Lost in the shuffle of an incredibly busy week in the Pickleball world, The Professional Pickleball Association Australian Tour had its third event of the year in Tweeds Head, just south of Gold Coast in New South Wales, Australia. It was a 250-level event, thus double the points of their regular PPA Australia tour stops.
Click here for the PickleballTournaments.com home page for the event, and click here for the brackets.
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Let’s do a quick recap of the results, highlighting the winners, the upsets, and the top players who made waves. Thanks to the Atlanta Slam, a good chunk of the PPA-signed Asian and Australian players were in the states competing, and these draws almost entirely featured Australia-based players.
Selena Turuljia won the Triple Crown, the first time a player has accomplished this feat on the PPA Australia circuit.
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Men’s Pro Singles Recap
Brian Tran shocked the field to take his first singles gold.
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No. 6 Brian Tran took the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 seed on his way to his first PPA international title. Top seed Mitchell Hargraeves was upset in the semis but rallied for the Bronze.
Women’s Pro Singles Recap
No. 3 Selina Turulja beat No. 2 Kaitlynn Hart and then No. 1 Andie Dikosavljevic to claim her first singles gold on tour.
Mixed Pro Doubles Recap
Selina Turulja/Joseph Wild won the Mixed title as the No. 2 seeds, topping Sarah Burr & Zachary Grabovic in the final.
Men’s Pro Doubles Recap
Top seeds and Australian pickleball royalty Mitchell Hargreaves & Joseph Wild held serve and won the title, but were pushed along the way by some up-and-coming Australian men’s players.
Women’s Pro Doubles Recap
Selina Turuljia (L) and partner Sarah Burr (R) claimed Women’s doubles gold.
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Top seeds Selina Turulja & Sarah Burr were pushed in the final by No. 3 seeds Talia Sanders/Bernadette Massih before prevailing 11-8 in the third for the title.
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With the win, Turulja claims the Triple Crown. It is the first known triple crown on the PPA Australia circuit.
With this story published, the Medal Tracker is updated online. Please visit the “PPA Int’l” tab for a complete list of all prior Medal winners at all PPA A PPA sia & PPA Australia events.
Next up for the PPA Australia tour? According to my Master Pickleball Schedule, the next Aussie event is 6/24/26 weekend in Wellington.
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This article was originally published on Forbes.com
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