The Unstoppable Waters Takes Another Pro Pickleball Triple Crown In San Clemente

After a hot and heavy tournament in Dallas, the Professional Pickleball Tour headed west to San Clemente, California, for the 2023 Select Medical Orange County Cup, held at the Lifetime Fitness San Clemente. While back-to-backs are not ideal, especially for singles players (and as we’ll see, the singles draw on both sides featured upsets and absentees galore), the pros are setting up camp for two straight weeks in Southern California, as next week’s MLP event is being held in the same venue. The San Clemente event was plagued by rain all weekend, which led to more than a few delayed and rescheduled matches.

Side Note: the PPA has finally pivoted, starting with this event, to using its newer tournament management platform user interface at pickleballbrackets.com, after years of using pickleballtournaments.com. Both platforms are owned by the same group that owns the PPA, so soon we’ll see the sport moving more completely to the Pickleball Brackets experience.