Michael Loyd took out some of the biggest names in the game on the World Championship stage. The 21-seed topped Ben Johns, JW Johnson, and Quang Duong in three consecutive days. Based on DUPR, he had a 1% chance to escape the round of 16.

We talked about how he devised a winning strategy and how an attitude change has let him be himself on the court.

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0:00 Ben Johns was scared to play me

6:50 Michael’s change in mindset was key

8:44 Most tats outside of Tyson

13:30 Avoiding the letdown match

16:37 Most surprised by the Quang upset

21:08 Are you doing anything different with your game

26:41 Is Riley Newman back?

31:23 Quang and CJ upset the Johns bros

36:11 The Gabe Tardio trajectory

38:27 Travis can ‘win that one on my deathbed’

39:35 Foot fault review escalated in 25-minute review

46:55 Travis stands on principle - looks like 40yr old Loyd

49:15 Is Kate Fahey a clear No. 2?

51:25 The Girlies won in straights - do we have a rivalry?

55:30 Would we ever see a Jorja/ALW partnership?

59:03 How did you like playing MLP?

1:04:11 The Arizona Pickleball League experience

1:08:27 Guess my DUPR

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