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Beating Anna Leigh Waters: The Cincinnati Upset

How do you beat the most dominant force in the game when you’re down 9-4 in the third? According to Jackie and Jade Kawamoto, you stop trying to make the score "respectable" and you start fighting. 😤

The sisters pull back the curtain on the biggest upset of 2025. They get brutally honest about:

The Mental Shift: Moving from "Negative Nancy" to PPA Champions.

Sister Chemistry: Why having your sibling on the bench is the ultimate "timeout" advantage.

The Paddle Crisis: How they handled a last-minute equipment change to Yola and still dominated.

Rick Witsken also shares a legendary story about playing with his brother Todd and why "blood is thicker than water" when the chips are down.

Watch the full story of the Cincinnati Upset now!