Draw Reveal: Veolia Bristol Open

The Veolia Bristol Open is kicking off on August 6th and the professional draws for all five divisions of play have officially been released. It’s time to dive into the excitement!

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Womens Doubles

• Defending medalists: Waters/Parenteau, Rohrabacher/Bright, Johnson/Glozman
• Bright and Waters (1) look to maintain their unblemished record.  
• Catherine Parenteau/Jackie Kawamoto (3) – look out for this 1^st time partnership. 
• Meghan Dizon/Lucy Kovalova (8) hope to make a deep run in their first event together. 
• Watch out for: Rachel Rohrabacher and Jorja Johnson – this talented team looks to make it all the way to Sunday as the 2 seed.  

Mens Doubles

• Defending medalists: Alshon/Duong, Johns/Johns, Devilliers/Tellez
• Gabe Tardio sits at his highest individual men’s doubles ranking (3) and pairs with Ben Johns as the number one seed in Bristol. 
• Daescu/JW Johnson (3) play together for the first time on the Carvana PPA Tour, seeking more gold for their trophy cases.  
• Talented first-time partners: Sock/Ge (14), McGuffin/Freeman (11), and Newman/Devilliers (7).
• Watch out for: Staksrud/Patriquin – the 2 seed looks to win again for the first time since December (Patriquin finished the MLP regular season as the top ranked male player). 

Mixed Doubles

• Defending medalists: Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns, Anna Bright/Christian Alshon, Jackie Kawamoto/Jaume Martinez Vich
• Waters will play both doubles events and holds the mixed top seed with Ben Johns. 
• Fun partners alert: Rachel Rohrabacher and Noe Khlif are the 12 seed in their 1^st tourney together. 
• Talented potential round of 32 matchup: Tina Pisnik/Eric Oncins (11) vs. CJ Klinger/Mari Humberg (21)
• Watch out for: Bright/Daescu (PPA Champions together in 2024) – two MLP captains gearing up for the playoffs on their respective teams and a dangerous 4 seed in TN.  

Womens Singles

• Defending Medalists: Brooke Buckner, Kaitlyn Christian, Zoey Wang
• Top 2 ranked players are not in the draw: Waters and Kate Fahey. 
• Kaitlyn Christian carries the one seed and could face Salome Devidze (7) in the quarters.
• Anna Bright (40) enters singles to get ready for potential MLP Playoff Dreambreakers. 
• Watch out for: Brooke Buckner (3) – will the defending champion grab gold again in TN?

Mens Singles

• Watch out for: Hunter Johnson (2) – won in San Clemente over Staksrud (1) – can his climb continue all the way to the number one ranking in the coming months?
• Defending Medalists: Ben Johns, Federico Staksrud, Tyson McGuffin
• New talent floods into men’s singles: Grayson Goldin (21), Alex Crum (36), and John Lucian Goins (19)
• First round must-see matchup: Chicago Slice teammates Big Poppa Jimmy Ignatowich (32) vs. Max Freeman (34) 
• Potential round of 16 matchup: doubles partners Ben Johns (5) vs. Gabe Tardio (11)