For all of the other commentators, this is not the Anna Bright everybody else sees. Watch her and Rohrabacher vs ALW/Parenteau and you will never see a more fired up competitor in your life. I expect perfection out of myself and I yell at myself for making unforced errors all the time, but the thing that makes me angrier/more frustated than anything is having a bad game and repeatedly missing easy shots. Anna Bright and Ben Johns' play styles don't match very well, but Ben Johns was his usual self and Anna just had an off day. Cool yourall's jets and try to wait before calling for both of their heads. Huge respect for Thomas and Vivienne!
If PPA want to reach a wider audience, they need to upload better quality videos. This is horrible low bit rate, even the text is fuzzy. There is no other RU-vid content with this poor quality. Either PPA are trying to save money (less storage space and faster upload) or the Video engineer does not know what they are doing, in which case fire them.
Wilson & David simply out hustled (and vivian shone with a mission focused attitude). As we know that individual talent wasn't the determining factor (they are all great players, and well... Ben johns is the GOAT), then you have to put it on WILL (which shouldnt be a factor at top level play), or Perhaps there was fatigue, (but they are frankly all great athletes,... so it may come down to as basic as 'partnership FIT' . How well does the partnership compliment each other. Perfect example. ALW... clearly a supreme player (personally I believe the best male OR female) ... but she knows exactly how to work (fit) with Ben as he dominates possession. She fills the gaps... despite being #1 in the world herself. So maybe its a simple as 'how you gel' .! This weekend at times looked like two individual player vs a partnership. ... and frankly i like (and have met both), but think Ben lost an opportunity to demonstrate support and leadership, choosing to sit stoic in the time outs, vs raising Annas spirits and confidence. . I also saw their post Semi interview and Anna said "Learning how to (quote) get out of his (bens) way. That to me sums it up.. She didnt see it (like ALW) as complimenting his style, but rather as as an internal fight having to accommodate to his style. Just not a good fit
I can see how with Ben’s personality, AB may come across as too much as far as aggression and intensity with her interactions (not play) and that could have made him uncomfortable and not wanting to interact. But still try to encourage each other.
Its mixed, its Ben JOHNS, he gets any ball he wants…ALW is his equal and the most error free player on the planet, UFE are always low. So she gets more leeway to poach and take balls, no Female is even in her orbit.
@@merry5059agreed. I personally wouldn’t wanna play with AB due to how much she yells and beats herself up in a point. It’s uncomfortable to watch, I could only imagine how Ben felt lol. He did give her some claps in game one but I think it became overwhelming for him.
@@casey10614 of course. She gets paid to perform. She’s a professional. We as spectators can judge athletes. It’s the name of the game and the profession. She played poorly this match. No doubt about it.
I definitely agree with you. She gets paid to win and we are spectators. Anna made so many unforced errors. It's not like her but everyone has a bad game.
@@markfcal maybe not his absolute best, but more than well enough to win. If Anna plays not even extremely well, but just up to her normal standard, they win.
@@markfcal Did you even watch the entire match? There's no way you can justify saying Anna played well but Ben had to step it up. You can't remove all responsibility from his partner while putting an unrealistic expectation on Ben.
Everyone can have a bad day, even the pros. I think she was nervous, and got in her own head. She is a great player, just maybe a bit too intense at times. And honestly Thomas and Viv played great! Well deserved.
Gotta love Adam Stones resentment towards Ben. Been going for a while now and it’s obvious. We know he stole your boys girl but Cmon. You have a once slightly above average career to uphold as a commentator #dork
I love how Ben is using a gen 2 Joola that has been repainted to look like the gen 3. You can hear the obvious difference. The Gen 3s must not suit his game way too much jump.
It was her attitude that screwed up the whole effort. She took playing with Ben too seriously. She got in a funk and wouldn't come out. I think he was disgusted with her when it was over. She needed to fix herself. And attitude adjustment. He probably felt that if he said anything he would upset her more.
Honestly, AB didn’t play her best. She popped up quite a few balls and hit a number of dunks in the net. Ben was justifiably frustrated especially when he is used to playing with ALW. Would love to see AB have more positive self talk especially since she is plenty capable of playing better than she did in this match.
You couldn't find a more differing set of attitudes than Vivian and Anna. I love that through highs and lows Viv is always smiling. Even on the highs, Anna looks like she's just bitten in to a lemon juice turd.
@@jimg6178while im not a fan of the wordage, they’re not wrong. anna wasnt happy even when they were winning and only got more frustrated as it went on. vivian had a better attitude and it shows in her play
@@kdotfouts thats her bright side personality…Anna Bright isnt that person, everyone is an individual and implying someone is a “bad sport” because they arent smiling and giddy when losing is just silly. I lose i get pissed.
It all makes sense, David / Wilson hadn’t played since there last gender doubles game so they were rested and fired up , on the hand Anna and Ben had just finished playing there gender doubles matches so they should’ve been ready to play. Maybe they were just tired who knows
@@jimg6178 it's not that she wasn't smiling and giddy, it's that her body language showed obvious discontent. i understand we're going to get upset but almost always you'll play worse if you let your emotions get the best of you. and i believe that anna is evidence to that here. i mean watch ben. he's losing too and is getting outmatched which is rare. and yet he never shows that he's upset and just continues to take care of business. level-headedness is a very good trait to have in competitive sports
Great match. I vote for Michelle McMahon to do play-by-play for finals from now on. Dave could learn a lot from her style: she doesn't need to comment on every play, she leaves space for Adam to give color commentary, and she avoid the excessive "player worship" of the pickleball booster.
I mean he’s just not a talker which there’s nothing wrong with that and I’m sure he texted AB after the game or something like you never know what he said outside of the pickleball courts
@@LSEBalla pro tennis players play with racquets painted to look like the models all the time (the model the racquet sponsor is trying to sell at the moment). to me, it's obvious Ben and Collin are using the Gen 2 paddles painted to look like Gen 3. their shots don't make the loud hollow sound or come off hot like Anna Bright and Tyson's does
Agreed! Anna sure could use some encouragement and condolences from time to time. Johns has made his success on “all business” which works for him, no doubt. While I love the classy aspect of all business play it doesn’t hurt to celebrate and get excited respectfully from time to time.
Ben watched Anna struggling, and offered no support. He needs partners that can handle the negative, disapproving vibe that he gives off. He never supports Collin, and ALW has her mom there. Contrast that with how Thomas Wilson conducts himself if his partner is struggling. Or Tyson. I think Ben's lack of support for his partner gave Thomas and Viv the win.
Friends, I would love to share links to great matches to friends just getting into pickleball, but I just can't when the video quality is not very good when viewing on desktop. *Please* work it out.
I am so curious if there’s been any discussion between Ben and Anna about Collin’s classless attack on James’s little sister. Reference the KOTC podcast / RU-vid, “Houston we have some drama”.
Collin John's isn't wrong about what he said, he just should have had the tact not to say the other shit he said. Celebrating on an unforced error instead of on a point where you actually beat him is a piece of shit move no matter at what level
@@BlGSac I agree to some degree. I hate taunting and don’t find it classy either. It’s most egregious when directed in a hostile form toward the other player given this isn’t the MMA but I really wouldn’t classify what she did as a POS move. Anyway, I wish that he would apologize to her. Do you think that she was out of place given her reasoning that she gave to him?
@@mccgunter Her reasoning being that she's a fan of him and stuff? I don't think her reasoning justifies what she did. If I met my favorite pickleball player and started celebrating whenever he made a mistake, I would be ashamed with myself cause I'm being rude and a douche. If he was her pickleball idol, she should have had more respect and class for him. There's probably a reason, James Ignatowich hasn't said anything cause I think he probably agrees with his message, though the approach wasn't great with his hurtful comments.
@@BlGSacI think you’re being myopic. 1. Celebrating a point in general is not a douche move in it of itself. If she says something like “come on” or “yeah” or something of that nature, she’s excited that she won the point. It doesn’t matter if it’s unforced or not, it’s all counted the same as her point. Moreover, some people use that as fuel to try to hype themselves up and play better. She was not taunting Collin Johns, and that’s the point wheee she was saying he was her favorite player. She’s doing it for herself, not to get in his head. 2. Took it a step too far by making it personal and she was trying to apologize to him/come to an understanding. If she’s saying he’s his favorite player and she wasn’t trying to be mean, even if her actions represented so, any intelligent individual would understand that she was not being malicious with her actions and just let it go. Instead he chose to be petty, vindictive and insulted her. All in all, he was definitely the douche in this situation. Regardless of what she did, if she came to him trying to apologize, he should’ve just let it go like a mature person would. He’s what 30 or 31? He’s 10-11 years older than her, understand that she’s young, we all make mistakes and let it go.
@@adamheath4599 I don't think I'm being anything other than realistic. Chirp off an unforced error is an asshole maneuver, I try to be nice to everyone I meet and keep everything professional and fun at my level. You say that she is just chirping for herself, that doesn't mean that her actions don't affect other players and that her actions definitely came off as taunting. Action and intention are important, her intention wasn't malicious but when in the heated moment of a game you come off as an asshole. I will acknowledge his comments suck, they are mean and stuff and he went too far and stuff and I don't agree with saying someone will never beat you it comes off as arrogant and just straight bullyesque. But she isn't an innocent party this didn't happen for no reason and although I wouldn't have had the same reaction as CJ. I can't fault him when you're playing at a competitive professional level literally competing for your livelihood, things can get heated. If I'm playing against Roger Federer since he's my tennis icon and I start celebrating as a way to pump myself up when he double faults his serve. It might have been for me, but I still come off as an asshole
Yes. I’ve never seen Ben miss so many counters and backhand dinks. And he left a lot of balls high. Anna was having the same issue. Maybe they are still adapting to their new gen 3 paddles…but they were both not their usual selves.
Anna has no idea how to play with someone as good and aggressive as Ben can be. She was honestly just ruining his rhythm and throwing him off by not letting him have balls then she would steal a shot and hit some crappy backhand that would pop up and get smashed.
when ben and etta won gold last week etta said it was due to her “sticking to Ben’s game plan”. the game plan is for etta to dink cross court while ben is the aggressor. ben and anna didn’t win bc anna’s cross court dinks weren’t solid and bc she was trying to be the aggressor as well. anna plays too sporadic for ben so they did not mesh well.
A team is not going to "mesh" when the female partner hit so many unforced errors. Someone further upstream in the comments section ^^^ said Anna was angry and stormed off the court after the loss. If so, then good for her, I respect that. She is entitled to her feelings in the heat of the moment and it tells me she cares deeply about winning, not blaming the loss on anyone other than herself. That's called taking personal responsibility and what I expect a top world class player to do. No criticism from me on that.
@@propertwb that is what he does, he doesn’t say much to anyone. Bright gets in her own head, she cant shake off mistakes. Ben Johns ALMOST always plays with ALW ( by the distance of the moon and back better than any other female) and his BROTHER. Etta Wright is a great partner for him, she always is boring and never shows any expression. So…thats who he is and what he does, she wants a shoulder rub from her partner then play with JAMES…
@@jimg6178 I understand who he usually plays with and that he doesn’t say a lot. Having playing with several partners over 11 years of tournaments, I do know how important communication and support are. Maybe once you get past 5.0 you don’t expect that.
The other day at my job as a Financial Advisor told one of my clients that he lost a million dollars, he told me its ok buddy, Vivienne David has a great attitude so he wasnt pissed, failed big time at my job and I was at least happy that it wasn’t my money. I learned a valuable lesson about being a good sport!!
