Is Pickleball’s Rise a Threat to Tennis?

In Jon Wertheim’s latest Sports Illustrated ‘mailbag’ he outlines not the negative, but the positive effects of the Pickleball craze on tennis: “Today, pickleball has overcome a name that resists serious treatment, and moved in from the fringes. There is data–in addition to media coverage and the incalculable buzz—to confirm that. To what extent has pickleball arrived? Already there are turf wars, feuding factions, Tiriac wannabes, threats of breakaway tours. Bad enough this quasi-sport is stealing tennis’ players and real estate; now it has to steal its mode of being? Joking!!​” Read the full article here…