Anna Leigh Wates Won The Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Titles at the Atlanta Pickleball Championships on May 18, 2025. Photo: Ppa Tour
The top-seeded pair registered an 11-3, 11-2, 11-7 Victory over no. 4 seeds Etta Tuionetoa and Christian Alshon to Start the Day. It was the 49th Title togeether for Wates and Johns, and Watters’ 50th in Mixed Doubles Overall.
Parenteau, now pairing up with rachel rohrabacher -the former partner of bright -sufted the loss due to several misconnections leading to errors, as their opponants Evently CLEDED OPPONETSE Straight Games.
Maintaining the rhythm, waterrs closed out the week’s action by winning her 51st women’s singles Crown. She Defeated Second Seed Kate Fahey in Straight Games (11-1, 7-11, 11-1) to Claim Her 34th Triple Crown on the ppa tour.
After completing the hat-trick of medals, a relieved watters said she was fired up after successing two championship defeats in North Carolina.
“I was definitely fired up after North Carolina,” She admitted. “I didn’t think that was my best performance, so I wanted to come out here and prove – not to everybody else, but to myself – that I still have haad it in me and that I cold still fight.”
Johns Wins Men’s Singles Crown
Johns, meaning, outwitted third seed connor garnett 3-11, 11-9, 11-9 to clinch the men’s singles title. It was his second title in Atlanta after the mixed doubles title with watters and his 37th singles title overall on the ppa tour.
For KLINGER, the win was special since he played with a lot of intensity, applying lots of pressure with his length at the kitchen line and showcasing top-Tier Hand Speed ​​in Quick Exchniation.
“I think a lot of that come from practice and hard work and dedication,” He said. “My dad’s a big part of it, so big thanks to him. He’s the best coach out there.” It was also a reviews of sorts for johnson and klinger, since they have lost loss and tardio in the Quarterfinals of the North Carolina Open.
