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LA Mad Drops Beat Dallas Flash 3-1 in MLP Playoff Opener
The Los Angeles Mad Drops ended the Dallas Flash’s 13-match winning streak with a 3-1 victory in their Major League Pickleball playoff quarterfinal opener on Friday. Dallas won the opening women’s doubles…
The Story in Brief
The Los Angeles Mad Drops ended the Dallas Flash’s 13-match winning streak with a 3-1 victory in their Major League Pickleball playoff quarterfinal opener on Friday. Dallas won the opening women’s doubles match, as Danni-Elle Townsend and Alix Truong beat Catherine Parenteau and Jade Kawamoto 11-8. LA then won three straight games. Ben Johns and Max Freeman defeated JW Johnson and Augie Ge 11-9, before Johns and Kawamoto beat Brooke Buckner and Johnson 11-6. Parenteau and Connor Garnett sealed the result with an 11-6 win over Townsend and Ge.
Dallas had beaten LA in their previous meeting, making the Mad Drops’ decision to select them as quarterfinal opponents contentious. Johns, who went unbeaten in both matches, said all four games could have gone either way. The result gives LA the upper hand before the next contest. St Louis Shock also began its quarterfinal series with a 3-0 win over Texas Ranchers.
The Indian Opinion
The easy storyline was that LA made a reckless choice by selecting Dallas, or that Johns’ reputation alone would settle the tie. Neither holds up. Dallas had recent evidence in its favour, while LA’s win came through three different game combinations and ended a long winning run. The next result will show whether this was a tactical correction or a one-off reversal. Can Dallas force the series into another DreamBreaker?
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