The APP Mesa Open came about on the Arizona Athletic Grounds, in Mesa, Arizona this previous weekend.
This was the final APP Tour occasion earlier than the APP Tour Championships, set to happen on the house of the APP Tour, The Fort, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from December 9-14.
Prime Storylines from the APP Mesa Open
Ronan Camron Earned his first Gold Medal
On his approach to his first gold, Ronan Camron beat Naveen Beasley, Brandon Lane, and Andre Millet.
On the opposite facet of the bracket, Will Howells upset the 3x gold medalist, Ammar Wazir within the semis, to make the finals.
Within the finals, Camron was hitting tremendous clear floor strokes and compelled Howells into some errors, beating him 15-9, 15-13. This was Camron’s first ever gold medal on the PPA Tour – he earned silver in singles twice.
Megan Fudge Earned Double Gold
Fudge continued her APP Tour dominance, profitable each ladies’s doubles and blended doubles gold.
In ladies’s doubles, she partnered with Jill Braverman, her longstanding companion for 2025. The duo received their sixth match in 2025 collectively within the desert. Within the finals, they confronted off in opposition to a brand new partnership in Sofia Stitching and Amanda Hendry, profitable 11-3, 12-10.
In blended doubles, it was a really acquainted battle. Fudge and Jack Munro teamed up because the #1 seed, and confronted off in opposition to #2 seed, Will Howells and Bobbi Oshiro within the finals. Munro and Fudge received 11-9, 11-7, for his or her fifth title collectively this yr.
|
Erik Lange and Max “Purple Jesus” Manthou Earned their first Gold of 2025
It’s loopy to suppose that Lange and Manthou shouldn’t have a gold medal on the APP Tour this yr. That modified in Mesa.
First, the #1 seed Howells and Munro fell of their first spherical matchup to Max Inexperienced and James Dealer, paving the best way for unseeded Robert Slutsky and Zack Taylor.
Lange and Manthou beat Andre Millet and Patrick Kawka within the quarters after which squeaked by Drake Palm and Callan Dawson within the semis, 11-9, 12-10.
Dealing with off in opposition to Slutsky and Taylor within the finals, Lange and Manthou received 11-5, 11-2, with Manthou mainly flying all around the courtroom, per typical.
Sofia Stitching Continued Her Dominance
Stitching has the second most medals on tour in 2025, simply shy of Megan Fudge. She beat Katerina Stewart for gold, 15-7, 15-12. This was Stitching’s eighth title of the yr and fourth in a row. She is the usual in ladies’s singles on the APP Tour.
In doubles, Stitching and Hendry beat Jardim and Maddox, 7&7 within the semis, earlier than falling quick within the finals. I favored the pairing of Stitching and Hendry and hope to see extra of them sooner or later.
Medalists
Ladies’s Singles
🥇Sofia Stitching
🥈Katerina Stewart
🥉Trang Huynh-McClain
Males’s Singles
🥇Ronan Camron
🥈Will Howells
🥉Ammar Wazir
Blended Doubles
🥇Jack Munro/Megan Fudge
🥈Bobbi Oshiro/Will Howells
🥉Jill Braverman/Randy Blanco
Ladies’s Doubles
🥇Megan Fudge/Jill Braverman
🥈Amanda Hendry/Sofia Stitching
🥉Susannah Barr/Daria Walczak
Males’s Doubles
🥇Erik Lange/Max “Purple Jesus” Manthou
🥈Robert Slutsky/Zack Taylor
🥉Aidan Schenk/Clayton Powell
