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Waters and Johns survive Rohrabacher and Alshon to reach US Open mixed doubles final
Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns outlasted No. 2 seeds Rachel Rohrabacher and Christian Alshon in a three-game mixed doubles semifinal on Championship Friday at the Franklin US Open in Naples. The win sends the top seeds into a Saturday final against Tyra Black and Hayden Patriquin on CBS Sports Network.
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Selkirk resets SLK line with three sub-$200 paddles: Dauntless, Geo, and Valkyrie
Selkirk Sport fully rebooted its SLK by Selkirk lineup with three new models, headlined by the $180 Dauntless featuring a foam core and Selkirk's MOI Tuning System. The $100 Geo and entry-level Valkyrie round out the refresh, positioning SLK as the brand's accessible, performance-focused tier below the flagship SLK ERA.
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PPA Finals return to San Clemente in May 2026 as pro pickleball calendar streamlines
The PPA Tour confirmed the 2026 PPA Finals will return to San Clemente, California in May, capping a streamlined pro pickleball calendar that concentrates year-end points and prize money into a single event. The move follows schedule reforms meant to reduce player overlap across PPA, MLP, and international tour stops.
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USA Pickleball unveils 2026 Golden Ticket tournament schedule from coast to coast
USA Pickleball released the full 2026 Golden Ticket tournament slate, a cross-country set of amateur events that grant priority registration into the USA Pickleball National Championships. The schedule stretches from Jacksonville and Virginia Beach to Colorado Springs, with APP and USAP co-sanctioned stops anchoring the pathway.
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Major League Pickleball publishes 2026 competition update, scraps Challenger tier
Major League Pickleball's official 2026 competition update confirms a 20-team Premier-only league with no separate Challenger level, along with format tweaks across group play and event structure. The memo follows the Palm Beach Royals expansion and consolidates MLP's two-league experiment into a single competitive ladder.
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Front Office Sports: How pickleball became one massive private-equity rollup
A Front Office Sports feature lays out how private equity has quietly consolidated pickleball under a handful of holding companies, led by Tom Dundon's United Pickleball Association. The piece traces UPA's plan to raise $150 to $200 million to integrate media, software, and real estate into a single vertically owned platform.
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