Super Sunday matchups set for MLP Austin
Pickleball.com's Will Daughton reports that the final group standings at MLP Austin presented by Waterdrop are set, with the Columbus Sliders winning Group A at 4-0 and the New Jersey 5s topping Group B at 5-0 to set up a Super Sunday belt match worth 25 standings points. Sunday's full slate also pairs the SoCal Hard Eights against the Texas Ranchers, the Miami Pickleball Club against the Bay Area Breakers, and the California Black Bears against the Florida Smash, with play starting at 9am CT on PickleballTV.
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World Pickleball Magazine's Chris Beaumont argues that MLP Austin has shown how small the gaps have become across Major League Pickleball, where an injury, a substitution, or a single group-stage result can reshape an entire weekend under the points-heavy Super Sunday format. Beaumont points to Jay Devilliers leaving with a neck strain and Donald Young stepping in against elite opposition as the clearest example, while crediting the New Jersey 5s roster stability as a growing competitive advantage.
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