US Open
Roars Back
After canceling the 2020 event due to the coronavirus , the Minto US Open Pickleball Championships powered by Margaritaville returns bigger than ever .
By Morgan Evans
The Minto 2021 US Open Pickleball Championships is in the books and will not be easily forgotten . The event , two years in the making , saw more than 2,190 players from 12 countries venture to the pickleball capital of the world — Naples , Florida — to compete for one of the game ’ s most coveted titles .
Proceedings kicked off with Pro Singles , a discipline not for the fainthearted at the best of times and downright torturous in the Florida heat . On the line were not just medals and giant checks , but the pride of becoming the toughest warriors in the game . On the
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MAY / JUNE 2021 | MAGAZINE 37