ADRIAN — After hours of playing pickleball in the Florida heat, Thinh Nguyen surprised himself by winning gold at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships. Nguyen, of Adrian, won the gold medal in the 50-55 age bracket in the tournament played in April in Naples, Florida.
Keeping this in view, what are the biggest pickleball tournaments?
The Minto US OPEN Pickleball Championships, is the largest pickleball party in the world, bringing players and fans together from around the globe.
Similarly one may ask, who is the number 1 pickleball player in the world?
Ranking | Players | Total Points |
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1 | Jay Devilliers | 900 |
2 | Zane Navratil | 720 |
3 | JW Johnson | 330 |
4 | Ben Johns | 300 |
Why is it called pickleball?
Joel Pritchard’s wife, Joan, started to call their game pickleball because “the combination of different sports reminded me of the pickle boat in crew where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers of other boats.” But according to Barney McCallum, they named the game after Pritchard’s dog, who was (as you might’ve …