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Atlanta PPA semi-finals set as Huang line-call row emerges
World Pickleball Magazine reports that the Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships semi-final brackets are set across all five divisions, with Anna Leigh Waters cruising into the women's singles semis as the clear favorite and the men's singles draw cracked open after a string of Round of 16 upsets. The piece also captures a separate line-call controversy after Albie Huang used social media to question several calls made during her round-of-32 match against Lea Jansen.
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Official trailer released for PARTNERS reality docuseries
Pickleball.com reports the official trailer for PARTNERS, the first reality docuseries inside professional pickleball, has been released ahead of its May 5 premiere. The six-part series will simulcast across Prime Video, the PPA Tour YouTube channel, and PickleballTV, following storylines that include Anna Bright trying to close the gap on Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns betting on 19-year-old Bolivian star Gabe Tardio.
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Tom Dundon pours money into pickleball as he cuts Blazers spending
Front Office Sports details how Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon is opening up his checkbook for pickleball even as he runs a series of cost-cutting moves through the NBA franchise, joining Apollo Sports Capital on the $225 million round into Pickleball Inc. The story frames the contrast as a window into Dundon's broader portfolio behavior, where pickleball gets fresh capital while a different sports asset tightens up.
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