APP New Jersey Open - Tournament Recap
It was an exciting week in New Jersey for Team JOOLA. Our athletes competed hard and medaled in multiple events.Scooping up three medals over the course of the tournament was Anna Bright. She fought hard on the singles court securing a bronze medal after losing a tough back and forth 3-game battle to her women’s doubles partner Jorja Johnson.The next day Anna and Jorja worked their way through the back draw to land a spot in the women's doubles finals against Vivienne David and Lauren Stratman. Anna and Jorja took the best-of-3 game series winning 12-10, 9-11, 11-2, which pushed the match to a 15-point game decider. Vivienne and Lauren were able to pull off a 15-5 victory in the deciding game, landing Anna and Jorja a silver medal. Anna wasn’t finished there.In mixed doubles, Anna and fellow JOOLA player Simone Jardim found themselves meeting face to face in the finals, after each won their respective half of the draw with their partners—Anna with Dylan Frazier and Simone with JW Johnson. Simone and JW pulled off the victory 11-8, 11-8 to take gold, with Anna and Dylan taking home silver.In men’s singles, Federico Staksrud battled through his bracket to win his half of the draw, pinning him up against the other bracket winner JW Johnson. After losing a close 3 game battle, he overcame John Cincola to land himself a seat in the final where he would face another tough battle against JW, ultimately finishing with a silver medal.Congrats to all our JOOLA players on such a hard fought tournament!
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