Pickleball Has Entered the Betting Conversation
World Pickleball Magazine's Chris Beaumont reports that prediction market platform PolyMarket has begun offering markets on Major League Pickleball events, with early trading around MLP Austin centering on whether the New Jersey 5s were underpriced after opening at roughly 46 cents to win the event. Beaumont frames the arrival of betting markets as a form of validation, arguing that MLP's franchise structure, season-long standings, and roster moves such as Dylan Frazier's switch to Miami now give outsiders enough reliable data to price the sport.
Read at World Pickleball Magazine →John McEnroe Calls Pickleball 'Stupid' During French Open Broadcast
Pickleball.com's Hannah Johns reports that tennis legend John McEnroe took a swipe at pickleball during TNT Sports' alternative French Open broadcast, joking that former tennis player Genie Bouchard had left tennis to play 'that damn stupid pickleball.' Bouchard fired back by calling the remark hypocrisy and noting that McEnroe had played in the Pickleball Slam exhibitions himself, while McEnroe added that his bigger complaint was the sound of the plastic ball.
Read at Pickleball.com →How to Beat Ben Johns: Stop Avoiding Him and Start Hunting Him
The Dink Media Team breaks down five tactics for beating an elite poacher like Ben Johns, drawn from a recent MLP St. Louis men's doubles final in which Hayden Patriquin and Gabe Tardio aimed nearly every ball at Johns and won 11 to 3 even as he touched 73 percent of the shots. The piece argues that avoiding the strongest player only frees him to roam, and that hitting at him, driving behind him, and pressuring the middle seam force him into suboptimal shots and take away his court coverage.
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