A week after the Professional Pickleball Association’s 2026 Asian tour kicked off in Hanoi, their Australia-based crew flew south to resume its 2026 slate of Pickleball Australia events with the 2026 PPA Australia Moreton Bay 125, held at Focus Pickleball Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia.
Click here for the PickleballTournaments.com home page for the event.
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Let’s do a quick recap of the results, highlighting the winners, the upsets, and the top Asian players who made waves.
Men’s Pro Singles Recap
Thanks to a couple of withdrawals along the way, the final featured a No. 27 seed in Daiki Tanabe. He fell to the No. 4 seed Sahil Dang for the gold, but both secured their first PPA International medals. No. 2 seed Lucas Pasco settled for bronze.
Women’s Pro Singles Recap
Sydney 2026 champ Andie Dikosavljevic made it two golds in two tries by topping Kaitlynn Hart in the Women’s singles final. Top seed Sahra Dennehy was upset in her opening round by Isabelle Papazyan, who eventually fell in the bronze medal match.
Men’s Pro Doubles Recap
George Wall drives and crashes during the Men’s doubles final.
PPA Australia
Top seeds Joseph Wild & George Wall, who fell in the quarters in Hanoi to the eventual champs Johns & Tardio, cruised to the title in Redcliffe without much trouble. They never dropped a game, and beat the No. 3 seeds Mitch Hargreaves & Ryan Henry in the final 7,7.
Women’s Pro Doubles Recap
Sahra Dennehy (L) watches her partner Danni-Elle Townsend (R) smash home a point during the Women’s Doubles final.
PPA Australia
The two recent PPA signees and top seeds Danni-Elle Townsend & Sahra Dennehy, set to play in MLP this summer for Columbus and California respectively, dominated the competition and swept to the title without dropping a game. They topped No. 3 Selina Turulja & Andie Dikosavljevic in the final.
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That makes it 2-for-2 this season for Townsend & Dennehy, as they also took the season opening PPA Australia Sydney event in March.
Mixed Pro Doubles Recap
Danni-Elle Townsend & Joseph Wild both made it a double gold weekend for themselves by taking the Mixed gold on Sunday. The top seeds beat No. 2 Andie Dikosavljevic & Lucas Pascoe in the final.
With this story published, the Medal Tracker is updated online. Please visit the “PPA Int’l” tab for a complete list of all prior Medal winners at all PPA Asia & PPA Australia events.
Next up for the PPA International tour? According to my Master Pickleball Schedule, the PPA Australian tour continues the first weekend of May for the 2026 PPA Australia 250 Tweeds Head.
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This article was originally published on Forbes.com