Brooklyn's Rachel Rohrabacher contributed to an undefeated weekend at Major League Pickleball's event in New York, held at Sporttime Randalls' Island. Key player transactions included Etta Tuiotenoa joining Carolina, while Kaitlyn Christian moved to Texas. Carolina aims to improve its mixed teams' performance, currently struggling near the bottom of the standings. Additionally, Sam Querrey joined Bay Area but will miss the NYC event due to broadcast duties at Wimbledon. This weekend's matches revealed evolving team dynamics and potential for player impacts in the league.
Etta Tuiotenoa is clearly a better doubles player than Christian, and Carolina's mixed teams have been a mess. They're nearly in last place though.
This move reunites Ben Johns with a favorite mixed partner in Etta, with whom he won several titles back in 2023.
Texas gets stronger in DreamBreakers with the addition of Kaitlyn Christian, but how she gels with her new teammates remains to be seen.
Sam Querrey will immediately miss the NYC event for his new Challenger team since he'll be on two weeks' of broadcast duties at Wimbledon for the Tennis Channel.
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