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From volleys to dinks: SMU tennis alum Blaine Hovenier’s success in professional pickleball

Everyone at the local tennis courts have traded their rackets for paddles and their lob shots for dinks, but pickleball isn’t just a game for your Sundays off. The Pickleball World Championships, which started Nov. 1 and will continue through Nov. 10 at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, brings professional pickleball to the Dallas area. The games are fast-paced and leave attendees on the edge of their seats.

Daily Campus Editor-in-Chief Katie Bergelin does a sit down interview with SMU tennis alum Blaine Hoveneir at the 2024 Lapiplastly Pickleball World Championships in Dallas, Texas, on November 6, 2024.