USAPA NATIONALS
NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONS
OPEN MEN’ S SINGLES Gold: Marcin Rozpedski Silver: Tyson McGuffin Bronze: Daniel Moore
OPEN MEN’ S DOUBLES Gold: Wesley Gabrielsen and Kyle Yates Silver: Marcin Rozpedski and Morgan Evans Bronze: Daniel Moore and Matthew Staub
OPEN WOMEN’ S SINGLES Gold: Irina Tereschenko Silver: Lucia Kovalova Bronze: Simone Jardim
OPEN WOMEN’ S DOUBLES Gold: Simone Jardim and Corrine Carr Silver: Sarah Ansboury and Christine McGrath Bronze: Lucia Kovalova and Irina Tereschenko
All podium photos courtesy of USAPA / Tom Gottfried
On Sunday, the Men’ s 70 +, 75 +, 80 +, & 85 + competed alongside all 10 of the women’ s age brackets. Like with the men, the most-viewed match pitted Sarah Ansboury and Christine McGrath against Irina Tereschenko and newcomer Rachel Elliott. Ansboury and McGrath took the gold in a well-fought battle.
Mixed Age groups were divided up over Monday and Tuesday so that players would have to wait hours between rounds – and wind up playing until midnight. The younger age groups( 19 + up to 55 +) played on Monday and the Mixed 70 + up to 85 + played on Tuesday). Sarah Ansboury continued her success with Wes Gabrielsen by defeating Chris Miller and Irina Tereschenko in the finals of the Mixed 19 +.
Wednesday revealed singles talent never before seen in pickleball. Daniel Moore defeated Tyson McGuffin in the 19 +, while Marcin Rozpedski stepped down to 35 + to earn gold over Rob Davidson. In the women’ s age singles, Jessica Stout defeated Torie Chase for the 19 + gold in the women’ s premier matchup.
Thursday was a day of rest for the players in preparation for the Open Championships. All age tournaments prior to these were well-fought warm-ups for these events. Scott Moore and Glen Petersen took gold in the Senior Men’ s Doubles over Scott Burr and Michael Gates. In the Senior Women’ s brackets, Jennifer Lucore and Alex Hamner
captured yet another gold – this time over Mona Burnett and Kris Anderson.
The tournament climax for many, the Men’ s and Women’ s Open gold medal rounds, did not disappoint. The Men’ s was won by Wesley Gabrielsen and Kyle Yates over Marcin Rozpedski and Morgan Evans; while the Women’ s was taken by Simone Jardim and Corrine Carr over Sarah Ansboury and Christine McGrath. Kris Anderson and Scott Moore won the Senior Open Mixed over Alex Hamner and Brian Staub. At the same time, the Open Mixed witnessed Simone Jardim picking up her second gold, in back-toback days, with Aspen Kern, defeating Lucia Kovalova and Matt Wright. The crowd was at capacity as all players left everything they had on the court.
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