Rachel Rohrabacher and Anna Bright competing at The Picklr Utah Open.
Rachel Rohrabacher and Anna Bright are into their second consecutive Championship Sunday in women's doubles. PPA Tour

Bright, Rohrabacher use strong Game 3 to make second consecutive final

Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher overcame a tough second game to secure an 11-5, 7-11, 11-4 victory over No. 4 seeds Jackie Kawamoto and Lucy Kovalova.

It looked like the top seeds would achieve a two-game triumph when they had a 7-3 lead in Game 2 after taking the first, but Kawamoto and Kovalova raised their level with some well-placed lobs and crafty attacks and went on to score the final eight points of the game to send it to a third.

After dropping the first two points of Game 3, Bright and Rohrabacher scored the match’s next ten points to all but seal the win.

“[Jackie and Lucy] definitely stepped up, and we also kind of stopped doing what we did to win the first game,” Rohrabacher said of dropping Game 2. “We were able to re-evaluate in Game 3 and got back to the gameplan."

Bright and Rohrabacher will look to earn their fifth title of the year together on Championship Sunday. They will face the winner of the second semifinal pitting Etta Wright and Meghan Dizon against Jorja Johnson and Mari Humberg.