STORYLINES FOR THE VEOLIA ATLANTA PICKLEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY ENSURE MAX PROTEIN (MAY 12-18, 2025)

Author: Dave Fleming | May 7, 2025

THE BREAKUP: Anna Leigh Waters is now paired with Anna Bright while Rachel Rohrabacher and Catherine Parenteau are partners on the other side of the draw. Will they meet in the final?
THE BALL: How will the bouncier Life Time ball affect play and results?
THE MLP IMPACT: Some players are gaining confidence at MLP – who will ride that wave to big results in Georgia?
THE 150: Anna Leigh Waters is two wins from 150 in her career.
THE SECOND SLAM: 2,000 Carvana PPA Tour points for the winners, twice an Open.

Tourney #10 on the campaign at Life Time athletic country club in Peachtree Corners.
Progressive draw: all brackets every day, starting with the round of 64 on Tuesday.
Over 1,400 players participating in the event.
PickleballTV (and the app) will have all of the coverage, starting each day at 10am Eastern, with Tennis Channel coverage from 1:30-4:30 Eastern on Saturday and Sunday.

Defending Medalists: Anna Leigh Waters, Parris Todd, Salome Devidze
Waters (1) and Jorja Johnson (14) could battle in the round of 16.
Will Kaitlyn Christian (3) find her early season form and make a deep run?
Fun round of 64 match: Allyce Jones (37) vs. Samantha Parker (25)
Watch out for: Kate Fahey (2) – stirring comeback win at the last PPA event in her new home state in NC, can she get to Sunday again?

Defending Medalists: Ben Johns, Federico Staksrud, Christian Alshon
Hunter Johnson (2) was forced to scratch at MLP Orlando due to injury but is in this draw.
Top half potential quarterfinals: Staksrud (1) vs. Frazier (8) & Garnett (3) vs. Martinez Vich (5)
Bottom half potential quarterfinals: H. Johnson (2) vs. Duong (6) and B. Johns (4) vs. Alshon (7)
Watch out for: Christian Alshon (7) – broke through with back-to-back wins in Cape Coral and McKinney Texas, can he get win #3 in ATL?

Defending medalists: Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns, Anna Bright/James Ignatowich, JW & Jorja Johnson
Can JW/Jorja Johnson (2) win 2 straight after beating Waters/Johns 11-8 in the 5^th in NC?
Fun partnerships alert: Bright/Duong (5), Black/Ignatowich (6), Dizon/Martinez Vich (11)
Riley and Lindsey Newman (14): partners for the 1^st time since August of ’23.
Watch out for: Pisnik/Daescu – lost in the finals in Daytona and have won a game versus Waters/Johns – how far can they go as the 9 seed?

Defending medalists: Waters/Parenteau, Jade Kawamoto/Koop, Jansen/Smith
Rohrabacher and Parenteau are the 1 seed with 100 more points than Waters/Bright (2).
Jorja Johnson is paired with Jade Kawamoto as a very dangerous 4 seed.
Can Vivienne David and Etta Tuionetoa (10) make a run to the podium as first-time partners?
Watch out for: Todd/Black (3) – will the two red hot players be the difference in stopping the Breakup Sunday Showdown from coming to fruition?

Defending medalists: Frazier/Johnson, Staksrud/Wright, Bar/McGuffin
Patriquin/Staksrud (1) both played exceptionally well in MLP – can they live up to the one seed?
Team Power Forward (Daescu/Alshon), the 3 seed, are 21-2 as a team.
Potential top half quarter final matchups: Patriquin/Staksrud (1) vs. JW Johnson/Klinger (5) & Frazier/Bar (4) vs. Ignatowich/C. Johns (6)
Potential bottom half quarter final matchups: B. Johns/Tardio (2) vs. Wright/Newman (8) – BACK TOGETHER AGAIN & Daescu/Alshon (3) vs. Tellez/Martinez Vich (7)
Watch out for: Tardio/B. Johns (2) – have won 2 in a row as a team and have made Sunday in all 3 events in their new partnership. Can they get their 3^rd victory in Georgia?

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