PPA Tour Celebrates 100th Tournament at Pickleball World Championships

Imagine a game like tennis but played on a smaller court with a lower net, using paddles and a plastic ball.

This game is called pickleball!

The PPA Tour is a group that organizes professional pickleball games.

Recently, they held their 100th big tournament, called the Pickleball World Championships.

The person in charge, Connor Pardoe, started this tour less than five years ago.

When he started, only a few hundred people played and a couple thousand watched.

Now, for this 100th tournament, thousands of players and tens of thousands of fans showed up!

Connor is very happy and a bit surprised by how fast pickleball has become so popular.

He thanked everyone for believing in the sport and promised to keep making it even better for players and fans.