APP CHICAGO OPEN MEN'S & WOMEN'S SINGLES

[Music] the app tour the first usapa sanctioned tour for professionals and amateurs with a total purse of 500 000 a 14 city tour from the united states coastlines to canada ending with the season ending championships in punta gorda florida the app masters the app tour home of the onyx dura stadium court [Music] sponsored by durafast 40 the official ball head shoes official footwear pickleball magazine ppr professional pickleball registry jigsaw vulcan pickleball onyx prince pickleball head pickleball kitsch pickleball central gamma pickleball usapa pickleball tournaments [Music] pickleball addicts and welcome to another exciting jigsaw health app pro pickleball event i'm ashley and i'm patrick our team at jigsaw health is proud to be the official hydration and nutrition sponsor of the app tour we create products for pickleballers around the world so you can play one more game five or six more times we hope you enjoy watching today's events featuring some of the best pickleball pros in the world and before you head back to your home courts tomorrow head over to jigsawpickleball.com and check out the jigsaw hydration and recovery stack featuring pickleball cocktail sit back relax and let's go welcome everybody it's the app tour chicago open we're back the rain has stopped rain rain go away the sun has come out we are ready to play rockin and rollin we are about to get started with a men's pro single match here on our onyx dura stadium court it's going to be zayn navratil and shane stokes battling it out we do have a new format as we go into our uh brain delay formula rain delay format indeed it is going to be one game to 15 for all of these matches now up until the medal matches and then we will go to the two out of three format just so everyone is aware make sure and share the stream guys as i'm sure everybody's been waiting all day to see if we are going live which we are now so we're very happy to be with you guys again i am lauren mclaughlin i'm joined again by dominic catalano and randy coleman in the booth today app jigsaw health chicago open it has been a pleasure being with you guys all weekend we're excited for this final day here of singles in beautiful naperville illinois at the nike sports complex the app has done a great job making sure we actually got this guy kicked off today because we're a little touch and go there for a while so we're glad we're able to be with you guys today and uh hopefully you guys are loving all this action make sure and of course share comment let us know who your favorite players are all that good stuff and uh we'll be off and running here shortly how you guys doing you guys ready oh yeah i am ready to go raring to go and answer kevin mcdonald we are in the nike sports complex park in naperville illinois and here we go shane stokes zayn nevertell shane going for it there all right oh oh oh we got to check we are so ready to get going here just make sure the rewards are legal rewind all right we are zero zero right now as we kick off singles day at the chicago open oh a little nut court there it is going to be an absolutely gusty windy day today again as it has been for most of the weekend so it's not terrible yet but we are supposed to be getting some crazy sort of 35 mile an hour gusts as we get here into the afternoon so i'm sure that will be affecting play a little bit so we'll see how the players are able to handle that look at that hustle oh my look at that hustle on both these guys oh great point zayn navratil i mean there's some quick singles players that we will see today and he is top of the list this guy is a scrambler and a half we have one zero now that was a penetrating deep serve from zane there created that unforced air from shane out wide we are still at the same complex we've been at my mother is asking she doesn't remember the windscreens you clearly were not paying attention mother thank you for watching though love you she she became a grandmother this this weekend guys so very exciting stuff my brother had his first baby this weekend his wife lindsay so big congrats to them very exciting stuff nova scotia is watching hi mary anderson 4-0 is our score z naver till serving oh yeah i believe that was out he almost dropped in but a little more gray than white of course we are streaming live on facebook and youtube right now guys so feel free to watch either of those feeds you can get a little higher resolution on youtube but uh hopefully someone will share who is the youtube link we got pickleball central again helping us out big shout out to them in the comments answering your guys's questions helping give info so a big thank you to pickleball central again i am lauren mclaughlin dominic catalano and randy coleman in the booth here we got bob swiss helm our referee today here on court 20. that's a nice shot down the line by zane kind of in control here a little bit and we have our first timeout you certainly wouldn't know 7-0 by the beautiful sunshine that things looked very different a couple hours ago yes it was it sure did when you and i got here randy uh the all the water on the tents that you you got off and i i was kind of trying to take a picture of you getting all that water off it was pretty bad that would have been a good uh little short youtube video there we you know what we should have done a tick tock for them we should have yeah i may or may not have gotten a little wet it happens you're getting that water off i was over on the outer courts squeegeeing rolling whatever we could toweling off to get these courts ready for this i was i was using dominic catalano as as a squeegee zane is actually hitting extremely aggressively even though he's got the wind slightly with him so it's pushing from zane's left to right but oh wow great pickup by zane and then good put away by shane yeah nice hold from zayn held the timing of that and placed it and wasn't that coming off of a timeout right it was time out wizard speaking of and speaking up there there he is speaking of dave fleming court next to us now and a beautiful cross court a lot of rebound power with that gearbox paddle shane's playing with first time for me to see shane play singles i was able to meet him in grand rapids play doubles yeah same here that's the first time i met shane and got to play with him very nice player nice guy funny you always get a star in my book seven one is our score again we have a new uh rain delay format as we go into today all of these games are going to be 1 to 15 and then we'll do two out of three format once we get to our metal matches 1-7 shane stokes serving something that is more difficult than you would think it would be with touch drop shots with a pickleball paddle and dropping that over the net that's a nice shot zane is your new nickname squeegee i know i just saw that i love it i think it should be because you don't have it you don't have a good nickname the squeegee catalana really i love it it's done it's done it's happened there's nothing you can do about it the squeezer accept it and move on oh gosh michelle iannone watching from back in venice where i'm from i tell you what on adjacent court you're gonna have a battle dave fleming coming off a very impressive win it was nice i've never seen dave fleming play singles and did a beautiful beautiful job now he's playing against scott moore time in we of course switch sides at eight here in this one game to 15 so we want to make sure both players have an equal advantage on both sides as we're dealing with wind and weather etc 1 8. so tell me dominic what are you going to how would you strategically play this with when absolutely playing a factor in this are you going to choose a side in the beginning you want to finish with the win at your advantage at your back yeah i mean for me when i'm when i play singles i would rather have the wind in my face uh preferably so i'm going to start with it at my back so that i finish with it in my face and i think that's what zayn did too here he started with it at his back and now he's finishing with it in his face that's a great point here oh it's a little a little overdone there by zayn but great point there you know we have a little bit of uh fad going on on this near side here with shane and the athleticism i mean his ability to chase down balls is impressive yes absolutely we keep talking about how athletic zane is um shane here is is moving just as well without a doubt oh marianne parisi giving you a special shout out for commentating nice spot that's what it takes at this level thank you marianna that's that's map and we have the one and only denise dye watching i'm guessing she's watching from the tucson area it's just tough you know and shane uh knows zane very well um but it's just tough zayn is he is a a very good singles player uh he uses his athleticism so well uh he's just a tough match-up no matter what and then with that right on cue we saw that last weekend in grand rapids his serve is very penetrating now he's gonna be 12-1 when we come back from this jigsaw hydration break zayn navratil in complete control of this first round match here against shane stokes shane of course uh doing his best to combat all of the what zane's bringing he's a very good player very quick speaking of uh jigsaw timeout did you see the uh ball cap that uh excuse me shane is sporting there mr what a fantastic product placement we have i tell you we planned it guys just like that andrea to answer your question yes the match did get switched to games to 15 because of the rain uh until we get to the metal matches oh clipped the net and then clipped zayn's paddle it's wayne spitzik we love wayne hello thanks for watching guys now i'm seeing another dimples watching it's dimple hi dimple is there a story behind that no that no that's her name okay i like it dimple from india oh roberto rospo from england and it's webster webby's here yay so many fun people dave fleming over there ruining everything 12-1 is our score here in this one game to 15. oh we got a foot fault by shane there he actually uh faulted after he made contact continued momentum 13-1 nice low ball there zane just kind of taking over here and again it's starting with that serve he's deep hard with it and again we saw that last weekend in grand rapids and he's just continuing it this weekend match point 14-1 there it is our round one here goes to zayn navertill investing shane stokes here in this one game to 15. thank you again so much for joining us after we are getting started late today after it rained all morning here in naperville at the app jigsaw health chicago open but we are just going to take a quick break and then dom's going to be over chatting with zane in the studio real quick before we bring you our next match stay tuned i got it i got it thanks ben i got it i got it thanks ben i got it i got it hello this is jigsaw health thanks ben i want a call uh-huh yours thanks ben [Music] [Music] having a tough time getting better our three-day level up pickleball camps feature a low student pro ratio and offer personalized training from the best pros in the game level up will take you full circle through the point building process by teaching proper stroke mechanics positioning and winning game strategies each camper also receives a personalized before and after video an instructional manual product discounts and more discover how good you can be with level up pickleball camps visit us today at levelup pickleballcamps.com [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right starting off the day with my man gucci zane naverto off of his win over shane stokes in the first round um we have a little bit of an adjusted format today with a little rain delay starting off around i don't know 2 15 today um going into something like that zayn you know you're thinking the night before i'm gonna get a good sleep get some rest get a good dinner and then wake up in the morning and it's delayed what are you doing to prepare for a delay like that i mean there's nothing you really can do you just have to go with the flow and i suppose i'm good at that i'm a pretty easygoing guy so yeah go with the flow okay can't prepare for something like that right exactly and so coming into that you know shane um you know you know his game for the most part what are you going in as a game plan against him today with especially you got wind all over the place again today yeah i mean my game plan for for singles is always i'm gonna try and hit my passing shots and i try to be relatively precise with them which is not always easy in the wind and other game plan is scrap i'm scrappy i'm gonna try and make a lot of balls and so i was i was aiming you know a little bit closer inside the court maybe trying not to be quite as precise play more balls be scrappy and it worked i was you know able to pass him a decent amount and not missing too much which is good so and then last weekend you were up in grand rapids with us we talked a little bit while you're in the booth about your serve recently and how penetrating it is and how much you're using that as such an offensive weapon to put pressure on a return to serve we saw that in this first match you know you are putting so much pressure on that serve uh on forcing your opponent to hit a difficult return to serve is that something you're looking to do on a consistent basis yeah absolutely i mean i think the the risk to reward ratio is especially good in in singles um in that match i i had a lot of hard serves and shane actually wasn't able to approach to the net because of it um and in singles being able to take the net is an absolutely huge advantage um so i set up a lot of easier returns and uh give myself space to work with for for those passing shots that i like to hit so absolutely i have to hit the serve even more than doubles so absolutely well good start to the day 15-1 win moving on to the second round congratulations zane hopefully we'll see you back in here again later all right thanks dom appreciate y'all brother thanks guys i got it i got it thanks ben i got it i got it thanks ben i got it i got it hello this is jigsaw health thanks ben i want to call uh-huh yours thanks ben [Music] [Music] so [Music] having a tough time getting better our three-day level up pickleball camps feature a low student pro ratio and offer personalized training from the best pros in the game level up will take you full circle through the point building process by teaching proper stroke mechanics positioning and winning game strategies each camper also receives a personalized before and after video an instructional manual product discounts and more discover how good you can be with level up pickleball camps visit us today at levelup pickleballcamps.com [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm ken herman creative founder and ceo of the app tour the association of pickleball professionals i wanted to share with you during this intermission my story of how i formed the dapp tour and kind of what it's all about the vision i had for the tour was to create a series of tournaments that would appeal to players of all levels all ages all abilities i wanted to create that championship experience for every participant and have the ability for individuals to track their progress throughout the year through my workings with the advisory committee they felt as if many of the original events on the tour were in the midwest and southeast regions of the united states they said ken if we're going to do this right we got to head out west that's when the fun kicked in the usapa has 11 regions across the united states the tour stops in seven of those 11 regions with total prize money of five hundred thousand dollars the spring season opens at hilton head island at the palmetto dunes tennis and pickleball center from there we travel to owensboro for our only indoor stop the summer segment takes us to atlanta for the atlanta open following that we head to cincinnati and then it's out to california for the socal classic when players get down with that event we come back to the midwest for the chicago open and then from there we head back out west again for the pacific northwest classic following that we go to indianapolis then it's toc tournament of champions out in utah finishing up in canada with the peterborough's cup just outside of toronto the fall season we start off in milwaukee from milwaukee we travel off to las vegas for the las vegas open and finish up with the 13th stop in nashville all players will be trying to accumulate points to qualify for the 14th stop the app masters in punta gorda florida the next question is how do i qualify for the app masters it's simple if you finish in the top 24 for singles you qualify and if you finish in the top 48 for doubles you qualify as well amateurs must play three tournaments to qualify while the pros and senior pros are required to play five you can check your standings on the onyx dura weekly standings list after each event i knew that sanctioning the entire tour would be a great benefit for the player knowing that you would get a higher value towards your utpr rating you're a guest at the events that the app tour runs and i want to make sure you've got the best experience possible we're actually bringing our app weekly show into the tournaments themselves commentators will be there interviewing players right when they get off court i want your story to be told to all the pickleball players across america regardless if you're a pro or an amateur see on the courts [Music] we're back it is me live with lauren lauren mclaughlin i'm joined by dominic catalano and randy coleman here in the booth we're about to start a round two men's pro single match here between dave suckle in the navy blue shirt and j.w johnson one of our junior players believe it or not he's in the red 17. be careful what you say mom's really close only good things only good things so we're going to get this guy started here in just a moment uh of course dave's seckel team head one of our sponsors here at the app tour the official shoe of the app tour you'll see him rocking those head shoes as well and then we have uh jw i i'm unfamiliar with him but i know you guys are very so why don't you give us oh excuse me dave is from columbus ohio area so midwest guy he plays with his fellow uh head teammate will wilson in pretty much every doubles tournament they play in but give the viewers a little a little run down on the younger gentlemen of the court yeah pure tennis family lives in delray beach florida moved from naples florida to continue more uh highlighted tennis for jw and now has found a deep passion for pickleball so a powerful player is learning the game inside and out also has a sister 13 years old might be about as tall as he is and can hit the yellow off a ball the next anna lee yeah georgia has a little more um i want to say personality okay right a little bit louder she's just like well it's not not hard it's really not hard to be louder than jw georgia j or j a is the sister what you will see though today you know out of jw he he's very similar we always talk about it in demeanor to a ben johns it's a very similar um go about your business not much emotion um if you watch him playing you don't know if he's up 10 or down 10. um very even keel and so he will keep his emotions in check doesn't really show much unless he is playing with mom and then he just rolls his eyes at mom every once in a while i've seen that happen before but no i believe him and his uh mother had some success at your tournament yes they did yes they did gold medal and here we go they won it we're off and running it's exciting to see our junior players starting to come up and be featured a little more in these tournaments so this should be a fun match to watch zero zero great spot there and the wind and beautiful touch from jw cross court 1-0 it is very very very windy here in naperville at the chicago open as it has been all weekend this is going to be our worst day of wind unfortunately though so it's going to be a battle for these single players today and that's what you're going to see too from jw he's he's very long it's very hard to hit a passing shot past him and he does have great anticipation so you're going to see him reach like he just did right there yeah actually what you're what you're seeing uh and what i've seen from jw is his ability to learn how to move laterally especially up at the kitchen line so he moved and stepped laterally with that backhand reach beautifully on the previous point big power just did not come up over the top of that quite enough it was a little bit flat even though he missed that i like it you know he's he'll she'll dial it in yeah he's showing dave a lot right now already and on the other side dave is no slouch to singles dave coming from tennis was a great tennis player and him and will pair up nicely together and the doubles he also travels a ton teaching pickleball without linda thompson does a lot of clinics with her in the ohio area they do level up 3-0 and that is beautiful and tough in these conditions great control catches the leg cord and just long it's tough not tough but um right now dave is on the side with the wind in his back that is absolutely spectacular the way he was he's moving forward lifted that ball nicely bent it right over the tape 4-0 yes i think we've seen that before as long as he's going forward you're going to see a lot of just hard penetrating shots from jw five zero and here he goes again forward he's mixing it up too you know he's not just power power power he's going with a drop every once in a while trying to pull pull dave side to side um he's again he's just he's keeping him honest 6-0 it can get away from you quickly in these in this format yeah he'll dial it in that was actually his first uh kind of movement with catching a backhand volley and trying to place it so yeah just trying to find the timing someone asks how old jw is 17 is his age mama when is his birthday for 18. all right it's coming quick about to be 18. he'll be we talk about when jw's driving this ball too we talk about guys who hit what we call a heavy ball ben johns um matt wright when we say heavy ball meaning when oh all right so here's the second one so just like i was saying so he like it was his first backhand on a few points ago on that backhand side he lifted it long had the same uh attempt there and dialed it in nicely but go ahead dom six one go after this point here nice spot but uh say he hits a heavy ball meaning that as it approaches you and you go to block it almost seems to speed up so when it hits your paddle you almost have a recoil to it the thing that's crazy about seeing these juniors coming up and coming you know into the pro divisions and playing these more experienced players is they might not have quite the experience yet but that youth is i mean the biggest advantage they have honestly especially in singles like he's he's probably like barely even like breathing hard over there he will no big deal and and to highlight on that and let this point play out and that is absolutely fantastic that is almost batman level catching that ball out of the air no bigs no bigs uh but to highlight on what you said lauren uh jw i spent a couple of months down there in delray area and he will actually go out and play three or four hours of tennis in the morning and then he'll meet us in the afternoon and play another three or four hours of pickleball and he pretty much just walks around yeah i mean 17. what do you guys do like their bodies are indestructible they feel nothing they can go forever they don't get tired they don't need any sleep mama's quite a singles player herself i mean i might say hmm she's got a wicked forehand mom does she's loving all the comments so she's sitting next to the table all right we're switching sides here at eight since it's just one game to 15. my papa is watching papa catalano i got to meet yesterday as did i yes for anyone that is wondering we have a rain delay new format for the day for our singles matches instead of two out of three they are one game to 15 until we reach the metal rounds so be aware of that there's just one game to 15. so we'll always switch it eight yeah it's nice caught jw leaning the wrong way to get back in this what does dave have to do here wow um yeah he's he's gonna have to um really be creative and and start utilizing more of the court side i mean side to side so someone was asking the uh the age divisions are simply just the open pro which is under 50 and there's the senior pro which is over 50. and technically you could play down if you were older into the open pro if you'd like but you cannot play into the senior pro if you are under 50. man we're 9-2 so one thing he cannot do uh which actually i'm seeing you're asking what he needs to do he needs to have a better placement on a penetrating service return so most all of jw's third shots except for that one right there um jw is has been able to move forward so he's going to have to dial in a deeper service return to kind of keep jw back yeah that was nice when someone was asking uh which matches we're gonna get here we're definitely gonna try to mix up the ladies and the men's division here on uh the streamed court we're a little handcuffed by trying to get just the schedule done today after the big rain delay so we'll try and get so many great matches i mean all the matches will be great of course but uh we'll try and get as many of the ones you guys want to see here on center court as we can 13 3. [Music] i could i know i think i maybe said it wrong before i sounded like you said it that way though and it looked like you're on the wrong side i think i was i was in i'll listen for you i've got an open ear and we have a timeout on the court so we'll definitely find out three okay it will be 12 3 when we come back from this jigsaw hydration break as the winds are starting to gust and swirl here at the app jigsaw hill chicago open in naberville illinois we are on onyx dura stadium court big shout out to them official ball of the app tour is the dura fast 40 which we are using today as well of course jigsaw is our sponsored feature segment of the day right now so a big shout out to jigsaw health and all their support of the app tour it's been fantastic we all have our jigsaw water bottles here with us yes we do making sure we stay hydrated it's not too it's not too uh warm here in naperville it's a probably a cool are we even to 70 yet do we think oh let me check for you i'm gonna say 72 really are you okay what are you gonna say 70. i'm gonna guess 77 but that's because i have the weather app up it does not feel like 77. it's got some clouds in the sky breeze it's a it's a perfect temperature day for pickleball no timeout wizard okay vicar says fun seeing players i've never seen before 13-3 yeah that's jw puts a lot of pressure on you we have our match point here for jw johnson and there we go that'll be a round two match here hopefully we'll have a a ladies match coming up next for you guys um but a big congrats to jw johnson as he moves on and dave secco will drop into the consolation bracket and dave played well i mean yeah oh without a doubt yeah you're running into uh you're you're running into you what are you gonna do all right let's grab a quick break and uh dominic's gonna be over our chat with jw in just a second over in our studio we'll be right back guys [Music] so [Music] having a tough time getting better our three-day level up pickleball camps feature a low student pro ratio and offer personalized training from the best pros in the game level up will take you full circle through the point building process by teaching proper stroke mechanics positioning and winning game strategies each camper also receives a personalized before and after video an instructional manual product discounts and more discover how good you can be with level up pickleball camps visit us today at leveluppickleballcamps.com not only is the speed and the power there yeah the consistency there so then you can make every shot you can at every level overall i mean i feel like i have plenty of feel plenty consistency as i'm hitting drops from the baseline that's why the biggest thing for us is we need that consistency like a big sweet spot right and this vanguard holy cow [Music] the speed that i get with this paddle when i'm on the run is out of this world game changer to [Applause] another [Music] [Music] all right guys i'm here in the booth with jw johnson a man of many words um we're gonna try and get some comments about his last match his last win against dave seckel a 15-2 win convincing um going into that match have you ever played against dave no not much you told him not to say anything didn't you randy all right so j dub is that your was that your first match of the day yeah yeah first match okay so going into that playing dave you've never played him before what are you looking to do coming in uh just keep trying uh see what happens just keep doing what i'm doing so play your game more or less right yeah all right so i've played with you a few times right the first time i we met was probably about three years ago you're still living in naples you are not playing how you're playing now you have improved so much you're playing at the pro level now a big coming out party for you was last year that a lot of people noticed you you played against tyson in bonita springs you gave him a very good game no one knew who you were a lot of us knew who you were in that match and we're like he's going to give tyson a game and you did was that kind of something that propelled you forward to where you're playing right now yeah i think so that and also just playing with uh better players a lot so i think that kind of helped also mm-hmm so um just keep playing so okay absolutely well j dub thank you very much for coming out and joining me i appreciate it mom's filming right now because she can't believe that you're in the booth talking to me you you speak more than people give you know give out right yes i do all right well thank you jw congratulations and good luck moving forward all right thank you all right guys nice job buddy what'd you want to tell you to do yes is okay one minute mmm um all right guys we have a ladies match coming up here next in just a couple minutes so stay with us we're gonna have the one and only prince powerhouse simone jarjim in her round one taking on jen lisandro who is a sort of local here from rockford illinois and uh we're gonna be getting to that action here shortly so don't go anywhere guys um here so here now um all right we are back live on championship court we have about to start lee le sandro versus simone jarjim in a women's pro dub or pro singles excuse me first round match so jen newer to the pickleball scene um been playing about a year and a half for out of rockford illinois and her very first pro debut unlike miss simone of prince which i happen to know a little bit of something about now now that i've joined team paddle tech and prince looking forward to working on some strategic things with simone so wind is cooperating but yet still gusty it's beautiful day in naperville illinois at the nike sports complex 78 degrees now and a referee is bringing the ladies in we'll do a paddle check so just a little background um on jen tennis player university of kentucky she went to university of kentucky but finished her career at northern illinois university on a full tennis scholarship she's been playing tennis since she was about seven years old finished fourth in the state of illinois yes so she has an extensive tennis background coming into pickleball which we see a lot of um and especially in the singles game yes and on the other side of the court same way with simone zero zero in here one game to 15. like it was nothing beautiful touch backhand cross court from simone first point it's a race to 15 switch sides at eight i don't know if you mentioned this is jen's first pro division tournament i was over getting a beverage so i missed that apologies for the repeat information you mean working you were working that is correct dee dee jackson's asking if kyle yates okay i see forfeited his matches he is indeed okay very well i assume i think because of the rain delay several of the players were not able to stay late enough to finish out the division today so that's why probably several people were not able to play today someone's asking about the score on the uh i'll get you an update sobek we'll try and get that for you guys and painting the line side to side you can see simone's playing about 70 right now williams ball rolls over by simone and he apologized a couple of times simone just goes too long you're fine just stop apologizing jokingly nice shot and giving it up nice reach and a fan jen definitely has getting james over here her her local i know neil over here plays doubles with her a lot and is in the illinois pickleball crew as are several of the other gentlemen watching and miss mommy yates and kyle had a flight to catch so now you know and we're gonna have another ball on the court yeah we're using utilizing all the courts now to get this last tournament day completed 2-2 is our score yeah we have true singles pickleball going on right now i'm just catching baseline to baseline right i mean you're almost looking at this and simone's working on things you're seeing this and someone made a comment about william sobak and fat and i just watched william sobag play a return ball between his legs and then an overhead winner two three here on the court this morning it is seven seven on the sobek fad match everybody these are some great points here um it's gonna be perhaps a frustrating day with the wind and with singles you see a lot more balls kind of rolling off and out of quartz than you would in doubles i think this is a very tennis-esque uh match we got going on here between two heavily tennis background ladies conserving energy here just wide get it together over there my goodness foreign just wide i'll be inside out laura kyle selenko's running the scoreboard and everything else in this production one man crew and yes we hear you guys about the placement of the scoreboard unfortunately if you put it on the left side anyone watching on their phone or computer it's blocked by the live sign if you're putting it up on a tv it's blocked on the right side there's really nothing that's gonna be perfect for everybody which is how life works so sorry about that we'll try and just say the score as often as possible so hopefully it won't be an issue for everybody kyle just put it right in the middle of the screen i don't know if we could just put it in center of the court it'll be fine put it like in the kitchen nice it is three five jen lisandro serving to simone i'm not gonna lie i just turned around there's a lot of people standing around here watching this match you'd think simone was playing or something i know they're all over the place spread out but we do have some people watching this match a lot of the players in between their matches are kind of checking out simone i think they're taking notes free lessons going on right now nice job nice money there jen holding her own though i have to say jenna's playing great good movement 5-3 thank you laura much nice flat two-handed backhand cross-court from simone and another point and we have a timeout here on it's going to be 6'3 when we come back from this jig you saw health hydration break we'll of course be switching sides at eight this is just one game to 15 with our new format after our rain delay uh you guys can maybe enjoy a little bit of the fad sobek game going on next door if you can see it on one of the cameras a big shout out again to jigsaw during our sponsored segment of the show and all of the other sponsors of the app tour love having our partners here and of course all of our usa pickleball certified referees that are helping us out today they're just bam bam bam bam right down the line here on these four permanent courts we have at the nike sports complex in naperville illinois so a big thank you to all of them led by mark pfeiffer who is also here today and our head referee byron freso as well for the app tour and we are back to the action here six three is our score here comes simone falls in she she apologized like it was nothing she apologized for that shot i think both of them thought it was going wide then it dropped in yeah she's kind of said okay we're gonna not go baseline to baseline anymore last two points she's come up and kind of finished those fairly quickly jen trying to get some uh encouragement from her fan section over here supporting her very well tough uh changing sides wind just shifted it's totally different for you now jen didn't adjust correctly on that one 9-3 great shot there and you have to you have to remember this is jen's first pro outing you know she's coming up against the best single female player in the world in pickleball in singles right now so that has to be intimidating has to feel like a lot of pressure but i think she's doing a fantastic job i mean these are not quick simple points i think uh you know even this even though the score is a little lopsided she's doing a fantastic job and has had some really great points and great shots and i mean she should be super proud of herself being able to hang in there with the number one in the world she'll learn quickly that she'll need to take advantage by moving forward at certain opportunities and exactly the single game is obviously a much different strategy than doubles and takes a while to learn and get used to and she's only been playing about pickleball for about a year and a half so it's great that you know she's playing her first pro division and she's moving on up in the ranks and continuing to get better as she goes which is all of our stories so you'll love to see it 313 is our score did it just fall and it fell in it did yeah they had a point just in time glenn lucy logging in online from the west coast as we're about to hit three hundred unfortunately clipped the net just a little bit on that one it would have had a great shot down the line there otherwise that one is long sarah aiken said men typically rush the net faster than women christine mcgrath taught me that do you guys agree uh typically men are going to come in on the service return most every time uh deep penetrating service return and then take advantage of getting to the line and keeping control and pressure on your opponent uh as some of the ladies let this point play out that was a nice try one hand let off on the two a one-handed cross-court winner i don't i don't know if i'd completely agree with that you see some of the higher level players yeah with uh you know simone irina lucy they do come saying that fairly quickly they you know they come in quickly maybe not every time on a on a service return they'll but they certainly need to get to the line to get control yeah they understand that and you're seeing that right now you know when simone's coming to the net right now she's pretty much controlling the point 13-4 is our score just missed one is wide speaking of some of our top females i see irina tarashenko playing against leah jansen uh on a couple quarts down as well so we'll see how the outcome of that game goes placement and power right there one thing too is you know i mean simone number one in the world of course she's barely looks like she's working over there she's really kind of running jen around a lot which really gets you tired in singles she's conserving energy definitely [Music] and a timeout timeout here by jen take a little breather it's another thing you definitely do not see singles players leaving those timeouts on the board very often because a lot of times singles you're exerting a lot more effort and uh sometimes you just need a break doesn't even have to do with momentum necessarily just uh need a breather get a drink towel off so coming back in simone up 14 3 i believe correct i know she has 14. match point yep this is just a round one match here for our women's pro singles 14 4. and there it is there it is great effort by jen lisandro who will drop down now into our consolation bracket and of course no surprise simone jargim is moving on to our second round dom will chat with her over in the app studio here 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with cramping all my life i would be taking pickle juice salt tablets eating mustard packets i just try to manage it but it's been really difficult until i tried jigsaw's electrolyte supreme i would actually recommend taking electrolytes supreme to everybody i haven't cramped i'm able to go out there with confidence it's been a godsend for sure all right we are in the booth here with simone jarjim off of her first round women's pro singles win we have a special guest who are you simone's daughter alexa alexis she's joining us she's sporting her chicago pickleball open t-shirt there you go that's perfect with the jigsaw hell with water all over it at least she cleaned her feet i saw her in the parking lot over there a little dirty just a little bit all right simone that first round match um to us it kind of looked like you were just kind of feeling out for that whole match you know yeah working on a couple of things seeing how the body is gonna feel i mean i i again like it's three days it usually singles the last day does not benefit me um because of the fact that you know like i had a tough day yesterday and coming back waking up in the mornings like oh okay i'm not 20 anymore yeah we talked about this but um you know i mean i'll see uh of course i'm i'm a competitor and i don't like to lose but that's the part where i'll i definitely don't you know i want to push until and see how far i can go without hurting myself absolutely absolutely your health is the most important absolutely there's still lots of pickleball to be played this year so i gotta make sure that i'm good for it and good for my partners for sure for sure so um we'll let you get some rest i just wanted to i just wanted to have you say hi and uh we'll hopefully see you in the next round that sounds like we got alexis on camera so i know that's all that matters right yeah she's been here this is the first day she shows up for the tournament awesome she's like pickleball no it's not my thing all right well thank you simone for joining us and good luck the rest of the way thank you all right guys we're out hi everybody we're back with uh the fad sobek match going on right now since we're able to sort of get a camera on it and it is very close it is just one game to 15. it is 14 13 right now so this is match point for frank anthony davis he called that out he called it fad called it out all right well that's match over there we're not we're uh we're moving on guys definitely gonna see some interesting results and uh fad we'll move on to our i believe he had a buy so probably to the third round william sobek we'll drop into our consolation bracket and we'll be back here oh we actually have irina tereshenko and leah jensen well in the background as well that you can kind of see but uh glad we could sorry we only caught a point of that last one guys but hopefully we'll have another great match here on center court coming up so don't go anywhere [Music] [Applause] [Music] if you like to dink then pickleball magazine has what you're looking for our bi-monthly print publication will help you become a better player with instructional tips drills and articles from the top teaching pros in the sport and you'll become a healthier stronger player with psychological nutritional and wellness advice from experts in their fields finally if it's product reviews or the latest news we have that too to learn more or to subscribe today go to pickleballmagazine.com let's go oh come on we really gotta work on your celebrations what are you talking about put a little personality into it you know if you smash it on them floss on them like this uh how about a little hot rod action give it a little shimmy yeah i like that you know on second thought let's just paddle tap okay yeah that'll work thanks kyle hmm wow all right guys we have a fantastic men's pro single match coming up here uh some guy you've never heard of versus zayn navratil so it should be fantastic i'm just joking it's ben john's guys um and a big shout out to our sponsor raya eyewear once again for this sponsored segment of the show that we're going to now dom has been repping them all weekend as has michelle esquivel and rob cassidy who uh we might see here on center court at some point today i've got my you switched lenses switched lenses today because it's kind of overcast so i have my uh orangish lens on which brings things a little brighter but i think i might have to change it back because it is getting very sunny isn't it randy it's uh beautifully sunny out here and a big surprise for our viewers i mean not a surprise but we have a special code for you guys it is app15 if you go to rayaware.com and that is spelled ria eyewear.com put in that code app15 and you will get 15 percent i'm sorry what is it 15. excuse me 15 off of your purchase yes so take advantage of that for sure a special code big shout out to raya for giving us that special code for today for you guys to go get a pair of those raya 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four permanent courts here there's no fence dividing them so you got to be real careful with balls flying into other courts so we're getting started here ben johns versus zane navertill zero zero zayn getting a little hold that underneath there too much sales wide it's gonna be one zero why don't we get a mile per hour on that wind randy can't get out my speed gun i don't think i can speed gun wind but i could coming off of ben's paddle that's for sure looks like we have a new certified ref i have not seen before too he looks very professional out there he is ready to bring it oh that one drops in great athleticism from zane see i am correct excellent hybrid that was that orange okay it's not amber that one's just but amber does sound nice okay all right it's gonna be sadder is one one i believe this is a round three match correct me if i'm wrong guys that ball dipped and jumped straight into the body of zayn couldn't handle it error wide beautiful touch even in these windy conditions from batman and a reminder our new format after our rain delay is just one game to 15. they'll switch it eight three one is our score so yes this is ben's second match he beat rob cassidy 15-2 this is zayn's third match but round three of our brackets round three ben had a bye just wide they coming for you randy no those are the fire trucks again for your hot sunglasses oh what a hustle from zayn fantastic job speed from zayn he just is everywhere all at once 4-1 here in our game to 15. nice spot by zane do you see him knife that he knifed it extreme slice and into the wind even made that ball die quicker one floor been running zayn around ben is just a craftsman with what he can do with a pickleball and make people run yeah and vince uh uh is asking uh our vulcan leader is asking how i gave ben that batman name as he drives into the net uncharacteristic of a superhero uh i came up with a a slogan a little while back and it's a saying that says always be yourself unless you can be batman and then be batman and so i changed it up and i said always be yourself unless you can be ben john's then always be ben john's so i just tagged it with batman and it's kind of stuck for one that one just out i like the play though uh ben wanted to give himself some time there he threw it up into windy conditions and it just pushed a little bit long one four what you'll see as the day progresses with the men's singles the pro singles you'll see a lot more of this cat mouse what you're seeing between ben and zane here where they will dink and play a soft game and i want that is probably the biggest serve that i've seen from ben john certainly today but i know he's been working on his serve getting a more deep penetrating serve and that one had a lot of pace on it i gotta say you guys have adapted the word penetrating an awful lot uh this weekend i'm not sure i feel about it push just wide could leave zane could have easily played that and the wind is uh moving from ben's left to right so that one just carried a little too wide one five nice job by zane there he had tried that shot earlier in the game into the net so he made sure to get it right this time we had someone ask i see decobar and j.w johnson's on the sidelines here do we have an update on how their match went either of you guys they i just checked it hadn't been done yet it has not or it's updated we'll try and get you that outcome as soon as we can or maybe we'll just ask one of them i see both of them right there oh i have it oh wow zayn there to defend that atp five two now six no it has not been updated yet six two nice job by zayn nice deep shot there just wide and another point quickly at eight we're gonna switch sides all right it's gonna be eight two when we come back after this side switch we see uh william sobeck is warming up with alex fox here on the next chord over oh and i see the wizard himself dave fleming over there scrappy joe over there he's got his hands full dave as he just hit a cross-court winner i could see so many good matches going on right now time in eight got a let on that serve there oh that's just such good placements two courts away now nine two is our score here ben johns versus zane navertill glenn asked who's the third announcer dominick thanks glenn appreciate that you you know randy you know lauren i thought i was worth more than that glenn yes it is me two nine and did get an update from decobar himself he won that one six fifteen six decal moving on all right nine two it's just such a good attack yeah by ben and we talked about earlier about uh the men versus the women sort of crashing the net immediately in singles and as we see at least we saw from zane that last point there there he goes right up to the kitchen as as quick as you can oh oh shane [Laughter] zane i like it ben's laughing as he walks back i don't think even ben was expecting that fantastic entertainment by zayn gucci never till on the court there ten two oh zayn just kept going to that same spot and ben finally moved over because he thought zayn was going somewhere else and zane cut him down the line great point 211 is our score here oh what a point great job isaac nice job by zayn there so that's a scrambler yeah it's the second time zayn has gone behind uh ben so the typical natural shot would be to go cross-court and zane is going behind in a beautiful downline passing show that's a gucci special right there everybody uh someone's asking about what's the story on tyson he had a flight to catch i believe so headed home to us along with kyle yates no they have the baby the baby is in the world now he's on the outside meg had it she's on the outside excuse me it's a girl flying alex on the adjacent court over there alex fox 11 4. one more oh he had it he had it and he got to a hold of it which he knew paul leader is watching hey paul from canada um touche ben says going behind zayn that will bring up a match point here for ben johns in this round three men's pro single match i'm gonna try and get you guys a ladies match after this one we're not sure who it will be yet and that'll be the match valiant effort by zayn gucci navratil uh no real surprise that ben johns is moving on so dom will be over in our studio chatting with him briefly after this and then we will be back with more action guys don't go anywhere [Music] [Applause] [Music] if you like to dink then pickleball magazine has what you're looking for our bi-monthly print publication will help you become a better player with instructional tips drills and articles from the top teaching pros in the sport and you'll become a healthier stronger player with psychological nutritional and wellness advice from experts in their fields finally if it's product reviews or the latest news we have that too to learn more or to subscribe today go to pickleballmagazine.com let's go oh come on we really gotta work on your celebrations what are you talking about put a little personality into it you know if you smash it on them floss on them like this uh how about a little hot rod action give a little shimmy yeah i like that you know on second thought let's just paddle tap okay yeah that'll work thanks kyle [Music] hmm all right guys i'm here with the one and only ben johns after his third round win over gucci zayn navratil uh that's ben's second match of the day he had a first round bye uh going into that ben zane very athletic obviously what are you thinking going in especially with again today wind's kind of gusty what are you thinking going into that uh well first i'd say with the wind uh you got to just be conscious of your footwork and make sure you're making a lot of balls because really with the wind people are going to make more errors so if you make less they're usually going to make more and then you tend to win uh that's really my priority in terms of the wind uh zane's athletic he gets to a lot of balls uh he usually makes a lot of balls but i usually feel that if um if i'm the uh the higher seed going into the match then they'll usually kind of play a little more all out and go for more and especially with the win that's not usually as good of a play so i kind of just let him go for his shots and kind of hope the win would push them out usually and i felt like that's what happened he wasn't really hitting his shots like he usually does and uh you know it's tough out here so that's what i was looking for and i'd adapt from there and you say when you're the higher seed when haven't you been the higher seed can can can you explain that to me maybe like four maybe five years ago well if you feel like you're the the favorite player in any given switch generally in singles like you feel like that uh then you really gotta you gotta put the um the pressure on them make them make the plays and you know if they're not then you're gonna win and if they are then you can adapt from there but you shouldn't be going out there feeling like you have to do something new and right what you've been doing has been working and going into something like that and it's good that you bring that up is when someone plays you in singles and even in doubles you have that target on your back you've had it on your back for three at least three years now right everybody's trying to come at you when they play you they're trying to play their best and it's no different than what zane is trying to do zane's a very good player um but he's trying to beat you everybody's trying to beat you right what's your mentality when you know every match everyone's trying to come at you and give you their best yeah i mean it's a little funny because usually more often than not people aren't going to hit all the shots they're looking to go for they're going to push the envelope too much they're going to miss more and in that respect i feel like i get handed more matches than i should because they just make a lot of errors but that that one match where they it is on yeah and it feels very difficult because you really don't want them to be on and hitting those kind of shots where they're just striping lines they're hitting it hard uh they're getting to a lot and all that kind of stuff so it's that kind of fine balance where you're expecting them to make a lot of errors the game style they're going for but when they're not you really need to be on your game that day and continue to make them make those balls over and over and hope that eventually they start missing again all right well ben thank you congratulations on that win and uh we will see you later down the road all right thanks thanks brother not only is the speed and the power there yeah the consistency there so then you can make every shot you can at every level overall i mean i feel like i have plenty of feel plenty consistency as i'm hitting drops from the baseline that's probably the biggest thing for us is we need that consistency like a big sweet spot right and this vanguard holy cow [Music] the speed that i get with this paddle when i'm on the run is out of this world game changer to another [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you hey guys we are here we have a women's pro singles match michelle esquivel and irina tarashenko we'll also get you guys an update on the sobek fox score going on at the court next to us and we'll also get that scoreboard up and running here after our one man production crew gets back from his potty break who said he can go i know right isn't he chained to this table zero one is our score irina tereshanko serving oh painting the line there early here in the game 1-1 great shot for my arena again wind gusting here 2-1 where i'm about to blow away myself wow that's a great gift by irina down the line in the backhand she's playing well in this tournament irena coming off of a goal 3-1 gold medal in the women's doubles oh see that ball die randy sure dude yeah good concentration from my arena 4-1 i believe we are on match point in the william silbeck alex fox match as well yes william sobeck is serving match point right now just long and william sobek won his match against alex fox it is 6-1 here irena tereshenko against michelle esquivel oh good effort by arena great spots by michelle yeah michelle's having a little bit of a difficulty uh difficult time with the wind when she's driving the ball she's against the wind and leaving them up in the air a little bit so she's not able to get those penetrating her low shots leaving him up in the air for irena oh what an effort by michelle what a point what a fantastic point on both sides great job by both ladies here and the athleticism both of them to cover so much ground is incredible yeah michelle made great adjustments in that last rally and still came out on the on the short end of that stick bobby poo me just long 1-6 is our score i believe our scoreboard is back up and running a little net court there by arena you see how the ball is just kind of lifting in the air she's just not moving forward with it just having a hard time with her timing right and might see a change when they do change sides seven one yes this is one game to 15. switch it eight and that will be the side switch you know i really thought you know michelle's rye eyewear that she is sporting right now that is looking fantastic if you are interested in getting a pair of your own go to ryewear.com and put in the code app15 you can get 15 off your order and then you will play as good as michelle esquivel i think that is the guaranteed and there's a little asterisk at the bottom that's like not guaranteed but you'll look as good as her okay i guess you'll look like a hideous beast according to dominic catalano like you do and you're right that's right like i'm wearing your right eye is the only redeeming part of your face right now dumb rough crowd i'm just joking i mean i you said it randy irene isn't playing so well this weekend and it's just carrying over right now yeah i'm i i've seen just a purposeful effort of play in uh women's and now in singles oh my arena scraping those two off the ground there great job by michelle well these two actually had a uh quite a battle in mesa uh beginning of this year in february so 110. oh just short ten one thank you belinda michelle asked him if by chance was irina on the kitchen line um not that the rough caught anyway 10-1 and these usa pickleball refs i have to say have been really on the kitchen lines this weekend belinda dettman watch she says ouch to the dominator you tell him lauren that's right i agree no love 110. oh just long pretty much we confirmed uh randy did today oh it was up ref confirmed i we both we all thought that was in yeah it was great no ref confirmed it was in oh ref confirmed that it was him yes oh okay that's what i was like i was so confused i was like that was clearly in and then michelle i think thought it was perhaps wide but the rough confirming it was in even though what is interesting about pickleball being on the opposite side of the court would have been a better perspective of seeing that ball in or out from a ref's point of view oh my gosh i mean look at the variety of points like the variety of shots during that point irina wins that point yes obviously she played that point well but so did michelle i mean yelling about the wind there at the end too which is an extreme factor here today it is very windy and confirming it is blowing the same direction it was yesterday so from michelle's left to right blowing into the booth here had a few tents in a different location when i got here this morning yes there it was all right 14-1 this is our match point here for irina tiroshenko women's pro singles open irina yelling at herself to focus 114 double up combat one mistake with another you can tell michelle's pretty frustrated this match she's convincing herself this is fun fourteen two she's giving it all right now so she's just unloading watch both of these ladies to lose when they hit their forehand backhands you know hard they're driving the ball i mean they're like an inch over the net they just dialed it in precise nice shot there 3 14. irena calls that wide michelle a little frustrated not a lot of lying calls going michelle's way today another match point for irena here arena does such a good job with that backhand slice just makes things very difficult for her opponents so when michelle is hitting those shots she's really just not committing into the shot 14-3 here's our third match point here for irena tereshenko oh what a shot by michelle she missed that overhead job by this two top of their game ladies fantastic match irena tereshenko will be in the booth here with dom and michelle esquivel we'll drop down to our concise again big shout out to rayaware go to their website rayaware.com put in the code app15 and just for today only you can get 15 off your order so head on over there get those amazing glasses that michelle esquivel rob cassidy and our own dominic catalano are sporting let's take a quick break and we'll be over in the studio with irena and dom [Music] [Music] seventeen times [Music] having a tough time getting better our three-day level up pickleball camps feature a low student pro ratio and offer personalized training from the best pros in the game level up will take you full circle through the point building process by teaching proper stroke mechanics positioning and winning game strategies each camper also receives a personalized before and after video an instructional manual product discounts and more discover how good you can be with level up pickleball camps visit us today at levelup [Music] pickleballcamps.com i've been playing professional pickleball for a little over four years now throughout the day i would take salt tablets i would take electrolyte tablets and when it was hot and it was a long day i just feel my energy drop i started taking electronic supreme in the fall of last year i played great and i recovered perfectly i was like surprised i know i played a lot over those three days or four days and afterwards i wasn't even sore if you're not drinking electrolytes yet then you probably haven't tried them [Music] all right guys i am here in the booth with irina tereshenko fresh off her win over michelle esquivel um in convincing fashion uh we were talking in the booth during your match irena that you are just playing extremely well all weekend and it's carrying out right now into your singles match michelle is a great singles player but you just had everything going you were painting lines back and forth you had her on the move and you just kept that pressure on is that something that you want to do against someone like michelle um well michelle and i played many times and we definitely our win and loss record goes back and forth and we definitely had some great battles um i felt like i was moving really well and i felt fresh so we had a few epic points yeah um yeah i was able to stay low and um my amount of unforced airs i didn't think i missed i missed maybe one return so playing um against michelle that definitely helps if i can keep my errors down and move well and just be as physical as i can in a match and i think the conditions are maybe a little bit more favorable too if it's windy michelle is a big hitter she likes rhythm so it makes it a little bit difficult for her to strike the ball as clean as she always does but again i'm expecting her to come back and uh yeah it's not over till till you shake hands for your last match yeah yeah absolutely and like you bring that point up it's a great point michelle's a big hitter she likes to hit the ball really hard it's not that you don't hit the ball very hard but you do like to cut and place and more of a cat mouse singles game where you're going sideline to sideline with this wind it almost favors you just a little bit to play that cat mouse where if you can figure out you know where the wind is going it helps you push side to side so you know that's great to watch and again it does kind of favor you in a day like today moving forward obviously you're going to look down the road and you may probably are going to see simone coming up soon um is that something that you'll kind of translate into a match against her as well um i think again i'm anticipating yeah very physical match with simone we had so many battles the record is definitely on simone's side so i'm gonna battle hard and if i can come out with the win that would be great absolutely well thank you for joining us irina and good luck down the road thank you thank you [Music] um [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] now we're on oh hey dom hey what's up i have to say you're looking pretty good in that kitsch app shirt not too bad right what about me you look fine in that app shirt your logo is huge i gotta like sideways down i like that one right i just got this in our app store from kitsch this is a little rancid bag it's got a kitchen on the back yes this is like a cotton this is like a cotton blend yours is a little bit of like a dry dry fit i do like it it's on the shoulders inventing dave fleming dave fleming terribly today but he's out crushing it in the singles yes he is guys kitsch is our official app clothing so go to kitschpickleball.com you can get this shirt you can get this shirt you can get all the shirts and we got new stuff we got new stuff we got long sleeves we got some polos we got some shorts more merch to come as we move into different seasons perhaps some some zip ups a little sweatshirts yes pants yes this would be nice has it all but go to kitchenpickleball.com put in the code app chicago you can get 15 off your entire order so a big shout out to kitsch for dressing us so stylishly this weekend we've looked good all right everybody that's gotten this shirt has said like how fantastic they are they are they're great yes very nice quality i love this color i'm always into a color so i appreciate this i have a white tank as well a tank just like that so the ladies there are no men's tank tops so let's no get catch on that because i feel like tyson needs a tank tap so he dave fleming dave fleming would crush a tank top a hundred percent let's see the winter soldier patrick smith loves the tank he needs a 10 what would you call a half a tank what's a half a tank i don't know we'll figure that out the winter soldier line for patrick smith only a one sleeve the right one tank situation perfect guys check out kitchenpickleball.com get all that awesome merch in the apb store big thanks to them for their sponsorship and partnership with us here at the app tour we're in singles day yes the rain is gone the sun beautiful it's a gorgeous student very very here today we have bob swiss helm here on our center court getting ready to play i am not even sure who's coming up next on this match but he's ready to go let's get some players so we're going to be back to the action in just a minute guys don't go anywhere and uh we'll be right back guys dang thirsty if you like to dink then pickleball magazine has what you're looking for our bi-monthly print publication will help you become a better player with instructional tips drills and articles from the top teaching pros in the sport and you'll become a healthier stronger player with psychological nutritional and wellness advice from experts in their fields finally if it's product reviews or the latest news we have that too to learn more or to subscribe today go to pickleballmagazine.com [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] go again until you strike just right until the ball sings until the other guy blinks until the cords clear and the sun sets until you see it in your sleep and wake up swinging you can't go again until you can't miss until you can't lose is okay all right guys i have not blown away yet but i'm about to we're back this is a men's single pro match we have frank anthony davis versus rafa hewitt and this is going to be an interesting match it is a it's a consolation match but it is still 1 to 15 just like we're doing uh and there's a winner's bracket but fad actually let us know as he was coming onto the court here that he basically threw his back out when he played uh who was he playing when he threw us back john john i think he played johnson cola so you're gonna probably see um an uncharacteristic fad out here um which of course you hate to see you don't want anyone to get hurt when they're playing we have bob swiss helm our ref on the court oh my goodness i don't know if you guys can hear how windy but i mean i love the i love the commitment from frank that he wants to still play he wants to put in the best effort that he can and sort of push through i'm sure the pain that he is in right now but we'll see how this goes and hopefully doesn't do any further damage he just doesn't look like the same fat obviously can can people hear us oh hi it's the winter soldier hi winter soldier patrick smith we miss you already just wide there frank anthony davis yes was knocked into the consolation bracket by john cincola so by the way i just received a text message from my father says hey squeegee call me when you get a break yes love it absolutely love it not really unbelievable you guys you're gonna have to go back down to florida and have the 2021 squeegee open 3-1 is our score here rafa hewitt against frank anthony davis oh god i just i don't like seeing frank like this i i mean rafa's coming on his side of the net to pick up that ball because rafa even knows he's here i mean you can just see him you can see him that he's hurting and you know you i understand you we all think you know he should he should just default and you know be done and not risk hurting himself further but you know as a player you can understand that uh you know you came here to play and you wanna wanna do the best you can but four one four one the hard part too frank is the defending single champion here of the chicago hoping i'm sure that's sort of driving him as well to continue of course he's also our co-host of the app jigsaw health chicago open so a big thank you for all of his help and partnership with the chicago open this weekend and a big shout out to hudeth one of our sponsors here of the tour as well frank's sponsor as well that one just long six one six one this is just one game to 15. we'll switch it rafa's hitting it with a vengeance and usually you'd see rafa even rafa's a very emotional player um he even feels it you know it's not the same prank he's playing against right now he it's not that he feels bad for him but he he knows you know there's no need to get too excited right now with the way frank is feeling and he's being very respectful uh to frank and what frank's going through right now you don't ever want to see that canada's ernesto one of 254 people online he's a fun player to watch he is very athletic and a very fit man now yes he is he sure is i also enjoy his mama very much uh and andrea making a comment looks like william is hurt he's not hurt actually he's cramping so he's he has leg cramps i just took him some mustard packets a minute ago he's trying to hold in there and they do have a tight match uh going on with the sobek court last i heard it was like 11 11 or 12 11. our score here 12 11 you're all right on williams court you can definitely sense the frustration with frank right now obviously this isn't the game he wants to play or is used to playing so we're very difficult on any player ten-one frank trying to talk himself through this just so hard when you are playing against someone who is as talented as rafa to try and fight through the pain that he's in right now not easy two lefts in a row two lefts don't make a right yes squeegee no oh stop it wow all right frank on the board again two two rolling off frank just says oh that sucks it does great shot down the line by rafa eleven two that's gonna be 12-2 and the sobek match just ended uh lost that one 15 12. i believe it was the final yeah that's the frank we all know nice buffy in it's kind of not funny but it is uh interesting frank's hurting so bad and still can pull off shots like that 2-12 the winter soldier is asking if joslong is playing something about an atm he needs at the moment no i'm pretty sure he means he wants him to go to the atm and get some money for him i think that's what that means yes if frank if you just play like that you'd be good right right there that's a great point jay will be playing against let's wait a second he hurt himself bad on that one oh frank in the heat of the point it just it kind of goes away as soon as that that adrenaline stops and it's just you can just move a certain way 312. also you'll notice in the bottom left corner we have that code app15 that is for rayaware.com to get 15 off your order so head on over there to get a pair of those fantastic glasses he's definitely uh digging deep here frank he wants to finish strong calling a timeout on the court so a recap so our men's pro singles bracket we are into the semis j du ville will be playing j.w johnson his men's doubles partner from yesterday in the first semifinal in the second semi it be ben john's versus john cincola j who j w johnson no no the other jedi glenn lucy says we he's not sure if we corrected ourselves but tyson just told him he pulled a hamstring and that's why he dropped out that is very possible glenn uh i think we did not confirm why he had left but that sounds as good a reason as any so that is very possible we will try and find out a definitive answer then but if you heard that from tyson himself i'm that that seems like that's pretty credible source fairly firsthand account all right we're back here i would have thought the restraining order on glenn from tyson would still be in effect but apparently not timeout wizard rafa worked this is good to see a valiant effort here from frank anthony thirteen five our score here and that one goes wide frank's gotta walk all the way over there and get that ball it's gonna be 5 13 here when frank gets back i mean there's just no there's no quit in frank i mean you didn't have to cart him off 6 13. that no look is very successful for him normally [Music] that's incredible utilizing all 20 feet of that pickleball court there thirteen six oh that'll bring up the match point here for rafa hewitt against frank anthony davis and frank will be able to go rest that back of his and hopefully recover and be back to his amazing single self soon but we're not done yet over yet he's gonna 6 14. that was a very deep serve it is fed's back for anyone that's just tuned in uh he kind of pulled his back out playing against johnson cole in the last round so he definitely is not himself this match took his time on that one nicely fab i'll compete and take frank's not-so-skilled self in singles i'd take it i mean just look at the way he's competing right now you know it's it's incredible the heart of a champion oh my uh every time he he really extends himself it's like he just any little twin jenny little is gonna 7 14. he is certainly making an unbelievable effort though still hitting incredible shots i know all right it was actually time out by rafa there because fad's on a bit of a roll i think rafa thought perhaps with frank's back this would be no difficult feat here but uh frank's making a go of it big shout out again to rayaware put in that code app15 on their website for for 15 off your order and check out kitchpickleball.com as well put in code app chicago for 15 off your order there check out some of the app merch they got some new things online to check out and i am lauren mclaughlin for those of you i have not met which is probably most of you let's be honest uh but very nice to meet you through the sound of my voice i'm joined by dominic catalano and randy coleman here in the booth for our singles day here at the chicago open and we're back from our jigsaw hydration break and it is 8 14. oh in the air profile picture there from rafa and we get our first big sort of come on from rafa after that point this will be i think our third match point rapha 14 8 just wide leaving the door open for frank frank is not done yet everybody so tim if you go to pickleballtournaments.com you can see the brackets all the brackets for today and for friday and saturday's results just missed wow and like fad looks okay during the point and then it ends and he can barely move and the winter soldier himself patrick smith says frank anthony davis you are an absolute warrior my friend hats off for showing such heart we're getting some some hashtags fad equals warrior absolutely i mean you see a lot of heart with fully healthy players and this is just another level we got i think our fifth match point here for rafa 14 8 and that's it i know fad is going to be disappointed with uh this match and probably his performance not being able to give his all here but absolutely hats off to uh frank anthony davis rafa there give him a little hug as they're walking out an absolute fantastic effort and we wish him the very best in a speedy recovery for his back hopefully it's nothing too serious and everyone if you check out eyewear that is spelled r i a so rayaware.com to put in that code we'll take a quick break here and don will be over chat with rafa in the studio don't go anywhere dang thirsty ah if you like to dink then pickleball magazine has what you're looking for our bi-monthly print publication will help you become a better player with instructional tips drills and articles from the top teaching pros in the sport and you'll become a healthier stronger player with psychological nutritional and wellness advice from experts in their fields finally if it's product reviews or the latest news we have that too to learn more or to subscribe today go to pickleballmagazine.com [Music] all right i am in the booth here with rafa hewitt fresh off his win over frank anthony davis in the consolation side of the bracket a tough match you know ralph you're playing against one a good friend two frank comes in and he just pulled his back in the last match um we all know and i know you're an emotional player when you play you you know you you like to celebrate points what not you were had a different kind of mentality with that because it's like frank's hurt you don't want to do anything to you show up your buddy right or anything like that but you still you have to play yes you know so you have to show up what kind of what's running through your head when you even start that match yeah no it was tough uh i was actually rooting him on at the at the match that he was playing right before he saw he hurt his back and i was you know trying to help him out yeah trying to stretch him out and then uh then finding out we're gonna have to play each other in the back draw next and he's a warrior you know he's got that warrior spirit he's not gonna give up and so the worst thing i just didn't want him to hurt himself even more you know right exactly hold it up just a little bit brother um yeah and it's tough you know and because uh you and frank have just recent recently launched uh something that you're collaborating on together well tell everybody what that is yeah it's called pickleball by pros um it's uh overall uh we have uh we have a bunch of videos and stuff to where people can get on line and learn how to hit um hit certain balls and do different drills and uh we have frank kind of the main the main character in it and i mean he's an awesome guy you know yeah yeah he's got some awesome tricks and awesome shots you know and without snow so yeah uh very thankful to be uh to be joining that team and uh looking forward to get that out to everybody to to enjoy and start learning absolutely and then uh just a fun fact about you ralph no one not you're kind of newer to the scene with everything a lot of people out there don't know where you're coming from and what not you know where do you live you live in idaho right yes and what what do you do what's what's what's your profession um so i'm other than playing pickleball right uh rancher yeah my family we have cattle and then uh we started a winery in 2018 so we uh got about 27 acres of grapes it's called rivora and uh yeah so that's a lot of work we're getting ready for harvest so as soon as i get back we've got about a week left until harvest starts up and it'll be non-stop for a couple months absolutely well you guys out there it's called rivora correct you guys check it out go get some of rafa's wine and then check him out in this next consolation match coming up we don't know who he's playing yet but we'll see and hopefully we'll get him back here in the booth thanks rob we appreciate it [Music] pickleball cocktail can't wait to try it cheers that is delicious that's wonderful wow that is really good orangey tasticness that is absolutely awesome way better than bananas well that's nice not too sweet real orange flavor tastes just like tang sugar free no extra calories this is a cocktail you should drink at 6 30 in the morning cheers [Music] so [Music] [Music] coordinates [Music] uh best part of my game here he's alright oh oh thank you oh that's right there all right guys we are back we're about to have a fantastic women's pro single match here between simone jarjim we're just chatting with uh mr josno yeah you gotta break it down three i know right and he was letting us know how crazy the wind has been in the singles game today which we've mentioned today of course uh we're getting some crazy gusting winds the he was saying you know he was like up in a match 8-2 and then all of a sudden he was down 8 because you change up the shots and with the wind it just is a huge factor and and he was giving us a little detail on the ben john's johnson cola match where john cincola had a 14-8 lead on batman aka ben johns and next thing you knew johns comes back and wins and i have to say uh a big happy birthday to annie selenko who's watching that is mama selenko to kyle selinko behind the curtain of course with our no smoke productions it was her birthday yesterday so happy birthday annie so this is the women's oh excuse me wait jay duvier is taking his shirt off by the by the booth guys oh yeah that's great just give me a minute lauren give me a minute we'll continue continue but you know we'll continue so anyway this is the women's pro singles winners bracket final between irena tereshenko and simoni jarjim winner will go to gold loser will go to the bronze match obviously we're looking at a very high level women's winners bracket final here no strangers to each other what are you looking for here randy i'm looking for irina to play like she's played all weekend with determination uh low uh you know placement shots she's gonna have to really move uh simone around and she's gonna have to be spot on i think it's gonna come down to unforced errors we're also going to have some amazing matches going on next to these courts it looks like as well so we'll try and keep you guys updated i see michelle esquivel waiting on her opponent on the court next stars here she's going to be playing catherine parental and i see ben johns as well on the next chord after that first unforced error out wide but let's focus here on simonian irena our score is one zero as we start off here this is one game to 15. beautiful so that's the irena that's been playing all weekend so she's gonna have to keep it up against number one and we talked about that a little with her after her last match and what goes into playing against michelle and playing at simone and she said both of them like to hit the ball hard um and she's just using her kind of cuts and oh that's just an incredible shot by simone but she will use her cuts and slices and she said that she uses that to her advantage when it's windy as simone did just then one two and i would just like to point out vulcan pickleball oh that was good balkan pickleball said it was important news lauren that jay was taking his shirt off so of course everyone appreciated it 2-1 here irina tereshanko serving unforced error number three oh my oh two amazing gets by irena there before simone finally seals the deal on that one yes money just did not let irena recover on that one played it perfectly want the old ball coming yeah corinne trying to er karen catherine trying to hit her former coach 1-3 nice job i think my favorite part of watching irina play is the way she walks back to the baseline after she's done it's just like the coolest cool calm little little straw back oh there's nobody cool so cool she's just and she actually used uh getting down low used her knees to her advantage on that one oh just long now if you were gonna line up three matches in a row i know can you get three better matches right here court court to court well you're not out there so we'll have to take the next best thing right yes yep we got catherine and michelle and then we got ben playing the shirtless wonder himself justin dewey he has a shirt on he i mean now he does four one you're seeing it different from simone we saw her early in her first round match um you're seeing her play her game now uh return come in dictate points off of the return of serve there's another on that cross court side and matt goble fun to watch player let's find out matt are you still sporting the man bun or have you gone with a new look oh and body bag on the ref oh no yeah is he okay bob unitach our ref for this match very expressive bob he's having a good time over there always just wide big shout out to all our refs here certified usa pickleball refs doing a fantastic job out here that was the only spot that simone could get that ball over the net and irena read that perfectly really nothing nothing can do about it oh the tape the table's blowing away 5-1 oh my gosh and we have deco bar on the next court it's just a bam bam bam bam i think after this match we're gonna forego some of our commercials and we're gonna try to keep the camera over on some of these other courts and give you guys updates as they are going as well seeing which ones are still playing matt goble has confirmed he's still sporting the man bun dominic you've got a little bit of a tiny thing going on i don't know what that i have the mac i have the matt goble starter kit so matt i'm trying to catch up i'll get there i'll get there give me some time yours yours looks like a like a little terrier like ribbon that you can put in your hair i mean it's cool you know right you're your little baby one matt where are we 106. i need some support here buddy kyle selenko's rocking his man bun today just wide arena made a couple mistakes here try and get back on track she was in complete control never be able to probably honestly ever have complete control over simone yeah scott moore just won his match a little bit earlier as well somebody asking about senior matches oh oh no bob kicked a ball it is tough we have non-fenced in individual courts here on our four permanent courts at nike park here in naperville and with this wind it's gonna happen oh dede we are hoping to have some senior matches out here as well it's a little dependent on the schedule as we are delayed so much from rain this morning touche from simone backhand drop shot that ball rolled out the gate and down the sidewalk [Music] looks like 3-1 is our score catherine parental over michelle esquivel right now irina joking with simone so you're seeing simone it's a little like a half half step slow compared to what you usually see here um but that's what happens when you're playing gold medal matches friday and saturday and now pretty much moving into sunday is going to be in a metal match no matter what here so it takes a toll on your body repeat of that shot beautifully cross-court place by simone don lockman's asking why is the ref on that side and what's happening as the sun is starting to set there is a pretty good glare that they would be looking at along the kitchen line from the near side so just getting better visibility i'm going to timeout for my arena here it's going to be four six as we come back here simonia and a bit of a run kevin kevin all right as we are here in this little timeout we'll try and give you guys an update on the catherine parental michelle esquivel match that's going on right next door so i have a frank is chiming in it is six two currently catherine's serving to michelle so frank anthony davis chiming in uh replying to pat when pat's comment about him playing said thanks man probably gonna regret playing but i don't have it in me to forfeit yep we saw it oh oh wow what an effort by simone but that one just wide they're a little too much of an angle six four is our score hello mama oh late she read it simone was seven four we will switch sides at eight here in this one game to 15. oh the wind oh that that was that was over a hundred percent and then the wind just held it up there dropped it just against the net on simone's side and so we're at eight now we're gonna switch sides we're looking at uh the score is 8-2 michelle and catherine are also switching sides here now at eight i believe catherine is in the lead 8-2 as we switch we also have uh ben johns and jay duvier playing as well and we're back here on simone and irena oh fantastic spot irina really sort of in control of this match right now guys now randy said it earlier too irina's been pretty much locked in all weekend and it's just continuing to roll over into her singles game today she's had a couple of loose moments a couple of minutes that she kind of was looked like she was trying to regroup get things geared up again and just as i say that is there 410 oh foot fault on irena there she did a little twirl her back foot actually caught the kitchen there 5 10. hmm that is just perfectly placed by irena crosscourt all right it is eleven five here irena tarashenko over oh it fell in just irene's been on fire this game enough wind to drop that one down 12-5 in this one game to 15. we've seen that exact sequence uh of hit several times in several of our matches today kind of staying down the line and then the player eventually thinks they're crossing over and just right down the line again five five twelve i've got a couple comments about simone not really looking like herself today and someone did mention she had said something earlier about hurting a little bit someone just said she'd been hurting a little so that is a definite possibility simone might be not quite at the top of her game today she's just tired we talked about it in her interview and yep it's a long weekend right and especially like you said earlier when you play the gold medal match constantly in mixed women's and should be metal matching up here no matter what after this either straight to gold or bronze and then back to gold it's a long weekend i mean she should just stop being the best that there is then she wouldn't play so much if she wasn't so good exactly 513 is our score here all right 13-5 that one sails well long there last thing you want to do irina's up and she's in control you want to last thing you want to do is give simone some room like that because she can score them in bunches like anyone sure great cross-court shot from simone into that back corner oh i just saw jay hit a between the legs shot with ben he did not win the point though yeah glenn and i know what you're talking about but she's just she's sore um she's not 17 like jw well well that's what she said too she's like i'm not 20 anymore well simone's ball would have been long and irena questioned yourself why did you hit that i think you'll see a timeout for my arena here very soon if simone gets any more points that one just led oh she's frustrated not happy with that and that's at least number nine on the unforced error chart for some money thirteen seven not gonna do it she says not worth it yeah she's she's definitely a little stiff a little sore all the above here's a match point here for irena tereshenko there it is irena will move on to our gold medal match simone will play in our bronze here uh don will be over chat with irena here in just a minute but let's stick here and uh check out some of these other matches it looks like catherine and michelle have just finished up their match as well i believe catherine parental came on top of that one the next one down here is ben johns and jade duvier see if we can hear a score down there i believe ben has nine it is three nine that is the score in the j ben match looks like how are you feeling feeling good still moving well good photo yesterday did you like it yeah that's how your best work i think i'm talking all right guys i'm here with irina tarashenko uh she just took down simone jardim 15 8 15 7. it was back and forth simone admittedly is getting tired but again irena you are hot as can be right now your placement is incredible everything's incredible you look like you're just kind of cruising and rolling right now um not many unfortunates i think we counted like three or four on four stairs in this wind that's like one unforced air because it's difficult going against simone you played her a million times before what do you go in thinking playing her um well i think playing against simone she's a tremendous opponent she has every element of the game covered to almost perfection so my goal is to play at high level compete hard and maybe think about like playing the ball rather than simone so it doesn't become about the person yeah that i'm playing and usually the strategy um i like to fill simone out a little bit and see how i'm reading her shots and after i play a few points i'm devising a game plan from there absolutely and again your game plan right now today is working it looks like you're just saying that exactly that point is that you're playing your game not dictating your game against your opponent you're gonna play your game first if you got to make an adjustment you make an adjustment from there but right now your game is working so hey keep it up we'll get you back here hopefully after a gold medal match huh that's the goal all right tune in and uh yeah thanks for watching and uh great questions dom hey thanks i appreciate it back to you guys alright guys big shout out to irina we are back trying to show as much as this ben johns versus j duvier match that's going on two quarts down get your hands it is 4 11. jay serving right now that's gonna be a side out 11-4 then john's serving oh that ball goes just along there by j that's gonna be 12-4 that is one game to 15 going on there and that one goes wide as well from jay 13 4. excuse me decal's playing on the one past that jay left that one up just a little too high there ben took advantage that's going to bring up a match point there for ben john's playing against joslin duvier that one goes long there great job by jay keeping ben back 4 14. uh yes because of our rain delay all of the singles matches are games to 15 until the metal matches been serving another match point here oh great job i honestly don't see many ernie's in singles and uh except for tyler yes as dominic and byron freso over both my shoulders remind me but jay just had a fantastic one over there against ben as well oh and we just have an update uh here's another match point by ben here we'll finish this out here oh not quite yet looks like uh catherine won over michelle 15-5 but she has now withdrawn she was going to play simone so some oh simone withdrew excuse me i thought it was catherine so simone has withdrawn now i think she maybe was hurting a little more than we realized that last match so catherine parental will meet irina tarashenko in the gold medal match here for women's singles and decobar just won his match the court passed jay and ben so decal will move on and we have about a fifth match point here for ben johns against jay oh man jay is fending off those match points left and right 6 14 is our score there jay serving oh that one clips the net and unfortunately does not stay in 14-6 this is about our fifth match point for ben here she's been doing a great job of oh he had been doing a great job but there it is so ben johns will move on in our bracket and jay will drop down he's not out yet though so we will be back after just a moment from our sponsors with another fantastic match here on our onyx dura stadium court don't go anywhere this is going to be our most successful launch ever hey everybody i have your coffee there you go boss ben mine was supposed to be iced i asked for soy milk i ordered a nine shot one pump mocha non-fat no whip with exactly four shakes of cinnamon this is only three i'm sorry guys i can fix this let me just get these back you should probably stick to pickleball mine's plain water [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] all right it's me dom lauren mclaughlin and you are dominic the squeegee catalog stop it because now i have my father calling me that and texting me that that's absolutely so many texts and so many i love it it's fantastic all right even lou halsky is sending me from hilton head yeah from hilton head lewis sending me squeegee things and i just i don't need it no no no it's not i've ever heard all right guys we're basically we're just we're killing some time right now because we got about 10 minutes and we're gonna be back with the women's gold medal match between irena tarashenko and katherine parental who we have yet to see on center court yet today so she clearly made a great run through the draw of course she was supposed to play simone but simone withdrew yes we've had a couple withdrawals today for various reasons i think we got tyson mcguffin withdrew for a hamstring situation kyle yates had to catch a flight um there's a possibility scott moore might have to catch a flight uh while he's waiting for his gold medal i don't know though scott scott i don't think he's going anywhere he's sitting next to us talking i don't think he's going anywhere he wants twice all right let's hope so because we want to see but uh definitely bring you that match it does it it makes it difficult you know we did have a rain delay we did not start until two o'clock today supposed to start at eight um when you start six hours late we do have players who schedule flights for the evening sure and when they plan on starting at eight and being done at around four it makes it difficult when it's you know already 5 40. so we understand that it's just something that we have to deal with the players who have flights tomorrow it's a little more easier for them because they can stick around and play but circumstances happen there's nothing um our us that we can do there's nothing they can do it's not their fault it's not our fault because of mother nature but we just make it work and we do what we can you do we can but we want to just take a special time here to thank of course the app tour ken herman dana joseph for all their hard work this weekend and of course dealing with the rain delay makes it that much more difficult when you're trying to run a tournament and of course trying to run a safe one in the world of covet and all that good stuff so a big thank you to them and all of our volunteers who have helped to make sure we are taking care of all that stuff properly big thank you to all of you guys at home who have been watching all weekend we have loved being with you guys and being able to be here at this tournament streaming for you guys no smoke productions kyle selenko behind the camera run and everything so hopefully you guys have loved that a big shout out of course to my little team of minions that i just boss around all day long dominic catalano we have dave fleming of course the wizard himself who i think is still he's still rolling through his no is he done maybe we'll get the wizard he may come he might come back i'm sad he was he was doing good hopefully he won't be in a bad mood no dave's never true he we love him and of course randy coleman rounding out the commentary team this weekend it has been an absolute blast i have loved every moment of it except the moments where i didn't get a lot of sleep because we have had such long days here but that is how it goes and we wouldn't have it any other way and of course a big shout out to all of our refs this weekend our usa pickleball certified refs led by mark pfeiffer who's here as well as our head referee for the app tour byron freso big shout out to him marcia is here as well all of our volunteers all of our monsters i said all of our volunteers but another let's thank them again absolutely they deserve a couple they do and of course all of you guys all of our sponsors we are a huge thank you to all of our sponsors of course we have our onyx dura stadium court our official ball of the apb tour is the dura fast 40. head is our official shoe wear we have rya eyewear rocking those guys out we have wilson kitsch hitch pickleball with this fine kitchen apparel yours is underneath i don't know you've got to be free actually not bad i don't mind it we'll see you're clearly you're from florida though so this is like unbearably cold for you right now yes but we got who death dinkers and bangers pickleball central paddle tech engage i'm blanking you tell me right on the spot you said sell kirk we've got pretty much i think we have all of them is that everybody yeah pickleball magazine yes level up camps ppr the ppr uh we said pick up i said pickleball central they've been rocking out all weekend helping us in the comments helping answer you guys questions they've been great they've been answering questions if that we may have kind of missed because we're paying attention to the matches uh they've been doing a great job jigsaw health they unfortunately saw health they're our main sponsors they are we love those guys we love those guys patrick and actually a big shout out to them absolutely always so supportive put out some amazing new commercials which we rocked a lot of this weekend so hopefully you guys have loved all those great commercials from jigsaw health they do a fantastic job but uh i think we're we're almost to our time here for our women's gold medal match yeah i think i saw irina walk by she's probably hitting back here somewhere doing a little warm-up yeah but uh why don't we get back in the booth get back to the action we'll get set about five more minutes we'll have more matches after that as well as we round out our last day of the chicago open so thank you so much everybody out there in pickleball world it has been a fantastic day here at the app oh i see i see jocelyn duvier over there vulcan how'd we forget vulcan what's up guys it's been fantastic yeah i have loved every minute but let's let's rock out of here let's give the people what they want which is not more of us i guess more pickleball more pickleball all right guys we'll be back with that gold medal match don't go anywhere only score a point on your serve so why are there three numbers in the score well it's your score your opponent's score and then which server it is one or two okay so you start the game on zero zero one well actually you start the game on zero zero two so you're telling me it has to bounce twice you can go around the post but you can't go in the kitchen and then there's three scores but you start on two yeah you got it this game sounds stupid well it's not stupid [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] get your fun to feel good here folks fun to feel good get your fun to feel good here uh ben it's not cold it's fun to feel good it's electrolyte supreme oh okay this guy looks like a cramper get your electrolytes ben you can't throw a product at the customer oh all right guys we're back i know you guys have been sticking around for this fantastic match we got just about to happen which is our women's all right guys we have our oh we got a match gold medal match here in our women's pro division we have irina cherishenko and catherine parental why are we dancing are you dancing yeah oh i'm dancing i dance behind the camera not like you're dancing not like you and dave guys we got a gold medal match it is two out of three games to eleven that's why i'm excited because this is going to be a fun match to watch here do you agree randy i do it's going to be fun to watch as we heard it a minute ago and uh i don't know if you guys remember this but irina tiroshenko was in our gold medal match last year at the chicago open she actually got silver against miss lindsay newman who took gold last year in our chicago open so she is back trying to get herself that gold medal that she just missed out on last year so we should have a great match here between irena and catherine catherine our first time seeing her on our main onyx dura stadium court today in singles we do uh rosemary do not encourage lauren i know i think she says sing lauren with 17 exclamation yes points and i asked her oh you're telling her i was like rosemary would never say that i'm glad someone appreciates my talents here paul leader is watching with us from canada i know paul is a catherine fan because paul is also from canada do you need to change your fancy uh sunglass lenses are you are you doing good with the heads the heads are here they have catherine heads oh they're back there they are they're walking right behind us right now yes wait wait behind it there's an arena head and an irena head no yeah there it is it's for both i love it kevin very nice if she'll go down to the entrance of the gate down there we might can you see them can you see those catherine and irena heads yes go around the gate yes yes kevin's staying on the kevin will get a close-up of these down the line there irena and catherine heads yeah from pittsburgh yes pittsburgh two sisters there she is zoom in on that shot yes that is a pickleball fan right there but nothing beats the tyson head which is as big as the app banner i'm gonna have to ask her if she can if she can make a live with lauren head can we do our crew heads yeah i think she can do our whole exactly yeah we need to do some some live with lauren heads some dominic catalano heads some dave fleming heads some randy coleman heads pickable voyager head yep still watching from england she says go katherine hey there's there's too many guys on that court over there yeah oh there's a doubles match going on here it is actually our doubles day for some of the lower level amateurs gonna be interesting balls everywhere there's too many highs on that corner this is singles oh we're getting a little sweep up we have a two rep situation going on here for our gold medal right at the entrance of the gate down there if that helps jim enger our my buddy from florida and ohio says good luck catherine you got this great job in the booth dom and lauren and randy nope he didn't say randy please there's been so many comments where they're like great job randy we love you dom you're so great i'm just like whatever guys i guess i'm not even here oh you're here can we get a score from that match over there with jw and zayn yes yeah we'll have uh mama's sitting next to me so i'll have her update us on matches it is 10-2 i think is that right did i hear that right zane definitely had 10 i heard that oh excuse me our gold medal matches started just picking up where she left off right randy yeah yeah it's nice to see uh she's definitely got a pep in her step for sure all right 0-0 here in our gold medal match this is two out of three now very windy here oh marina is that didn't fool anybody hot and of course make sure and share this stream if you have not yet we'd love to get tons of people watching especially for our ladies here in the gold medal match and we'll have other metal matches coming along as we continue today irena says so good of course big shout out to our sponsor vulcan for their sponsorship of this segment of our stream today and catherine did such a good job of getting into position and then stabilizing herself to execute that shot it was just beautiful hurry up and get there and then take your time 1-1 a little bit too big of a swing for irena on that shot she was there plenty of time just took a big swing 2-1 so like that for my arena just compact especially when she's controlling the kitchen line there up at the nut oh don't see that too often from irena hashtag same girl 2-1 that's beautiful and that's exactly what you have to do when you create that sharp angle is close and cut that ball off just like catherine did and that's one of the things we were talking about earlier in women's picking you're picking your moment to come in that dribble there oh my goodness almost came back lauren i'm just i don't i didn't say this but apparently chris uh spitzig said you're a bottle of glue so you're just a bottle of glue i i'm reading that off yes super glue i don't know if that's oh and timeout on the cord a little frustration from my arena a little jigsaw hydration break there looking over here on our next match we got zayn navratil and j.w johnson playing in a battle over there i'll get you a score here it is 11-3 zane naver till in the lead over j.w johnson next door but we'll get back here after this timeout to our gold medal match water bottle four one we're currently in the middle of a tornado if anyone at home is unaware we got water bottles flying across courts we got balls people tumbleweeds 1-4 irena serving it's a long ways for that ball to go cross court in to a gusty win from catherine did not make it over two four okay so that entire uh control of that point was set up by the return of serve from catherine pushing irena on her back foot oh my goodness whoo fantastic from both these ladies a reminder we are streaming not only on facebook but also on youtube right now so feel free to watch on either of those platforms oh yes catherine is coming out of the bracket of opportunity so if she does get this two out of three they will play one game to 15 for the tie break and the gold medal or two and andrea coop joining us online we have a match point and the match for zayn naver till next door he will move on good placement there extending irena what are you seeing catherine do differently that no one's done to irena today um well she's putting more aggressive pressure so she's still able to to utilize situations oh my goodness [Music] oh my gosh wow wow irina what tremendous effort and athleticism from both these ladies catherine had control of the whole point yeah she did but man i'll let this point play out okay so here's what happens a lot of times uh when when you get to the ball uh irena will get a ball back and then uh catherine will just place the ball uh to a particular spot so she's not pushing the ball uh with force great spot it's allowing up uh irena to get back into the shot so even at a high level men's game you've got to hit that ball and push it push it hard to a spot seven two oh oh and that will be a timeout from irena pulling a little riley newman she loves it's that cool that cool uh walk-off she's gotta do um yes if you are wanting to watch on youtube if you oh someone can go ahead and uh put the link in the comments here if they know it but if you type in the app tour and pickleball it should take you there and uh irena definitely a little little frustrated here catherine in a bit of a decisive lead here in our game one in this gold medal match and that was irena's last time out of this game all right we're back eight two again this is just a game to 11 now just forward forward forward catherine was and those did not let that ball drop did not allow irena to get in position nine two oh dialed in without a doubt catherine is feeling it right now yeah like a rotary phone that's i'm going way back way back down wow 10-2 here is our game point for game one for catherine oh my what she slid across oh just wide what an effort from katherine i heard her slide across the court incredible great job game one here goes to catherine parenteau in our gold medal match we'll take a minute here and then switch sides as we get into game two and uh what what do we need irina to do here in game two i mean the difference i think irena's gotta dictate some more um catherine is dictating early in the point and she's moving irina where she wants uh irina needs to take charge a little bit sooner and make catherine move uh instead of catherine making irena move yeah and tony giannani a great coach down in florida made a point where catherine's balls are dipping low over the net which is uh making irina hit up on the ball but it's catherine's ability to be in position to be able to movie move her body position forward as she hits that's allowing her to hit some of those shots so irina's going to have to come out and put pressure even more pressure like she was right in the beginning of this match kind of hitting with a purpose and so she's going to have to return the favor somehow can herman himself out there sweep in courts there's nothing the man won't do to make sure things are good here at the chicago open that one just long there we have switched sides we'll see if there is a difference on the way this game goes based on wind it is zero zero though here in game two catherine parental with that amazing shot down the line taking game one so now catherine can use the wind to her advantage and so instantly we're seeing a little bit of a different irena now she was uh you know up looked good felt good in the beginning that's great nice point there by arena yeah catherine trying to come in not that not let that ball bounce and keep pressure back on our arena but just not in position to do so zero two just wide there yeah but as hard as uh it is to do i mean it's what irena has to do so she pushed catherine back at that return of serve and right here is different wow i can't believe that stayed in the court fantastic if you're watching on youtube i believe you have to change the resolution to high def or the 1080 to get that best quality picture unfortunately we we do not have control over the picture there or the tornado or the hurricane we're currently in the middle of 3-0 here in game two of our women's pro gold medal there it is that's what i you need irina to do here and she needs to be able to dictate and control and again it's not easy when you're playing against someone as good as catherine zero three oh the change of pace catherine sends that return along one three hmm there unlucky we have another serve return along catherine short stroke that first ball down the line not finishing the mechanic of that shot out in front on purpose one four oh great effort by catherine there love to see that stop slide on a hardcore surface oh yeah oh catherine knew that was fan shot before that ball even hits the ground three four irena's closed the gap here on catherine in game two i don't know how she got that over the high part of the net catherine down the line but she did and as you mentioned earlier if catherine is able to take this two out of three match here we will go to a tie breaker to 15 as catherine came up through the consolation bracket and irena through the winner's bracket the wizards here guys 4-3 just those shots were dropping earlier for irene every single one of them they're just not right now i think it has to do a little bit with catherine's putting a little more pressure on that shot than anyone irena has played yet that's too good nice job there by arena well it seems like irina right now is playing a little bit careful she don't want this lead to get out of hand oh another return oh that's sad on the tape a big shout out to vulcan again our sponsor of this segment they put in the comments here for the next 24 hours you can jump on the vulcan website and use the code app to get 25 off your order what a fantastic deal thank you to vulcan head on over to their website check out all their fantastic gear put in that promo code all right five five here in game two of our women's gold medal match game one went to catherine parental irena questioning herself now just plain careful she's placing the ball she's not driving the ball with she's aiming not hitting right correct yeah it's a good way to say six five do you like those two i mean she drove that ball down the sideline and then cross court hits it all right just lets her athletic ability take over five six that one just wide there irena made sure to watch it all the way to the ground before she hit it thank you guys well you can tell by the you can tell by arena we're going to have a great match to watch next door to this gold medal match as well we got zane navertel and dekel barr battling it out to stay in the tournament so catherine placed that ball and irena was ready for it pam volk watching hey pam how are you i miss you nice that's great you saw it's almost like a light switch went on for her when randy mentioned that she needs to well catherine should have realized at the last minute there that she was not in position to take that ball out of the air as a volley and let it let it drop but oh she saw the ball there was a ball behind the court oh no that's what catherine saw she didn't call it but she's saying oh i saw it i didn't call it in those situations is it up to the player or the ref to make those calls oh another ball flying behind as well now catherine's the one frustrated this game too yeah but you just saw something in irena just like you said she flipped that switch and she's dictating play now

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Published: Sun Sep 06 2020