The APP Sacramento Open has reached Friday’s quarter-finals with most leading names still standing, but enough movement across all five brackets to leave the next round finely poised.
- Top seeds remain in position across several draws, with Casey Diamond, Sofia Sewing, Jack Munro and Richard Livornese Jr. among those still setting the pace
- Van Reek produced the clearest singles disruption, beating No.9 Huynh to set up a quarter-final with Sewing
- All five brackets now move into Friday with a balance of seed control, lower-ranked momentum and tighter matchups
Mixed doubles stays on course at the top
The mixed doubles draw has stayed close to order, led by Casey Diamond and Sofia Sewing.
The top seeds have moved through without letting the bracket turn messy, including a clean win over O’Kelley and Bertram after that pairing had beaten Ojeda and Tamaki in the opening round.
Friday brings Diamond and Sewing against Domenika Turkovic and Bobby Newell, who had to survive a three-game match against Mick and Warren.
That is the shape of the mixed draw so far. The top line is intact, but not everyone beneath it has had the same smooth route.
Men’s singles holds its top line
Men’s singles has been competitive rather than chaotic.
No.1 Camron remains in control of the top section after beating Blanco in three games, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8.
His quarter-final opponent, Centonze, earned that place by beating Sobek 6-11, 11-8, 11-9. That gives the top seed a player who has already had to win under pressure.
Elsewhere, the draw has filled with players who have come through tight or awkward routes rather than obvious seed-led progress. The result is not a broken bracket, but a bracket with fewer soft landings.
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Van Reek gives women’s singles its headline result
Women’s singles produced Sacramento’s sharpest individual upset.
No.25 Van Reek beat No.9 Huynh 12-10, 6-11, 12-10, coming through one of the tightest matches of the early rounds.
Her reward is a quarter-final against top seed Sewing, who beat Borobia 11-2, 11-3 to keep her section clean.
The rest of the draw has held enough structure to give Friday a clear rhythm. Turkovic meets Hendry, Mendez faces Kat Stewart, and Warren plays Schmidt.
Van Reek against Sewing is the headline, but the bracket’s strength is its balance. Each quarter-final has a player with a clear route to making the next step.
Men’s doubles steadies around Munro and Livornese
Men’s doubles has settled around its leading pair.
Jack Munro and Richard Livornese Jr. came through the top section and remain the pair everyone else is chasing.
They have already beaten Pailet and Dawson, who themselves had removed Newell and Bertram in three games. That matters because it shows the top seeds have already absorbed a little pressure rather than simply walking into Friday untouched.
Lower in the draw, several teams have advanced cleanly enough to keep the bracket honest. Naveen Beasley and Ryler DeHeart, Litvinov and Rodrigo, and other pairings arrive with enough form to make Friday less predictable than the seed list alone suggests.
The leading pair remain in place. The pack behind them is close enough to matter.
Women’s doubles looks the most open
Women’s doubles has the loosest feel of the five brackets.
Top seeds Sewing and Megan Fudge are still there, and they have done what they needed to do, beating Policare and Grollman 11-5, 11-2.
But beneath them, the draw has moved.
Reichert and Raugust beat Barr and Lane 11-6, 11-5 to book a quarter-final against Sewing and Fudge. Van Reek and Vivienne Glozman advanced through their section, while Maddox and Bates, Simone Jardim and Hendry, and Harris and Butler are all still alive.
This is not a collapse of the bracket. It is a tightening of it. The top seeds remain the reference point, but the next layer has enough quality to make the draw feel less protected.
What to watch on Friday
The APP Sacramento Open, a USA Pickleball Golden Ticket event for the 2026 Nationals, now reaches the part of the week where controlled draws can become uncomfortable quickly.
Mixed doubles still runs through Diamond and Sewing. Men’s singles runs through Camron. Women’s singles has Sewing against the player who delivered the result of the day. Men’s doubles remains anchored by Munro and Livornese. Women’s doubles has the most room for movement.
That is where Sacramento now stands.
No bracket has fully broken. None of them looks safe.
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Chris Beaumont
Founder and Editor-in-ChiefChris Beaumont is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of World Pickleball Magazine. Chris follows the global game closely, reporting on the latest news, developments, stories and tournaments from all five continents. He also hosts the World Pickleball Podcast, interviewing people at…
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