PPA Cary Day One Highlights

It's going to take a second to get his way into the back side. Nice cat will also closing a little bit to the net a bit more in his singles game. Lately we know what he can do from the baseline, but what a shot. Great angle to go off the sideline of the court. 2 five it was forehand is dangerous, but it's more liable for airs. That one looked like it was sailing and Hayworth gets ahold of the finishing touch. What a drop nice battle from new gun. That's where I talked about me. I do believe if you're going to be passing Hayworth when he's coming in on his powerful approach shots, it's below his knees. Nice, what a move is really good mover. Smooth, nice and low. Who Sky High Lob? Wow, faded him into that one. Hayworth 818 singles player. For Hayworth and he doesn't have a two game sweet three and one. And Chris Hayworth moves on to the round of 32 year closing thoughts on the cleanest ball striker in the game right now. Chris Hayworth and Ben Johns 1 covers his first serve of the match. Who? It's my favorite shot in all of the pickleball is the one handed Ben Johns backhand carve. Bunny snag not sure circle back with what that front line says. Another beautiful close from Ben Johns. Yeah, it's like that. He's wearing a hot dog, I think. Wow, keeps Tyson guessing what a ball from Ben Johns and ankle breaker. 11 two game one. Nice. It's a great point by Tyson knifing those balls right in front of the baseline. Nice. Oh oh, some wizardry almost at it. Mentioned the last title for Ben Johns and last title for Tyson McGuffin on his side was in August of 2013 or 2023. Excuse me. Almost chipped him 10 years there. Sad in. Yep, what an overhead way gets that too. Oh wow. Send them out a few 40 yard dashes there. What a return by Ben. Nice crosscourt opener for Tyson McGuffins. Wow, such a quick transition for Ben Johns closing to the line. Chipping his way back in. Can't ever count him out. It's so hard and then Ben is looming. What a way to end it at 11. I mean it indeed and Ben Johns does just that to close it out in straights. We're going to step aside for a moment so he does a good job of shuffling and keeping his feet open verse crossing when you cross you kind of get tangled up. Wow. Left side Annalee and the counter behind Gregorio is successful. She sure did. Lucky to have you in her corner, that's for sure. Sure she would say the same. Nice, I mean. Night night from Ben Johns. Different combinations, yeah. Did Annalee just go inside out backhand? She sure did and ends it there. Wow, waters everyone. Yeah, the footwork and then the finish. That kid drills that shot, wow. And Ben has his hands ready, but they obviously know right now that like she's gone cross every time so he kind of knows he's ready for that ball coming back at him. Little switcheroo, oh, counter Ernie. Mark it down. Wow, what a point is right. Had the ATP. Grandma had to take her since mom had to play. Fun trip for grandma to be a part of. Like that, we're being more aggressive. Gotta be aggressive against Ben and A.L. Make it hard though, because they use that aggression against you when the tide turns. So hard to get a ball down on them. When you have the blue, white, blue together, sometimes you're just not sure. Ooh, just back. All right, a little run here. How about this? 9-9-2. All right, tie game it is. And Ben's had enough. Got the ball back. More on that in a moment. Ooh, nice sneaky stuff from Ben Johns. So paying off that last story, Rod Brindamore, the coach obviously for the Stanley Cup champs, Carolina Hurricanes. Won it as a player, helped them win it as a coach. Just a fantastic human being. Big Rod Brindamore fan. Match point here for the world's best. Annaleigh puts it up on a platter for Ben Johns. And a great battle from the underdogs, but it's Annaleigh Waters and Ben Johns that advance your closing thoughts for this one, Elyse. Back in the PPA. Let's go and let's play pickleball. Oh, and how about just some disgusting filth to start with, Adam? And not out of the air. No. That was the two-hander off of the bounce with the sharp angle. And I had something to say, the Carroll manifold down there. Not sure what that was. Pretty big kitchen play there from Matthew Barlow. And more than, oh, and Casey Diamond and Kate Fahey looking on. Game point here for Hayden and Anna. Oh, and speaking of flamingo paddles, the flamingo does not go well. I believe she's got, it looks like she's got that new coyote in her hand from the color scheme. That is dominating a mustache in the sun here. Bravo. And slam dunk, Patrick Quinn. So it is even, it is so hot down there on that court. So these, we are going to be talking about their fitness. Barlow can't believe it comes in hot and it just gets thrown right back in his face. Barlow is trying to be everywhere and he's nowhere. Everywhere and nowhere, that's a real thing. 10-0-1. What a serve. Coming in hot and a much happier exchange at the net this time for Anna Bright and Hayden Patrick Quinn. The last one was tears. This time is just a very workmanlike 3-0. Stayed on to celebrate with his sister and these two flew in yesterday and off to the races today. Luckily, they know how to play with each other. Oh, that's a great shot right off the bat from Zach. Watching ball and blood, just being so happy when your kid finishes the point. It is so nice to like take a step back and just cheer. Point number two on the panel of Georgia Johnson. Wow. Lighting up the middle once again is Georgia Johnson. They take it there. 11-4. They've earned the right to have the lower seed. So good. That's great hands from J-Dub. Point game match, 11-3. And that's where it ends, 11-3. The score in game two, the Johnson sweep, and they march on. Sports Center, top 10 with that ATP at 45 years old. Legend of the game. Big serve from Seve to start. Oh, nice roll. Great roll off a great approach. Oh, wow. Point game, 11-8. Nice game. Sophia ends it there, 11-8, but was pushed. Absolutely no. I always blame the paddle. It's never my fault. It's always a good one back. No, but to your point, I don't think people watching back home always recognize how specific you guys are with your equipment, with how dialed in your paddles are, with how your paddle plays, for example, in the heat. She's very dangerous and very consistent. Can take it early. The forehand has been the side giving her a little more trouble, but these are looking clean. Nice shot. Little bit of off speed. Wow. What a get. She's there. Smart play, though, for Seve to go right back to the same corner where Marcella came from and a great battle for both players. Sophia Seve marches on to the round of 32. Great effort for Marcella. And we are moving on to our next match of the day. Your closing thoughts on what we saw from Sophia here today. I wonder how many tumbles and turns and twists have taken place on that court. Probably quite a few. Nice. Wow. That was right. Epic. That's so defeating in this heat. Those kind of points will absolutely take the wind out of your sails. You worked so hard. Yeah, really good. Really good short backswing on the approach. You still have to accelerate through the ball, but keeping a short backswing will help you out on those approaches. I think by doing it this way, yeah, it just takes a little bit of that out of there. Wow. Took a little off it. Dripped it over the net. Heavy top spin. And Len Jansen comes from out of nowhere, trailed all the way through game one. First game and, you know, I think Len was making just some errors that maybe she won't in this game. I just see, yeah, that's sick. That's so good. I'm impressed by what I'm seeing right now from Len Jansen. Wow. Oh, slips one through at match point. Len Jansen will meet Lea Jansen in the round of 32. Your closing thoughts on an impressive win from Len returning back with a vengeance. So here we go. Yuta to Jarrett. Let's play pickleball. And he did this again. That's two matches on center and Gonnering has hit a clean winner off the backhand. Are you kidding? First one against J.W. Johnson. Zero, zero, one. Oh, just nicely. I love some pretty complimentary pickleball there. Placement over power. Fourth shot, Ernie. They'll be excited to have the Carolina Hurricanes here Thursday night. Tough way to end as Gonnering can't handle the ball off the tape. So very clean, very well done with some highlights. Gonnering has started two matches as well as any player will this week. Very nicely done. The pack would be proud up there in Green Bay. Well done, Zach. That is in there. And the most chaotic of AJ points is right there for you. And they win it. So 6-2 to go with an 11-2. We'll take a quick breather and see. Beautifully done there from AJ. And just rip it three times, it's in there. And we will play three. It was 8-4 Funamizu and Kohler. And now we're going the route. 3-0-1. Foundational force from the bottom. You gotta have. And AJ says, get that the heck on out of here. Beautiful job by AJ of extracting himself from that mess. And they survive. AJ Kohler and Yuta Funamizu were way ahead than staring at a 9-7 deficit, but somehow get the last four and they move on by the skin of their teeth. Gabe plays an out ball to his disadvantage as he misses the reply there. When we last saw Gabe, he was clutching up and mixed with Kate Fahey to force a dream breaker in New York City. Look at that insane get. Oh, no way. This is one of the more bonkers points you'll ever see. And that's in there from George. He ran out of the way. He was what you were shooting at. Right, he just got skinny and hoped the ball didn't hit him because he was in the kitchen. He couldn't hit it with his paddle. Gets off the ground on both those. That is, most people, the tennis, it's beautiful and he is a tennis guy, but he just throws his whole body into that thing. That is why it gets almost to a scary point for black and Tardio, but they rattle off the end, got some help from Rangeloff and take game one. Casey Diamond, Sophia Seven, Valiant and Defeat even had two match points. Nobody home. Side out. Nice from Tyra Black. That was special. Yes, it was. I mean, and that's really been probably the first shot that Tardioness really applied. It's been just solid but unspectacular up until this point. And that's classic Tyra right there. Force Griffith to hit up on the initial speed up, not trying to win the point whatsoever with that first ball. That is wide and that'll do it. So Tardio and Black reunited. Not their finest hour, but a solid afternoon and they get out the door seven and six. So we're done with mixed. There is no women's doubles. Two men's doubles matches left here at the Veolia. Here we go. Let's play pickleball. I'm already liking the big time reach into the kitchen from Shupp using the counterbalance and you can see on the forehand side and throughout the warmup, he is really looking to be offensive out of the air. Big swing. Oh, hello, that pickleball Ernie. Yes, and Kyle Kazuda definitely known for Ernie's. That is, that pattern you talked about, funnel it. Funnel that ball to the middle. You either get the Ernie or you get your buddy a forehand to do something with. And a missed volley wide and guh and sock it out the side door, 11-9. He's been in the booth a bit and then he gets so busy with his other stuff. So see if that happens again. Oh, look at this scamper. Now what? Oh boy. Watch out for the paddle. Knew it. Side out. I just love when the defensive lob is floating a hundred feet up. He's going to wave the Cobra just a little bit because Dave, why not? They win that one. And if I'm Shupp and Kazuda, just if we get it to a third game, it seems like we are the heavy favorite. If I see this continue on the other side. I've seen this show before. Medical timeout requested by Mr. Sock. 5-3-1. Seeing this, I'd be stunned if there's a game for it. Oh my gosh. He got him. Sorry, Elliot, as he goes back to the towel. Unbelievable. Don't move closer to the man when you know he's going to slap everything. Young teenager. Game point three is wide. 11-4. Not even tapping paddles. I've seen Jack take the hat off before. I'm not sure who's over there that he's talking with. That's out of our view. He may try and scrap through this. There's not a finality paddle tap forthcoming here. So we'll take a quick break and see if he's good to go. But it is tough to watch. Jack nowhere near feeling his finest here at all in North Carolina. And there will be more opportunities, certainly. Oh, good hand back. Side out. To have Augie be iced out by his mannerisms of just looks like total pain. Two-e through the middle. Are you kidding me? I told you it's difficult. Fires the two-e. It is eight-four. Guh and Sock. Oh my goodness. I think Augie beat Jack to the ball and it is match point. Sock has doubled over at the baseline. And they do it. Kazuda throws his paddle in the air and in the most miraculous outcome you would ever want to see. Sock's had the medic there for over 45 minutes and Augie Guh pulls him to the finish line. And somehow it is Guh and Sock whose names will go to the right, Adam. You've got to be kidding me. It is always something out here on tour and I have seen a similar situation to this before but nothing exactly like we just witnessed.