Best Mixed Doubles Game Ever? | Waters/Khlif vs Johns/Kawamoto

This is an insane rally. What's gonna happen? The resets! Ben resets! Another one! No way! Oh my gosh! No way! Trying to put it away! And he does it! Almost falls in the kitchen! The fives! Get it to a game point! No way, Cliff! That was the best rally I've ever seen in my life. And finally, it's time for game three. The moment we've all been waiting for. I feel like all season we've been waiting for this. It's Ben against Annalie. New Jersey coming out hot. It's 2-0 here. Annalie firing. Going right at Ben. Ben trying to keep it away from Annalie, except that one. And she goes down the line. 3-0 for New Jersey. 4-0 now. Ben keeping Cliff back. Then Ben gonna go down the line. Says, I can do it too, Annalie. 4-2. No way. Trying to dink at Jade. Ben coming over. Taking all of them. Wow! Ben Johns is locked in for this match. Look at this on 2-4. The ATP. Come back for more! 3-4 now. Two-point game. 4-6. Drive from Ben. Off the net. Wow! Ben got there and got it back over. We're still going. The speed up. Slowed back down. We're dinking. Annalie speeds it up again and Ben counters. 5-6. LA now trying to take the lead. Watch No Way Cliff comes flying in. Wow! What an angle. Another chance to take the lead and they do. Off a missed dink in the net from Annalie. 8-7 now. Dink in. No way. Trying to fire. Ben. Big put away. Another one. Oh my goodness. He's gonna break the ball. 9-7 now. The speed up in the net. Annalie is there. Still going. That was tough to do. Oh and then in the net from Jade. New Jersey has a serve. So 7-9. Two-point deficit. Drop from No Way is a bit high. Ben all over these. Great get from No Way. Soft overhead. Ben running everywhere. Backhand roll. That's over. We're dinking. Ben coming in. Wow! And that's wide. So LA on 9-7. Looking to get it to a game point. No Way Cliff speeds up and Jade is all over it. 10-7. So Ben to serve. Trying to win game three. No Way Cliff through the middle. Holds it off. Another try for LA on 10-7. Annalie trying to get it back. No Way Cliff finds a spot right near the sideline. They've got a chance to try and come back. 7-10 now. Ben Johns tries to hit the bird but it's in the net. Very next point. Ben off the bounce in the net again. It's a one-point game. So New Jersey has a chance to tie it. Second serve. It's 9-10. Ben digging up a lot of court. Drops that one short. No Way's there. The Ernie. We're still going. Annalie trying to work herself up to the kitchen. Can't get there. Off the sideline. Jade giving it to Annalie who's stuck back there. Both of them stuck back. Trying to drop it in. Ben trying to roll that. They're up at the kitchen. Hands battle off the net. Slowed down. Oh my goodness. This rally is insane. Jade just gets that one over. Dinkin. No Way to Ben. Annalie getting involved. No Way. Keeping it to Jade. Annalie. No Way. Oh my gosh. I can't take this. How are we dinkin after all this? No Way. Going to Ben. This is intense. Who's gonna speed up or mess up a dink? What's gonna happen? Oh my gosh. This rally is so long. Everybody dinkin very carefully. Do not risk anything. Annalie communicating. Gets that one over. Jade. Oh my gosh. Out wide. Ben does not hit the ATP. Holy moly. Are we at 100 shots? At the speed up in the net. My goodness. No Way Cliff could not stay patient. Tried to speed that up. LA now has game point again. Another game point. No Way Cliff gonna take control here. Keeps them back. Hits an angle. Second serve. Another try for Ben and Jade. The drive to the middle. Annalie gets it. Up at the kitchen. We're dinkin again. I don't know if I could take another long rally like that one. Here we go though. Jade. No Way. Annalie taking it easy. Everybody wants to speed it up besides Ben. Quick little battle. Ben taking over. Dinkin again. No Way. Probably wants to speed up again. Might be careful this time. Hits an angled shot. Ben gets it. We're still going. Annalie speeding up and that's long. New Jersey gets a serve back. Look at this lady. She's like yes. We're all that excited right now. New Jersey with a chance to tie it. Annalie trying to hype up No Way. So 9-10. Looking to tie it. Annalie drives. No Way drops and that's in the net. We are tied up at 10. So we're tied up at 10 at the kitchen. I mean is this not everything you wanted out of Ben versus Annalie? How is this for real? New Jersey somehow has a chance to take the lead and get to a game point. After they were down 7-10, LA had a few chances. But here we are. We're Dinkin. I mean everybody in the stadium. All 2,500 people. Quiet. Listening. Waiting to see what happens. The speed up from No Way. Slowed back down. Wow. Okay. The lob up. No Way's there. What a shot from Ben. Oh my goodness. I can't take this. We're Dinkin again. Who's gonna speed up? Nothing's worked so far. The lob up again. Jade's there. Annalie backing up. No Way staying up at the kitchen. That shot lands in. No Way. Four hands. Ben holding it down. Annalie's stuck back there. Can't get up. Drops it in. She's there now. The Ernie. Oh my gosh. Defended and we're still going. This is crazy. Ben back in. Defended. Dinkin again. This is an insane rally. What's gonna happen? The resets. Ben resets. Another one. No Way. Oh my gosh. No Way. Trying to put it away. Oh and he does it. Almost falls in the kitchen. The fives get it to a game point. No Way Cliff with a clutch rally. What in the world just happened? How did they do this? He almost falls in. Annalie has to save him. Wow. That was the best rally I've ever seen in my life. This rally was 113 shots. Could you imagine if he fell in the kitchen? I mean that would have been hilarious. Thankfully he didn't and it ended like this. Vice fans going crazy. Everybody here going crazy. I bet even LA Mad Drops fans going crazy. That was nuts. Look at these fans behind him. This lady's just jumping up and down. That's what I was doing when I was watching this. So somehow the fives have game point but who knows what's going to happen at this point. Ben taking over. ATP defended. Coming back for more. Stops them. Wow. What a clutch shot from Ben Johns. Second serve. Second try. The lob serve. Ben handles it. Oh no. Miscommunication in the middle. Jade fires off the net. Annalie finds the open space. New Jersey wins game three after facing multiple game points. The most insane rally on 10-10. Ben versus Annalie goes the way of New Jersey in a clutch match. The last one of the season. This is nuts but we're not done yet. New Jersey still has to take game four if they want to LA gonna try and force a dream breaker. I mean Ben just stunned after that. So is Annalie just breathing through the mouth. There you go. Look at that. A mouth breather. I feel like we all need a cigarette after that game. And so New Jersey's gonna win this game 11-2. They finish in first place in group B. What an amazing match. This was so fun. I mean this might be the most memorable match we've had all year. Maybe all of MLP history. No way has been getting a ton of flack but he came in clutch. Are you a pickleball addict like me? If so, you have got to get in the kitchen. Check us out on all the social channels. Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube. Check out our website www.thekitchenpickle.com and our newsletter.