Andrei Daescu competing for the Columbus Sliders earlier this season.
Andrei Daescu competing for the Columbus Sliders earlier this season. MLP

Toray MLP Playoffs - Newport Beach: Everything you need to know

The quarterfinals of the MLP Playoffs runs Friday, August 14 through Sunday, August 16 at the Newport Beach Tennis and Pickleball Club in Newport Beach, CA.

The event features the league’s top 4 seeds - No. 1 New Jersey, No. 2 St. Louis, No. 3 Los Angeles, and No. 4 Columbus - and the winners from last week’s opening round in Dallas - No. 5 Brooklyn, No. 6 Dallas, No. 7 Palm Beach, and No. 8 Texas.

Each match-up is a best-of-three match series. The top seeds selected their opponent, beginning with the highest seed playing in the current round (opponent had to come from the pool of Rd. 1 winners). A match will be over at three games to none; a fourth game will not be played in that instance.

Matchups in Newport Beach:

New Jersey Fives vs. Palm Beach Royals
St. Louis Shock vs. Texas Ranchers
Los Angeles Mad Drops vs. Dallas Flash
Columbus Sliders vs. Brooklyn Pickleball Team

All matches are available on Pickleballtv and the Pickleballtv App, in addition to several exclusive broadcast windows on FS1 and FS2:

Friday, August 14
FS2 4pm - 6pm PT 

Saturday, August 15
FS1 4pm - 6pm PT 

Sunday, August 16
FS1 4pm - 6pm PT

Click here for ticket information.

Top Storylines:

  • How will the men for the New Jersey Fives be utilized against the Palm Beach Royals?

  • Will the St. Louis Shock sweep the Texas Ranchers as the favorites?

  • Who will win the head to head showdowns across all disciplines between the LA Mad Drops’ Ben Johns and the Dallas Flash’s JW Johnson? 

  • Will Rachel Rohrabacher play women’s doubles and mixed for the Brooklyn Pickleball Team against the defending champion Columbus Sliders?

Click here to read more storylines from broadcaster Dave Fleming.

Click here to read an event preview from Pickleball.com contributor Jim Kloss.

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