Thursday, July 28, 2022
Sunday, July 24, 2022
2022 Beer City Open
Monday, July 18, 2022
The New Yorker: Can Pickleball Save America?
As in politics, a few famous families dominate pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in America. One is the Johnsons, of Florida. In January, on a breezy afternoon in Boca Raton, J. W. Johnson, a strapping nineteen-year-old with short brown bangs and a leather necklace, took to the court for a semifinal match at a tournament. Johnson is taciturn, with an often impenetrable expression.
He was seeded second in the tournament; his opponent, Zane Navratil, a twenty-six-year-old former C.P.A. from Wisconsin, was seeded first. Pickleball, a tennis-like sport played on a smaller court, places a gentle strain on the body, and both men had the oxygenated flush of a long day of exercise.
They began by dinking—softly bouncing the ball back and forth—before Navratil, with gazelle-like grace, executed two snazzy moves at once: an Erne (which involved a flying leap) and a body shot (which involved hitting Johnson in the gut). He chuckled with contentment. Then, as a storm front moved in, the tide began to turn. “Wow, what an inside-out dink there from J. W. Johnson!” a commentator at a nearby media booth said. Johnson, jaw slack with concentration, took control. (Read More)
Friday, July 15, 2022
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Johnson Family Top APP Pros 2021-2022
The Association of Pickleball Professionals Top 25 Pros Points from July 2021 Beer City Open to June 2022 APP LA Open are JW Johnson, Jorja Johnson, Julie Johnson and Mircea Morariu (Julie's Mixed Doubles Partner).
APP Tour Facebook Posts
15 year old Floridian Jorja Johnson, with her gold medal championships at both the APP So Cal Classic and LA Opens, is the new #1 ranked Women’s APP Tour female pickleball professional on the 2022 Standings Lists.
Her brother, JW Johnson, is atop of the men’s standings lists now for a 25th straight week.
Julie Johnson and Mircea Morariu, continue their rein on top of the APP Senior Pro Standing’s Lists
The APP Standing’s List is a 52 week cumulative list where all tournaments are included within a 52 week time period. Points that are earned, will drop off if not defended 52 weeks later.
This is a standings list for just APP Tour events. The APP Tour endorses the World Pickleball Rankings put out by Pickleball Tournaments.
Click here to view the entire pro, senior pro and amateur standings through APP LA Open
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Monday, July 4, 2022
2022 Consumer Cellular USA Pickleball Newport Beach Championships
NOTE: All Medal Matches Where Exclusively Broadcast On ESPN+
Mixed Doubles
1:17:31 Jorja Johnson/JW Johnson vs Mary Brascia/Federico Staksrud (Highlight, Highlight 2) Camryn Irwin Interviews JW and Joria #1 3:44:37 Jorja Johnson/JW Johnson vs Parris Todd/Kyle Yates Camryn Irwin Interviews JW and Jorja #2
JW Johnson/Jorja Johnson vs Julian Arnold/Lauren Stratman (Gold)
Doubles
2:29:16 Dylan Frazier/JW Johnson vs Julian Arnold/Hayden Patriquin
2:57:10 Camryn Irwin Interviews Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson
1:09:22 Anna Bright/Parris Todd vs Lauren Stratman/Jorja Johnson
2:43:22 Lauren Stratman/Jorja Johnson vs Mary Brascia/Maggie Brascia
Singles
2:02:44 Federico Staksrud vs JW Johnson
JW Johnson Wins
- 3rd Triple Crown
- 2nd Mixed Doubles Gold Medal With Jorja
- 6th Gold Medal With Dylan Frazier
2022 Triple Crowns
- March: APP Delray Beach Open
- April: APP South Carolina Open
- July: Newport Beach Championships
2022 Mixed Doubles Gold Medal With Jorja Johnson
- May: APP New York Open
- July: Newport Beach Championships
2022 Men's Doubles Gold Medal With Dylan Frazier
- March: APP Plantation Open
- March: APP Delray Beach Open
- April: APP Legacy Open
- June: APP So Cal Classic
- June: APP LA Open
- July: Newport Beach Championships
Blog
- Pickler Recap
"JW Johnson and Dylan Frazier continued their undefeated streak for the third pickleball tournament in a row. Johnson and Frazier (the #1 seed) have not only won gold for three straight pickleball tournaments, but have not lost a single game in three straight pickleball tournaments. Like the women’s doubles champions, Bright and Todd, Johnson and Frazier limited their points given up to just 28 points in the eight games that they played (an average of 3.5 points per game—which was even more impressive than Bright and Todd), including a dominant gold medal match win of 11-3, 11-2."
"JW Johnson, paired with his younger sister and Rising Star Award recipient, Jorja Johnson, continued JW Johnson’s winning streak up until the winners’ bracket final. The Johnson siblings (the #1 seed) dropped the first game (which would be JW’s only game lost on the weekend), but came back to win the match in three games against the #2 seed, Lauren Stratman and Julian Arnold."
In summary, JW Johnson secured the triple crown, which is no easy feat. With a triple crown on the line for JW, pressure can certainly creep into play, but not for Jorja Johnson, who noted that she felt no pressure helping her brother secure the triple crown because “at the end of the day, [JW] is still my brother.”
Friday, July 1, 2022
Pros Asking Pros Questions - Jorja Johnson
0:46 - Webby asks Jorja what the highlight of her young pro pickleball career has been so far
1:29 - Dylan Frazier asks Jorja why she allows JW to play the left side during mixed doubles
1:55 - JW Johnson makes a cameo appearance and asks Jorja a question
2:48 - Anna Leigh Waters asks Jorja what her favorite dessert is
3:13 - Leigh Waters asks Jorja what her favorite restaurant is
4:16 - Parris Todd asks Jorja who her dream mixed doubles partner is
4:55 - Alex Neumann asks Jorja who her celebrity crush is
5:33 - Ryan Sherry asks Jorja when her life changed
6:15 - Sarah Ansbury asks Jorja what she can't leave home without when going to a tournament
7:05 - Mircea Morariu asks Jorja what her favorite meal to cook is
7:52 - Fig the dog asks Jorja who her favorite mixed doubles split age partner is
8:25 - Wyatt Stone asks Jorja what other country she'd want to play a pickleball tournament in
9:07 - Julie Johnson asks Jorja what her goal for 2023 is
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