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It was billed as a holiday activity. It came with mini-tournaments, 'Future Pro' finals, and plans for a junior circuit next year.

Play! at Dewani, ATP Club and Kicks all sit within about 10 km of Woodlands. Rates, court counts and how to book each one.

Honest, lab-aggregated paddle picks for beginners, intermediate and advanced players, plus the best budget option, and where to actually buy them in Southeast Asia.

A PPA Asia 500 for Singapore, Anna Leigh Waters heading to Hanoi, and courts appearing in places you would not expect. The regional catch-up.

It was billed as a holiday activity. It came with mini-tournaments, 'Future Pro' finals, and plans for a junior circuit next year.

Everyone assumes pickleball is coming for badminton's crown. The reality is more complicated, and more exciting, than that.

The MB Hanoi Cup, Apr 1 to 5 at My Dinh, opens PPA Tour Asia's 2026 season with US$300,000 and Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns and Federico Staksrud in the field.

The Vibrant Linping Hangzhou Open, Dec 2 to 6, is the first PPA event in mainland China. Staksrud is top seed and Yufei Long can overtake Hong Kit Wong.

Ben Johns plays his first PPA event outside the US at the Panas Malaysia Cup, Sep 24 to 28 in Setia Alam, partnering Christian Alshon for US$150,000.

The Sansan Fukuoka Open runs Aug 26 to 31 at Itoshima. Connor Garnett is top seed, Hong Kit Wong arrives as Hong Kong champion, and Long and Wei reunite.

Qualifying day in Hanoi, and an explainer on what a PPA 1000 is worth if you have never followed the tour's points system.

The brackets fell apart on Day 2. Hoang Nam beat the world number four, then celebrated a point before the umpire had called it.

A 12-10 third set, a first APAC women's doubles loss for Zoey Wang, and two Vietnamese players still standing going into the semifinals.