayden is just an absolute menace today. I love it and you can't say well I don't like that play if you want them to play aggressive you're just going to have some wild misses. 4-3-2. And warm-ups where she was literally fed those and does that ever pay off. That was not an easy ATP finish. 5-3-2. That's the predicament against these two. End of the net. Wise timeout taken by Annalee Waters. Holts the run there. 3-5-1. And a gift given over to Waters and Johns. 4-5-1. Second serve. Oh there's a snickerdoodle. Hold on. Let's get the shoes. I mean how about Mesa just dominating. 4-5-2. This crowd has been electric all week. Click off the tape will help Hayden Patricklin. Yeah since Tuesday day this fan base has been loud present. Around grandstand as well. That's wide. What defense for Anna Bright. Because Ben was on the speed up I wondered how often is she going to go there and she's able to not just handle it but keep it safe. Patricklin's been on everything but the tape is not going to let him be on that one. Side out. So I'm good with aggression. That can't happen. You got a terrible return right there. You're so far ahead in the point. You gotta take advantage of that. Oh they switch midpoint. Feet of cement when she gets over to the left. I'm not going anywhere but they switch that time. That tells you how dialed in she knows they have to be here. She would have never switched in an earlier round. Wow off the tape again. 6-6-1. Lobster to the sky. So Anna Bright attacked it. Love that. So instead of letting the ball bounce and play you and coming all the way back deep she took it on the rise because Anna Lee's wanting to storm your short return. That's really smart footwork and choice from Anna Bright there. That is smart. Let's go H. 6-6-1. That's great news if you're cheering for that team at home because he has got all of it going on. Call is out. My Anna Bright. Yep. Shank from Ben Johns. Important for off-ball player to pay attention. Don't go run into the net because Patricklin was playing that and that ball was deep. In the strike zone Ben misses and Waters takes the free challenge timeout for 45 seconds. Ferocious hands battle so we'll keep an eye on that as well. Second serve. One hole down, one to go for Waters and Bright. Here Waters, excuse me, and Johns after calling the timeout. Just screams at him. Bad choice from Anna Lee but she got away with it. Just not far enough to the outside hip and Anna Bright though got too much of it. Oh just wide and trying to do a little too much. Again you can circle back to that timeout taken. 6-8-1. Bright and Patrick with a chance to pull away. 8-6-1 excuse me. Down it goes. And there you see Patrick when anything he can send. That one he goes all the way outside hip to Ben and sets up his partner. Beautiful synchronized pickleball here so far. Oh another one. Ben's on it. Wow what a save because the drive from Ben would have been three feet out. Anna Lee looking a little frustrated early. 8-7-1. Bright and Patrick looking to close out. World number one and game one. You have to win this game. It's that simple. 9-7-1. Man and the net courts have been very one-sided to Anna Lee and Ben here so far. Yet they still have a two-point lead. 9-7-2. But they got to take it all the way to the finish line See the percentages. Opposing her will. Yes the attack from just behind the kitchen line way too high from Patrick Wynn. Just back for points. Insane resets from Ben there. In what ways? Just the ball's down at his feet and he's able to keep it into a safe spot. It's time here for Waters and Johns. 8-9-1. Still on their first server too. Nice return. That's as perfect of a return as you can get for Anna Bright. It's a dream scenario. So far we've had three timeouts called and the receivers won all four rallies. Can they get a fifth in that stat? Indeed they can. So that was massive. Even more massive closing it here. 9-7-1. Patrick Wynn back to the line. Oh my that is so good for Hayden Patrick Wynn. Pulls Ben back from the line. Exploits the opening game points. 10-8-1. It's massive. That is massive. They outplayed them and they were able to cash. There's outplaying them so many times and not being able to cash. This is different. Now you just got to win two out of four. Can they do it? Saw from game number one on the other side or not. Anna Bright was on it. Early sign up for Waters and Johns. Yeah got to make that. I mean that's strike zone. 0-0-1. Okay. Second serve. Harbinger of the net cords maybe all favoring the far side which Anna Bright and Hayden would love here. 0-0-2. Point. Early miss into the net. Waters and Johns. And those are the little things that okay it's the first point on the board but got to be clean here to win. With the sunlight coming through is we've only played singles at this hour all week so you don't have those firefights so the players are not used to having to deal with this right now and in this different arrangement. So again just something to see if we see some players not on some balls they usually are. Second serve. Ben and Anna Lee played singles this week so perhaps a little bit more of a sample size for them in that lighting issue. And not a good start at all here in game two. Anna Bright rarely what is holding oh she is switching out see so she is changing the glasses back here so it's it's a it's a thing. 1-0-1. Watching the ball change color on the way to you is a thing and you can see it as you watch here. Uh-oh. Point. So Ben in the early going here has also sent anything he could at Anna Bright. She did a great job of handling less speed ups than Hayden in the first match. We'll see if she can keep that going. Nice pressure from Hayden Patrick Quinn forcing the second serve. 2-0-2. Too much Hannah Bright. Great pressure that time on her women's doubles partner which we'll see later on today. Yes I know. Joining forces. Coming off a double pickle uh my goodness in the semis yesterday. 18 minutes. Yes yes it did. Second serve. Another one on the tape from that side so just absolutely. 0-2-2. About an inch off. Oops off the tape and the tag. Hannah Lee so satisfied doesn't care how she gets the bag. And it wouldn't have mattered because he wasn't on it. 2-0-1. He would have been hit if it hadn't hit the tape. Just wide. Point. Ridiculous save on the backhand run around by Anna Bright but so now we're seeing Hannah Lee attack up the line and Patrick Quinn late turning the paddle over Massive swing when a ball is coming at you at that pace. Okay. Another unforced miss for Bright and Patrick Quinn. They'll take a timeout early here in game two. A, B and H take the first one but Ben Johns and Hannah Lee Waters. 4-0-2. So Anna Bright says out as he's in mid swing and still fires. That one hits the tape as well. 5-0-2. Oh no. So that was paddle then ground then over. That is crazy. It's like a table tennis serve. Ben immediately called it on himself. Great cross body attack. So Ben has been even more aggressive himself here in game two. Point. And a miss goes the other way and they're finally on the board. 1-5-2. Consistently attacked not just Anna Lee but another cross-court attack of Ben to set himself up and these two are going to be staring at each other all morning. I mean there's going to be a little brunch in between and then it's right back out there against each other in men's doubles. Just back for big H. Yeah to your point we're going to take a 20-minute break in between match one and two and give the boys a reset which if this goes five both players going to be exhausted heading into men's doubles. Hitting it as hard as you can and they keep getting it back. Just drop it. Really well done there. Oh it's back. Side out. The foot speed of hitting Patrick Quinn too. And the other beneficiary of that back-to-back who isn't even playing and may not even be here probably isn't is Chris Hayworth. Yeah. Because Ben's going to have two big time battles before he plays that singles final later. Second serve. I mean Ben is diving into the middle. That is wide open. Just pulled a little too far from Patrick Quinn. 2-5-2. Oh just wide. Ben trying to mix up his patterns on Hayden Patrick Quinn. So he tries to do the same and they both miss wide going at the outside hip. The lob is spectacular. One of the big strategy I would imagine on that side. Yes and it should be. For many years. 4-5-2. Nice. Pressure from Ben Johns. Yeah so Patrick Quinn you don't see the guy attacking the guy up the line because they're usually not there and Ben knows that Hayden wants him to go back to oh look it's open to my left which it wasn't. That's a smart shot from Ben. Yes please. Let's feast your eyes on this hands battle. Just outstanding. I mean the fans here can't even believe that. 6-4-1. Rat-a-tat-tat to its finest. Ben Johns bringing the life at the perfect moment. Patrick Quinn reading that situation wisely calling a 45 second break and how about this Dave? Ben Johns best in show. Honors and Johns look to close out game two to make it even. Second serve. Yes and amateur players at home do not swing as hard as you can from the midcourt when your opponents are both standing at the line. Full send through the middle denied by the forehand of Ben Johns. She's so far back that even if he is thinking backhand he's got time to adjust. Big H goes for the big flick. Gets it done. Side out. 4-8-1. The two-way backhand top spin lob. It has been a great source of offense. 5-8-1. Left his pocket of Ben Johns. Right in Patrick Quinn right back in the fight. Choppy steps choppy steps. Yes. Might have to shave the mullet to get more aerodynamic. All right big point here. Second serve. Second try to close the gap. Every time out has produced a side out so far. Oh a slapper from Hayden. Ben Johns swirls it the other way to Anna Brack. 8-6-1. Nice angle from Hayden. Patrick went a little bit back too to make that ball run away from Ben Johns. Yeah so then if you put it kind of dead over there he's got that in the arsenal as well. Wanted it down the line on Patrick Quinn. It's well wide. Nice hold for Bright and Patrick Quinn. 6-8-1. An opportunity to tie it. Tremendous defense. Got them that opportunity and Anna Bright is on the attacks coming from the other side here. Not from counter but just laying it back in the kitchen to find a better opportunity. Springs to length to tie it at 8. 8-8-1. I mean they don't want to hear me say a third thrown into the net at a moment that they needed it but it just happened again. Fun for Bright and Patrick Quinn. You can hear who the crowd wants. Into the post. After all that practice and warm-ups too she knew she'd get some of those because of the aggressive dinks of Anna Lee. Another miss for Ben having second serve. 8-9-2. Ridiculous. Look at where the personnel is on the court. The transition area. Who else can do that? Not many. Oh no but same guy on that. Take the second and it feels like it has to be here. 9-9. I love those championship Sunday shirts from our great crowd in Masek. 10-9-1. Game point for Bright and Patrick Quinn. For sure. She's on it. Game point number two. It's hard enough to beat them if you have to hit them through your partner. Aiden looks equally surprised that it hit him as much as it was that she got it. Oh boy. 9-10-1. I'd like to hear from you fans in your white t-shirts. 9-10-2. 10-9-1. Quinn's stand one game away from their first title over Ben and Anna Lee. They trailed big time in that one. They started off poorly and then slammed the gas, hit the nitro button and the top seeds have to win three in a row or they're gonna lose here again. Take that in for just a moment. Game three coming up next. Championship Sunday getting wild to start in Mesa. They gotta play better or they're going to lose in three here. What a combo against Ben off the line then goes body that time. I mean he just keeps taking it to the outside hip and Ben is looking for a forehand. It's fabulous offense from age here today. So paddle sent. Anna Lee starting with the self-encouragement. I'm sure fight fight fight is around the corner here. 1-0-2. He is getting that is even remotely sendable. He's either sending it or throwing it over their heads and it is working. Shrugged her shoulders like hey I practiced those all morning and I hit the exact ball I wanted and he beats H back cross court. Anna Bright to her infinite credit has not attacked anything she has countered and let H be the offense. Wow perfect. It was right there. How about the defense? Two rifles on the overhead for big H. And they get from Ben to throw the lob response as high and deep as he could so they're just not sitting ducks. Keep an eye on that because that would have been ball coming back up to nothing. That's way out but Ben takes a swing and here's where you want to get. Hey just keep adding a little bit here. Don't don't let them feel like they've got a chance today. Now making that one work fading away then they know you're hitting it so it's got to be better so less disguise. These goats are getting branded on almost every point in game three. How about this performance? It's been unbelievable. I mean we've talked about how he's not the tallest guy and he came storming back across. Yeah he never got the right foot back down on his journey. You want to talk about exerting everything. Those are the killers because it's so hard for you to get a point and keep adding and then to make him just have a missed fourth. Second serve. And I've got my eyes on Annaleigh now because she red lines when she's down and sometimes to her not benefit. Just a no from Anisha. Hi this is my court and that's a no. She's saying it's a double hit not one motion there. But no. That is a no from me dog. Full send from Annaleigh. Patricklyn mishit that badly. He was fooled but when you have hands of gold you can get it behind you. Anna Bright was actually on that behind him there. But when it's your day maybe it's your day. Oh a little strategy switch there. 3-3-2. 4-3-2. And there's AB out of the air. She has been isolated on the last couple of rallies. See if they can close it out here in game three. Ben was confused. Like he didn't see that. Like that wasn't the pace on that. I get that maybe he was sitting backhand but he should still have a paddle on that. Force missed from Ben Johns. Vulnerable as we've seen them. 7-3-2 Bright and Patricklyn. And you're just asking for it. And here's where you just can't rush the finish line if you're Bright and Patricklyn. Stay in the same patterns that have been working. Through the middle from sweeping Ben Johns. There are two points from the win of their lives. I'll recall. 2-10-3-2. As good as you are ever going to see strategically. Anna Bright so solid and Patricklyn an absolute monster from start to finish. And Ben and Anna Lee do not win gold here again. And throw away your double triples. Throw away your triple crowns in one fell swoop. All those storylines are crushed. They did not flinch. Statement win in the desert for Anna Bright and Patricklyn. Championship earned and a reminder to the rest of the tour the gap is officially closing. We'll be right back to crown them the title winners of Mason. Anna Lee obviously not the result you wanted here today. What do you take away from this loss? Anna and Hayden played really well today. I guess I take away we did better than last year here. We made it to the final. Lost Anna last year so it feels a little bit like deja vu. But just excited that we could make it to the final. Very happy for Anna and Hayden. If I'm going to lose to anybody I'm glad it's AB. Please play like that in the next match too. But yeah this obviously sucks. I hate losing but I'm happy for Anna and Hayden. Ben how much does this fuel you guys for the rest of the season? Yeah you know for sure. It's definitely tough to come away with any loss but you know it definitely motivates you to win all the more. So yeah like Anna Lee said they played great and I'm looking forward to playing them eight more times hopefully. Thank you. Give it up for our silver medalists Anna Lee Waters and Ben Johns. Thank you guys. Now let's bring in our gold medalists Hayden Patrick Quinn and Anna Bright. Well deserved. Anna not only do you take out the world number one but you do it in three here in Mesa. Walk me through what you're feeling. Oh man I feel like a lot of nerves like I think in when we had our match point in Cape Coral I missed the third so even though 10-3 I was so nervous and I hit I was like I'm not gonna miss it but I just I basically gave Ben an overhead. I was literally smiling after the shot but thankfully it was you know that's better than an error. So just a lot of emotions you know really trying to stay calm out there and it wasn't it wasn't easy. They're such an amazing team. We got it out a really close game one and two and I'm just so happy. Thank you guys for all the support and everything. I really really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Hayden walk me through what you're feeling on this moment here. You beat Anna Lee and Ben in three games. Yeah no it's wild. What a better place to do it. I have my friends here, my family. I'm kind of emotional honestly. I don't want to cry but it feels amazing. It's like the best team so no it's great. You guys had so much confidence going in this. You looked like you said so calm. What brought that confidence to you guys playing the world number one? Honestly I was trying to be a little bit detached you know all week everyone's like you're gonna do it this time, you're gonna do it this time and I was like maybe we won't you know. I think I wanted it a little too bad in Cape Coral so trying to come out and just enjoy you know playing with Hayden. I was in a great mood this morning and we both were and just really happy we were able to sustain a high level and I'm really excited. I think matches against that team are only going to get better and better you know. I think we've lost them like six straight times all of them going to a decider so it's like no one beats us seven times in a row. So just excited for the rest of the season. Well let's bring in your trophy. We're bringing Blake Williams, brand ambassador from our title sponsor Carvana. Blake. Good morning. Thank you guys for coming out to Championship Sunday. On behalf of Carvana and the PPA Tour I'd like to present this trophy to Anna Bright and Hayden Patrick Quinn. Congratulations. I'm sure Anna Bright's application status will be