Andre Agassi and Anna Leigh Waters until Wednesday, Naples will not play at the US Open Pickleball Championships in FLA, but they learned who their first competitors would be on Monday.
Tristan Dussault and Stevie Petropouleas, in the first round on Monday, defeated Ashton clots and Andi Godwin 11-3, 11-2 to face Agassi and Waters.
Agassi and Waters draw some attention to this year’s US Open with their decisions to come together. 18 -year -old Waters, number 1 woman in sports; Agassi, 54 -year -old, brings his tennis history to a professional Pickleball event for the first time.
Thirty -two teams still stand in the mixed Pro Double Lottery after the opening round on Monday.
In addition, there were also mixed professionals who started on Monday, male and female professional singles, male and female pro couples, and a player in each team, 49 years old or smaller and one should be 50 years of age and over.
Pro players can enter more than one competition. For example, Petropouleas met Sarah Mulhern in the first round of female professional single and fell 11-6, 11-0. Mulhern faced the first round of Bye with Megan Fudge, a silver medal last year.
Women had only two first round matches in the Pro Doubleles lottery. Brittni Tonnesen and Volly Johnson, Petropouleas and Miranda Cabieses beat 12-10, 11-8. Barbara Fuzesi and Meray Maalouf, Eva Kohutova and Emma Wang were 11-7, 11-6 winners.
Fuzesi and Maalouf, Waters and his mother and coach Leigh Waters faced defending champions.
“We’re really excited to go back,” Leigh Waters told Fox 4 Southwest Florida, “We’re really excited.” He said. “I play and coach. Anna Leigh plays with Andre Agassi for Professional Couples, so this year there is too much excitement, too much buzz.”
Tanner Tomassi, Juan Varon 12-10, defended 11-4 in men’s professional singles. Jayden Broderick defeated Samuel Higginson 11-7, 11-2 to face the 2024 silver medal Christopher Haworth.
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