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Stirling and Miyoshi stun top seed at Beijing Open in three games

Rob Stirling and Kenta Miyoshi toppled top seed Zane Ford 8-11, 11-8, 11-3 in Beijing, a three-game swing that cracked open the Capital Securities draw.

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Asia’s pickleball future takes shape in Vietnam, China and India

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Pickleball World Cup opens to PPA pros from 2027

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Asia Open Pickleball Championship draws nearly 1,000 entries from 15 countries

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PPA Tour Asia explains rankings and seeding in growing pro circuit

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Vietnam sweeps men’s singles final at MB Hanoi Cup as Asia rises

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Sabah women’s pickleball championship draws 160 players

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India names Harsh Mehta to lead pro charge at Pickleball World Cup 2026

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India's Pickleball Now Grand Prix expands to 13-city circuit

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Thailand’s pickleball boom gains structure with national association

Thailand’s 2020 association launch turned scattered pickleball into a formal ladder, with THPA already tied to medals in 2020 and tournaments in Phuket in 2026.

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Pickleball Japan secures exclusive Minor League Pickleball license for 2026 rollout

Japan’s exclusive MiLP license could turn club pickleball into a ratings-driven league pathway, with Dream Tickets, DUPR and a 20-country rollout.

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Seoul and Da Nang Reveal Two Distinct Paths to Pickleball Growth

Seoul tripled its public pickleball stock with one Han River conversion; Da Nang is about to stage the sport's first-ever World Cup on Asian soil.

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China’s Yufei Long wins first PPA Tour Asia women’s singles title

Long saved two championship points to win PPA Tour Asia’s first women’s singles crown, giving China the circuit’s first headline singles champion.

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GRAZIA Malaysia brings back pickleball tournament for season 3 in July 2026

GRAZIA Malaysia will stage Season 3 on July 25 at Reserve Pickleball & Padel, with mixed doubles and knockout play again at the center. The series is now part sport, part fashion runway.

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Pickleball World Cup opens to PPA pros from 2027

PPA Tour pros will be eligible for the Pickleball World Cup from 2027, giving Asia's national teams a clearer shot at a deeper, starrier field.

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Singapore pair Pini and Varsha win silver at US Nationals

Friends first, Pini and Varsha turned shared practice into silver at the 2022 US Nationals, a breakthrough that signaled Singapore’s rise in Asia.

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How pickleball tournaments in Asia use age and skill divisions

Age, skill, and draw format decide who you face and how many matches you get. The WPC Korea listing is a clean map for reading Asian pickleball brackets.

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Minister inaugurates Kurnool pickleball court, unveils 2.5 crore upgrades

T.G. Bharath Gupta opened Kurnool’s new pickleball court and launched 2.5 crore in stadium upgrades, with a synthetic track also on the way.

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DUPR pushes unified pickleball ratings for Asia's growing scene

A player can dominate in Kuala Lumpur and still look unproven in Manila without a shared scale. DUPR is betting Asia's boom needs one rating language.

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Pickleball Japan opens nation's largest 20-court venue in Shizuoka

Pickleball Japan opened a 20-court complex in Higashiizu, its biggest sanctioned venue, giving Japan a new base for larger events and resort-driven pickleball tourism.

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Asia’s pickleball future takes shape in Vietnam, China and India

Vietnam, China and India are racing to build pickleball factories, and the first country to scale juniors, schools and academies will own Asia’s next medal wave.

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PPA Tour Asia brings new entertainment package to Ho Chi Minh City

PPA Tour Asia is turning Ho Chi Minh City into a repeat anchor, pairing the MB Ho Chi Minh City Open with a new sport and entertainment package and sponsor-driven fan access.

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Vietnam sweeps men’s singles final at MB Hanoi Cup as Asia rises

Ly Hoang Nam beat Truong Vinh Hien 11-5, 11-6 in Hanoi to make the first all-Vietnamese men’s singles final at a PPA 1000-level event. Christian Alshon and Kaitlyn Christian also reached the mixed doubles final.

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PPA Tour Asia explains rankings and seeding in growing pro circuit

PPA Tour Asia is using rankings, medals and seeding to turn a fast-growing sport into a regional circuit with real stakes, not just a travel schedule.

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Asia Open Pickleball Championship draws nearly 1,000 entries from 15 countries

Nearly 1,000 players from 15 countries filled the Asia Open field in Ho Chi Minh City, a sharp sign of pickleball's regional reach.

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Asia Federation of Pickleball builds continental system with 18 member nations

AFP now lists 18 member nations and 70,000 players as it wires junior, university and pro events into one Asian pipeline.

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Tokyo Tower court boosts pickleball’s visibility in Japan

Tokyo Tower turned pickleball into a landmark spectacle, while Ariake gave Japan a tournament-grade home. Together they map how the sport is building visibility and repeat play.

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Jack Foster tops inaugural APP Asia Penang Open draw in Malaysia

Jack Foster heads the first APP Asia Penang Open draw as the new six-stop tour lands in Malaysia with a $35,000 purse and live bracket materials.

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India's Pickleball Now Grand Prix expands to 13-city circuit

India’s Pickleball Now Grand Prix is becoming a 13-city pro pipeline, with Rs 50 lakh in prizes and a direct bridge to the Indian Pickleball League.

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Pickleball surges in Asia, 1.9 billion aware and 282 million play monthly

Asia already has 1.9 billion people aware of pickleball and 282 million playing monthly. Vietnam leads awareness as tours, courts and sponsors move toward the sport’s next frontier.

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UPA Asia explains pickleball basics for the sport's regional boom

Asia's pickleball boom starts with five essentials: badminton-sized courts, underhand serves, the two-bounce rule, the kitchen and serve-side scoring.

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PPA Tour Asia spreads across six stops in 2026 run

Six stops from July to October turn PPA Tour Asia’s 2026 run into a live map of its key markets, capped by Hong Kong’s first Slam.

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Sabah women’s pickleball championship draws 160 players

Sabah’s Women’s Pickleball Championship 2026 filled 80 doubles teams in Kota Kinabalu, a 60% year-on-year jump that points to real demand, not a one-off spike.

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Vietnam joins DUPR global ratings as Hanoi results go worldwide

Hanoi results now count in DUPR’s global system, giving Vietnamese players ratings that travel beyond local brackets and into Asia’s wider competitive ladder.

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Philippines opens largest pickleball hub in Sibulan, Negros Oriental

Sibulan’s PlayPro Active Courts opened with 17 tournament-grade courts, pushing the Philippines’ pickleball boom beyond Manila and into the Visayas.

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India names Harsh Mehta to lead pro charge at Pickleball World Cup 2026

India put Harsh Mehta at the front of its pro push for Da Nang, testing whether men’s pickleball depth can turn into real World Cup contention.

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Hà Ni MB Cup 2026 draws top pickleball players as scene grows

Ly Hoàng Nam beat Trương Vinh Hin in an all-Vietnamese PPA 1000 final as Hanoi’s MB Cup showed how fast Vietnam’s pickleball calendar is deepening.

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Asia Pickleball Open grows in Phuket with bigger international field

Phuket's Asia Pickleball Open reached its fifth edition in 2026 with 450-plus players from 29 countries, turning a post-COVID restart into a regional showcase.

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