Let's relive some of the best moments on court from this summer during the MLP Season.
This weekend we get to experience some Major League Pickleball action again with the inaugural MLP Nations Cup, a high-stakes, high-energy international showdown, held Friday, October 30-Sunday, November 1.
The MLP Nations Cup will feature a dynamic eight-team, three-day format designed for maximum intensity and fan excitement. Friday and Saturday will showcase round-robin play, with teams battling for positioning and seeding ahead of Championship Sunday. Top teams will then clash in a single-elimination bracket on the event’s final day, where every point matters and only one team will emerge as the first-ever MLP Nations Cup Champion.
The inaugural event will feature regional teams representing key pickleball markets from around the world. Each team will be led by some of the sport’s most respected players and ambassadors, bringing together top-tier talent, regional pride, and international rivalries in pursuit of the first-ever MLP Nations Cup title, with teams representing: USA, Canada, two teams from Asia, plus Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South America, and Australia.
This transcript captures a high-energy sequence of professional pickleball matches, characterized by extraordinary defensive plays, extended rallies, and world-class athleticism. The commentary highlights the intensity of the competition, the impact of environmental factors on ball speed, and several standout individual performances across various teams.
What an incredible point.
A massive moment here in that pool.
No way!
The GOAT is GOATing here in Dallas.
Thomas, she is on the dead run and hooked it.
I don't even understand how this happened.
Oh, how about those gets?
Can't put it away.
Back to even.
Second third.
Wow, what a point there.
One on this Friday.
How does Daescu
get that?
Oh, man!
What
a point!
Couple of hands battles, then back to neutral.
Look at this hand speed.
Oh, Gabe
had it.
Ball was a little high.
Couldn't put it away.
Sweep, St. Louis.
This
goes
Anna
Lee
Waters.
What a point!
Oh
my
gosh!
How did that get back?
Wow!
Oh my gosh!
From zero to hero in that rally.
No idea how...
9-10-2.
Oh.
Oh, no way.
Oh,
my
God.
No way.
Umhau saves that rally.
And side out.
And Hayworth and Black think it's match point.
Locked up.
I just feel like he's constantly in this defense position,
but not looking for the ball at all.
This is absurd.
Is good everywhere.
Boccia hit one of the best counters I've ever seen,
and it came back.
I mean, and hard and fast.
Wow.
You.
You.
In there, but right
back to it.
Wow.
How about this?
Slava!
Get on your tiptoes.
Motivation, if I have ever seen it.
Chance to tie.
Duckle worried about his footwork.
Too perfect.
Owls, it's tied.
That's the Zoe Wang that I love to watch.
She has it in her.
I want to see that.
Five of Rohrabacher was shut down that time.
Look at this court coverage.
Right side Alshon.
He plays a lot of men's there.
ATP.
That is pickleball at its finest.
Alshon's court coverage outrageous on that one.
I honestly love that we got a roar from Rachel and Christian.
They were next to each other but didn't even, like, look at each other
or high-five or anything.
Like, it was.
Yes.
Just we're both wearing black and white.
Yeah.
Look at this level.
Are you kidding me?
Yes, please.
Phenomenal defense from the Madrox there.
I mean, what an incredible point.
Game point.
Wow.
Play possible.
That's for Quinn shutting down Ben.
He
is
today.
Game point two.
Georgia.
Sums up why they're so great.
Fives.
Stig from Noé Cliff.
That's
right
there.
Perhaps Kylie is more comfortable over there on the left as well.
Oh, man.
Hansen's gets two winners back. Can he get a third? Yes.
Lane
Sleeth.
As good as you can have in MLP right there.
Two.
Great
get,
Kiley.
Ooh.
We're still going.
Oh.
That one.
And just death by a thousand paper cuts there.
Okay, that
scared
some
people
down
in San
Antonio.
From Brooke.
Look at this rally we're getting.
Look out.
What
a get.
This is incredible, and they finally win it,
and Lane's like, it's a lot more fun when
I don't let it go
on the third
ball, look,
jeez, you want
to talk about
world-class
defending.
Rally
closed
by
Kylie
O'Leary,
the
reach-in
flick
from
Will
Howells,
it's
exchanged.
Oh my gosh, the defensive stand pays off for Columbus.
And with the ball being harder to put away
because of the temperature here,
we're going to get some of these ridiculous extended rallies.
That's going to be a hard place to live.
Oh my gosh.
Thank you, sir.
How many
winners
does Eric
Gonson have
today?
On those rare occasions.
Thank you very much.
The floor
is lava
and mail.
Georgia gets one up near the moneymaker.
Come on,
Wizard.
Oh, look at this.
That is wild.
Second serve.
ATP almost saved by the lefty on the right side of the court.
That would have been something new for sure.
6-1-2.
He did just that one quick sidestep from Noe, bailed him out of jail.
Doubles
down
on the lobs.
Brooke Buckner, have yourself a moment.
Lob, lob, clean winner.
Pull that point to the very end.
Great get from Brooke.
They don't know what side to play.
Will they switch halfway?
Splendor right there.
Momentum.
Maybe that was his plan all along.
It's a guy that got a perfect score on the math SAT.
Oh, Dallas Flash reunion battle goes to Augie.
Okay.
And
Joey
Wilde
doubles
up.
The
ATP
defensive
scramble
pays
off.
Where were you?
Look
at
this.
Sleeth works them all the way back to the line.
Dazon hasn't hit a ball.
Oh, it drops.
And that's in there for Caelan Campbell.
Some of the most tentative attacks I've ever seen.
Oh, no.
She's there.
She's there, too.
Come on, Udit.
Go.
The king is there.
This is bonkers.
Oh, my.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
Fouls.
Oh, yes.
Until the last moment, ended up with a mistake.
Oh, yes.
What a hands-down.
To the other player, over and over again.
Game point here for the sliders.
What a get by C.J. Klinger.
And another.
In
game
two.
Really, as good as it gets as far as travel, playing this great game.
You should.
How
about
this
sequence?
Jasnik, go after the big man, Andre, to finish the point.
Same shot would solve the problem.
Tyra Black, oh, what great shots.
Quick ball, left foot, push off.
Oh, a cleaner to flip fault.
Point, Palm Beach.
And this place is nuts.
Oh, incredible.
Incredible.
Casey just puts his paddle behind his back,
and that ball lands somehow.
Maybe the shot of the year so far here on MLB.