Jansen/Pisnik v Johnson/Humberg at the Picklr Utah Open

Lake Leia Jansen has been playing solid all year her consistency is through the roof she's focused and she's playing well now paired up with Tina piznik who is a rock the understudy of Colin Johns himself and uh yeah great player all around this is going to be a good one see if we're going to get another three- game match here on Humanity Championship Court Georgia Johnson start us off [Applause] [Applause] right off the bat talking about that flick to jam up create an opportunity to hit a winner 1 Z2 [Applause] [Applause] out it's going to be a match up we're going to see all match long is the slice back hand dinks up the kitchen line with and hurg [Applause] [Applause] [Music] I'll uh watch that flick go straight to my forehand and hit a winner Leia Jansen way to read that and slide over 111 [Applause] Point great placement there from Leia Jansen right off the bat it's hard to pick up those slices and have them go right back into the kitchen and not have an opportunity for a pop up there so good for her to really move the ball around keep it unattackable second talk about somethingone that has a lot of length a lot of reach up there is Leia Jan she can do a lot of damage up the kitchen line side [Applause] up one 2 one second ser one two [Applause] two point usually we don't see too many long dink rallies up at the kitchen line women like to get to some fire fights right off the bat but that to not be the case here when you have some solid players that can dink really well and move the ball around to create some good opportunity [Applause] just able to neutralize the offense for now and that's out great teamwork from piznik and [Applause] Leia 3 2 1 [Applause] what a heavy cut return Utah open strong start here for Leia Jansen Tina piznik look here take a look at their record 14 and three like we said a newer partnership but a very successful partnership an 82% chance of winning and they just have kind of found a good formula that works for them and they play within themselves but they're playing a very dangerous team on the other side of Georgia Johnson and Mari humberg pnik is that left side rock [Applause] Point another [Applause] one Tina piznik originally from Slovenia beautiful country [Applause] [Applause] getting Dynamic oh this is the punctuation there [Applause] 722 Point tight out just confirming with the refs that the ball was indeed out good look at [Applause] it oh that's what we're looking for Dangerous backhand flick there from hurg and uh her counterpart Georgia Johnson has one as well so look for them to really utilize that in this game [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] man these dink rallies absolutely incredible all four ladies up at the kitchen two line trying to figure out which pattern's going to work who's going to pull the trigger [Applause] first good hold 82 by [Applause] [Applause] Janson 822 [Applause] [Applause] to try one herself there Leia jansson need do some work on the side of Johnson and hurg right now [Applause] [Applause] oh man second great Point by all four ladies keeping that ball in 22 Point finally off a two there good spin up at the kitchen h [Applause] [Applause] great point there making sure piznik establishes her feet so there's no push off the kitchen no fault little one-handed backhand no look [Applause] [Music] 831 Point finally off that eight looking to close game one here we have the official results of our contest from earlier guys from that earlier men's match congratulations to Gail Grossman Gail You've Won your padle Gail Grossman's been playing for five years and now she plays in Boise Idaho and she recently played in Ireland as well so congratulations Gail grman and thank you guys all for tuning in and giving it your shot it was close but Gail grman got it first congratulations Gail we have a game point number two Tina pis [Applause] side [Applause] up good hold 3 10 1 Point that's some better momentum on the side of humberg and Johnson momentum was forward under control get some points on the board 410 [Applause] 4 [Applause] 102 out game points game point number three 10 [Applause] 41 thater game [Applause] point 1042 [Applause] not just [Applause] yet 4 [Applause] 101 oh good placement there Tina piznik deadly with that one-handed backhand [Applause] flick 4 10 [Music] [Applause] two up game points all right game point number five see if they can close out game one here 1041 one second Ser game [Applause] point 104 [Applause] two ow took him Championship court and hopefully she had some different strategy to take into game two here [Applause] here oh my gosh all of the obstacles on that git one2 off the net awkwardly blitzing towards the side line then hits the boot point over out one point on the board for their first possession of game two 011 [Applause] [Applause] tough one there you want to always close that out especially up at the kitchen line 012 up one [Applause] Z1 point they're getting all the Le cords right now on the side of Jansen and piznik playing some very clean pickle ball playing within themselves not going for more than they have to right now which is hard to do I mean especially when you're playing against opponents who have such great quick hands [Applause] cut beautiful beautiful Stu I'm seeing some of like a c 31 [Applause] Point [Applause] 401 second sir [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 402 Smackdown Mari [Applause] humberg 041 [Applause] oh yeah angle in the spot Leia [Applause] Jansen 042 [Applause] up strong drive there as they like to say hitting the fence on the [Applause] [Applause] Fly second ser [Music] [Applause] 42 oh [Applause] man important hold that's what they're going to have to do I think Georgia Johnson and hurg they're going to have to just speed it up let's throw some flicks in there let's get in some hands battles [Applause] lovely angle and power from Tina piznik rmo 042 rmo is svenia for let's go sure I'm not saying it right but we'll get [Applause] there there you go just I was talking about some momentum get some f going on your [Applause] side 2 42 Point receivers 342 all right hum ber and Johnson have some steam going their way're just coming back from a force timeout they're going up against Leia Janson Tina piznik who handedly took the first game we're here on Humanity Championship Court I'm Cameron Blackwood alongside Rob Cassidy Mari humberg Des serve continue this [Applause] momentum championship in 342 [Applause] up a good timeout from piznik Janson 431 Tina wielding the pro XR Jansen new Yola 3s second third Mari humberg also a member of team proxr of course Julie Johnson with her Franklin P hadal update brought to you by pickle ball Central [Applause] side up quite the combo that's what they're going to need to continue to do is pick their moments create those speed UPS [Applause] much better from pnik Jansen slowing it back down making sure the dinks are staying really low lot of slice Point tied up 44 here in game two 442 [Applause] [Applause] Point 5 [Applause] 42 Point couple misses here from piznik couple long couple on the net [Applause] 642 wow it's been three weeks in a row of PPA uh PPA tour stops right Kansas City Bristol and now here we are in Salt Lake City Utah I think it's safe to say Mari hurg is tournaments are a fun and exciting way to grow your game connect with other players and stay active in the welcoming pickleball Community whether you're a season player or looking to try your first tournament we have a place for you time in 742 Georgia Johnson to serve [Applause] 74 point Georgia John Johnson motion a flick 84 little smirk on her face they know they got to continue to do that ah there it is again what a turnaround very quickly 94 942 [Applause] [Applause] the treacherous dinks from Mari humberg setting up their team very well now a game point on the side of Johnson and humberg 104 [Applause] [Applause] 1042 slice is denying an ATP opportunity it's very good oh my goodness been a lot of adjustments on both sides of the Court here on side Johnson and humberg speeding it up has been key to getting them here to game three [Applause] point one2 Point good two to start off the serve you got to love free points here two [Applause] two gets it oh man defended you don't see the ATP dink too often with a little bit of a survival attempt making sure that cleared over the line and her body did not touch the net that's why on those atps and those Ernies you know you really want to strive to end the point with that shot because four executing those shots pulls you off the court it pulls you out of position a little bit so the pros and [Applause] cons Out start here to game three 4-0 lead for Johnson and hurg [Applause] 41 points it's International here on Championship Court we have Mari humberg from Brazil uh and Tina pisik from Sylvania uh as well pickle ball is growing internationally we have the Australian MLP coming up soon just around the corner if you guys want to keep a lookout for that unique pool of players and there's lot of international players in that a handful of exceptional pros from the states that are going to be competing over there as well [Applause] Point piznik wins that exchange right back at you here we're at 34 on a one on the side of piznik and Jansen [Applause] 341 oh [Applause] Le inquires contemplating to use the challenge all right oh they're going to get the Challen we're going to get the great job good I well we can call if the ball's in or out or we can also call if it's going to get overturned or not that's true that's true fortunately September 1st is around the corner we have our uh our team of professionals that are going to change the game with their close call reviews that starts September 1st game is [Applause] evolving second very good from Georgia humberg 442 [Applause] Le that's incredible work by Mari humberg flick out wide flick crosscourt let me just throw in a drop shot a side out here 441 [Applause] [Applause] grid locked here look at that scoreboard 442 [Applause] point two very different style of teams two very different game plans and that shows in the score line here game one game two and now in game three it's who can execute their game plan is he's going to come out on top [Applause] Dynamic Point had a natural switch props to piznik for that lob in that situation gave Mari the overhead but she was pushed off the kitchen line and built them into some opport opportunity though team stacked for a reason right so if they have to switch midpoint point a little bit of disagreement here pisik saw it in Leia saw it out go ahead and call it in there it in okay P Nick saw in they were going to challenge otherwise so there you go four five two save that [Applause] one nice the dink battle begins see some additional pressurized dinks from Leia here oh the off that adjustment is just enough to take that point yeah you said it janson's really pinpointing that spot there where the kitchen and the sideline meet 51 hurg in that corner [Applause] 5 42 side out shot there lot of game left here in game three 451 [Applause] second serve [Applause] 452 he cops [Applause] [Applause] up way to move him around humberg Georgia [Applause] Johnson creating their own opening yes it's always nice to when you hear Geor Johnson get a little loud over there she's really opened up on the MLP side of things she brings the energy for her team keeps that Focus climbs over the net here wow Georgia somehow able to regain the advantage in that point going to get a timeout here from Jansen piznik like this timeout here or not time change of ends here guys oh right sorry I'm like first team hit six we have a change eventss here so built-in timeout for these two but we're going to continue on here in game three right after this his Nick humberg to serve [Applause] and again Point speed it up and I'll finish it time out receivers 741 quick timeout once again just had one lost one point and they're going right back to it they just don't want to have any momentum go over to the side of Johnson and hurg right now seeing if they can't chat this through definitely need to in my opinion slow the game down just a little bit so they can really pick their moments because right now all the momentum is on the side of hurg and Johnson especially speaked it up that has been the key Rob Cassidy for them to take game two and be up in game three with really no issues at the moment yeah keeping that discipline and and and ex executing the game plan down so far you know just a couple points still vary in it two time yeah just interesting that they just got the change of ends and then throw another timeout at one and yep and threw one right back in it's a game of streaks you know and this not much time left that 11 is approaching so don't know if I would have called him right off the bat but I'm not playing I'll let them do that I like them use them [Applause] now and there it is officially a good timeout see if they can't get one more to get a side out here 742 [Applause] they do all right Le Jansen you do you didn't look like they were talking much on that timeout but maybe they [Applause] were you know Leia janson's huge into mental resets right we see her do her you know her Customs or rituals when she resets self so out oh two errors there to give it right back Mari humberg Georgia Johnson in a position to score a couple more points here [Applause] no set up perfectly woo I like that though throwing it up a lot of confidence here in the third game she can't believe it such a valid reaction the drop point and another unforced and I say unforced lightly you know they maybe that's how it goes in the book but it was a nice pressurized dink from uh from Mari there as [Applause] always Point time receivers 942 got a throw B was the first gentleman that I met my travels to Utah and he housed me and supported me as a pro player early in my career so shout out to him and his family and uh Happy Birthday to Daphne coming up tomorrow it's his youngest and we have the same birthday happy early birthday oh thanks Cameron you're welcome can't wait to hear the giveaway for tomorrow we won be here we won't be here we're going to under promise yeah this is our last stay on Championship so it's been a fun ride with you [Applause] guys just carving these dinks Mari handling that situation so well game of percentages and she's winning that battle [Applause] okay finally off of four it has been a while here in game three see if they can't continue slice [Applause] return really just restricts their opponents Tina decides to drive that one there's not it's tougher options from that slice and Mar's able to pin him down with [Applause] 91 oh man goes for it didn't expect her to pull the trigger but man if that landed [Applause] in and Jansen and that's the shift by one match point here [Applause] oh yeah pnik getting one on her side point the Mari humberg Tina piznik backhand crosscourt battle is 102 epic pickle ball stuffff [Applause] [Applause] again pnip comes out on top and that's what got them the first game and is putting points on the board is by slowing it down and winning points at the kitchen line match points denied no big deal [Applause] woo Point good pull there especially when you're not expecting it she's been dinking so much so for her to go ahead and pull that trigger catching Humber off guard [Applause] jansson working hard here Georgia the patience Mari not so much pick out oh this team's going to win oh this team's going to win but man the momentum has just shifted so much here let's see if we can't tie it up bring it to 10 10 we love good tie the championship [Applause] Court get the H hustle into give [Applause] nothing oh oh my goodness extra spin from the net touch [Applause] there's that [Applause] battle ATP unsuccessful out Jance in Big Time 81 now 8 10 one [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] good pull Tina piznik that's what we're talking about she does it so unexpectedly because she's sitting in those dink rallies so patient you're not thinking she's going to pull it last minute jams up Georgia Johnson 91 see how low Leia gets uh on those balls [Applause] ow there we go like I said we're tied up 1010 we're going to throw another timeout at it no more timeouts no more challenges that you can uh ask for because we don't have any left and we'll use our last timeout here as well we're going to take one more we'll be right back after this it's 1010 uhoh seeing some textbook stuff out here [Applause] we knew it was going to be a long one there still just going to a second serve here definitive [Applause] stuff and that's what's gotten the team of hurg and Johnson up is they're the ones dictating they're the ones pulling the trigger first and it's creating a lot of errors on the side of Jansen and pnip yeah and hash critical timeout [Applause] [Applause] Middle's a great spot they get the air again Match Point yeah just those small errors whether it it's been Jansen it's also been pnic 11 101 [Applause] uhoh oh my goodness and they do it they close it out Mari humberg Georgia Johnson come back from a after seeing the first game I don't know if I would have had them winning this matchup it really was it was a nice a very nice match played by both teams