STATS WRAP! : Stats and Facts from the 2025-2026 Season
PPA Tour's Jim Ramsey publishes a stats wrap on the 2025-2026 season, with Anna Leigh Waters leading all players at 43 gold medals, Ben Johns at 31, Gabe Tardio at 17, and Anna Bright at 16, while Christian Alshon, Catherine Parenteau, Federico Staksrud, Parris Todd, and Waters finished as Triple Threats ranked in the Top 10 across Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. The breakdown also flags Jade Kawamoto as the first left-handed woman ever to win a PPA title, Tyra Black and Eric Oncins' clean-fundamentals Sacramento Open sweep, a 122-shot rally between Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio vs. JW Johnson and CJ Klinger in the Sacramento Open men's doubles final, and seven 11-0 pickle games across 2026 finals.
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Pickleball.com staff report Bengaluru-based sports-tech startup MetaShot has partnered with development company Yudiz Solutions to launch the world's first smart pickleball game, an experience that blends real-world gameplay mechanics with connected digital interactions for the MetaShot motion gaming console. The title is scheduled to launch in the United States in the third quarter of MetaShot's 2026 fiscal year, followed by an India rollout, and is part of a broader platform strategy that includes future collaborations with gaming studios, additional sports-based titles, and a developer funding program aimed at accelerating innovation within the ecosystem.
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