International Pro Pickleball Recap for July 26th Weekend — Recaps From Singapore, Malaysia, And Italy

Roos Van Reek won her 2nd triple crown successful 2 months.

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Last weekend, successful summation to hosting the 8th of 9 regular play Major League Pickleball events, featured nary little than 3 world competitions astir the globe. Let’s do a speedy recap of the results, highlighting the winners, the upsets, and the apical players who made waves.

The PPA and APP’s world arms were some successful action, pinch Asia-based pros choosing to spell to either Malaysia aliases Singapore for the weekend, while the PPA held its first ever European pro stop.

2026 PPA Asia 500 Leapmotor Singapore Open

PPA-Asia hosted a 500-level arena successful Singapore, which is simply a immense constituent full for the region (worth half arsenic overmuch arsenic a regular circuit stop). Click present for the draws.

Collin Johns & Len Yang took their 3rd badge (and 2nd gold) together connected the PPA Asia circuit since May pinch a 3-game triumph successful the last complete Hien Truong & Kenta Miyoshi. Hong Kit Wong (who goes by the nick sanction “Jack”) won his 3rd Men’s Singles golden badge successful the past 4 world PPA events, beating US-based Adam Harvey successful the final. Wong ended up taking medals successful each 3 disciplines for the weekend.

On the women’s side, Yufie Long took the double, winning the singles golden complete Annie Xie and past teaming up pinch Hong Kong-based Kara Wheatley for the gold.

The biggest communicative whitethorn person been successful Mixed, wherever 16-yr aged Atlanta based Jaeda Minniefield teamed up pinch Vietnam’s Luc Pham to declare the Mixed pro title. Minniefield has a slew of PPA Challenger medals, but picks up a important title here.

2026 Leapmotor APP Penang Open

The sixth arena of the 2026 APP-GSP world bid was held successful Penang, the 2nd clip the circuit has visited Malaysia this year. Click present for the draws.

Quang Duong did the double, taking the Singles title complete rising prima 15-yr aged erstwhile Table Tennis phenome Phoenix He from China. He past took the doubles title pinch Harsh Mehta, beating the apical seeds Munro & Schenk, and repeating their gold-medal winning feat from Ho Chi Minh city. Duong missed retired connected the triple crown though; he fell successful the Mixed pro finals (8),0,0 to Jack Munro & Roos van Reek aft going connected a spirited tally that included a triumph complete the apical seeds Fudge & Schenk.

Speaking of van Reek, she had herself a Triple Crown winning weekend. In pro singles, 3rd seeded Roos van Reek came retired connected apical complete 4th seeded Yu-chieh Hsieh successful the Women’s pro singles, pinch some apical seeds (Hendry and Bates) falling early. She paired up pinch Vivian Glozman to return the doubles crown, repeating the feat they claimed together a period agone successful Vietnam.

This is van Reek’s 2nd profession pro triple crown; she besides did this feat a period ago, pinch the aforesaid partners, astatine the 2026 Pickleball Djoy Tour Event 2: BIDV Cup successful Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

2026 Portoroz Italy 125

The inaugural arena of the PPA’s caller Italian bid kicked disconnected past play successful a metropolis not really successful Italy. Portoroz is really successful Slovenia, connected its occidental seashore conscionable crossed the Adriatic oversea from Venice. The starter arena was fixed a 1/8th worth of a emblematic PPA event; 125 points to the bracket winners. The tourney drew mostly from Europe, pinch immoderate acquainted names taking podiums.

Louis Laville & Tom Protzek (from England and Germany respectively) teamed up to return the Men’s doubles title. Top Hungarian pro Balint Bako took retired Spaniard Josep “Pep” Canyadell (who was conscionable successful Grand Rapids playing connected Team Europe successful the mid-season event).

Claudia Caymel Romero and the UK’s Katie Morris took the Women’s Doubles. Sabrina Mendez Dominguez took a smaller Women’s singles draw. Lastly, Katie Morris secured the “double double” for the weekend, winning Mixed pinch Ben Cawston.

With this communicative published, the Medal Tracker is updated online. Please sojourn the “PPA Int’l" tab for a complete database of each anterior Medal winners astatine each PPA Asia & PPA Australia events.

Next up for the International tours? According to my Master Pickleball Schedule, the APP’s adjacent International arena is adjacent play astatine the 2026 Monsoon Pickleball Open. PPA Asia’s adjacent arena is the August 9th play astatine the 2026 Ho Chi Minh City Open. That aforesaid 8/9 play besides features the 2026 APP Malaysia Open. The remainder of August features a slew of further world events, from the immense 2026 English Open to the 2026 PPA Gold Coast Open

Resources I trust connected while covering the International events:

• PPA Asia Home Page, their Facebook page, and Player Rankings
• PPA Australia Home Page, their Facebook page, and Player Rankings
• APP International Schedule, pinch upcoming world events.
• APP Pro Tour Rankings for its Domestic events.
• Global Pickleball Alliance: This is wherever the Global Rankings will beryllium calculated for these International competitions. The unit astatine National Pickleball League successful Australia are taking the lead connected keeping these rankings.
• Mydupr.com for DUPRs and subordinate bios for the world subordinate base
• Medal Tracker XLS pinch each PPA Int’l medals connected a abstracted tab