The Line (S2E3): Ben & Fed’s Shocking Loss + Our Biggest Vegas Upset Picks
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Jimmy Miller and Adam Stone are back for Episode 3 of The Line, breaking down a wild Arizona Open and making their picks for PPA Las Vegas.
Ben Johns and Federico Staksrud were stunned in their first match together by Nico Acevedo and Yuta Funemizu — so what went wrong, and how much did the heat, lighting and unusual schedule play a factor?
Then the guys turn to Vegas, where Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio look like the team to beat in men’s doubles. Could Hayden Patriquin and Federico Staksrud meet Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu in a blockbuster semifinal? And which lower seeds are capable of blowing up the bracket?
Jimmy and Adam make their upset picks, including Anouar Braham and Luca Mack over Augie Ge and Jack Sock, while Elliott Schupp and John Lucian Goins emerge as another dangerous team to watch.
Plus, Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright reunite in women’s doubles, Genie Bouchard returns to pro pickleball for her first event of the new season, and Chris Haworth, Federico Staksrud and Hunter Johnson are separating themselves as the new “Big Three” of men’s singles.
Also: does Hayden Patriquin partying in Vegas after turning 21 belong in the handicapping report? Apparently, yes.