Storylines: Selkirk Texas Open

OVERALL TOP 5:

• TRIPLE TRIPLE: Anna Leigh Waters is looking to win 3 Triple Crowns in a row for the first time ever.
• LARGEST TOURNEY IN PPA HISTORY…AGAIN: Over 1,500 players tops the 1,400 in Atlanta two weeks ago.
• SHOT-GUNNING FOR A REPEAT – Tyson McGuffin won singles last year, sending Ben Johns to his only Championship Sunday singles loss ever.
• RILEY’S NEW CRIB : New Dallas-area resident looking for gold in Texas.
• BIG 10: Catherine Parenteau is vying for her 10th PPA women’s doubles gold medal

BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

• Mixed final live on ESPN on Sunday from 4-5 Central.
• Mixed action live on CBS Sports Network from 2-5 Central on Friday and Championship Sunday live from 10-1 Central on Sunday.

MEN’S SINGLES:

• Defending medalists (from Fall ’22 Texas Open): Tyson McGuffin, Ben Johns, Julian Arnold
• Stacked field – Top 13 all entered for the first time in ‘23
• Will the Texas heat benefit the large and more acclimated Texas contingent?
• WATCH OUT FOR: Connor Garnett – earned his first PPA medal in ATL – can he back it up?

WOMEN’S SINGLES:

• Defending medalists: Anna Leigh Waters, Lea Jansen, Catherine Parenteau
• AL looking for her 25th career PPA singles gold – #1 all time.
• Mary Brascia not in the field to follow-up her run to the finals.
• WATCH OUT FOR: Judit Castillo – getting closer and closer to a medal. Is this the week she pulls it off?

MIXED DOUBLES:

• Defending medalists: Waters/Johns, Parenteau/Newman, Wright/Rettenmaier
• Is this the week it all clicks again for Matt Wright and Lucy Kovalova? No medals since early February at Desert Ridge.
• Etta Wright medaled in Texas in the fall – can she hit the podium again in tourney 3 with Dekel Bar?
• WATCH OUT FOR: The Newmans — back together for the first time since Austin where they lost 12-10 in the 3 rd to the Johnsons.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES:

• Defending medalists: Waters/Waters, Irvine/Bright, Jansen/Parenteau
• Dizon and Wright teaming up again – gold medalists from Red Rock.
• Jorja Johnson and Vivienne David return – they saved 6 match points against in the semis in ATL against the Brascias to reach the final.
• WATCH OUT FOR: AB and Schneemann – strong MLP team now hits the PPA courts.

MEN’S DOUBLES:

• Defending medalists: Johns/Johns, Newman/Wright, Deakin/Ignatowich
• New pairing #1: Devilliers/Rettenmaier paired together for the first time.
• New pairing #2: Wilson (coming off injury) and Brendon Long
• WATCH OUT FOR: Ignatowich/McGuffin. Big Papa Jimmy grabbed bronze last year with the Canadian, can he get there again with McGuffin?