From Australian Open courts to World Pickleball League, Jada Bui believes that 'tomorrow is another chance to get better'

Jada Bui represents Mumbai Pickle Power in the World Pickleball League Season 2.

Few players embody the spirit of resurgence sought by Mumbai Pickle Power in World Pickleball League (WPBL) Season 2 better than Jasa Bui.

A former junior Canadian champion who has competed on tennis’s biggest stages, including the Australian Open, Bui brings Grand Slam seasoning and global exposure to a team determined to claw its way back into playoff contention.

Before pickleball, tennis had shaped Bui’s worldview. “With pro tennis, it took me to over 35 countries,” she said. Australia remains her favourite stop, because it hosted her Grand Slam experience in 2020. That grounding in elite tennis still informs how she approaches competition in a measured yet purposeful manner.

It also explains her sporting heroes. Maria Sharapova was the first. 

“Sharapova was tenacious, in sport, as well as in business. I really look up to that,” Bui said. Then there’s Roger Federer, whose longevity and perspective fascinate her, and Kobe Bryant, admired for humility and an unrelenting appetite for improvement. 

Born in Toronto and now based in Tampa, Florida, Bui straddles two homes comfortably. Canada gave her family and grounding, whereas Florida offered year-round training without winter interruptions.

She answers simply to Jada, or “J”, though “J Bui” stuck during her college tennis years because, as she put it, “It’s easy to yell.”

On court, she identifies as an all-court player with an attacking instinct. “If there’s a chance to be offensive, I will take it,” she said.

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Under pressure, she returns to a phrase her father repeated while she and her sister were growing up, i.e. hard is hard. Earn everything, and don’t quit. Another mantra steadies her in tougher moments is that the sun will rise, a spirit that her WPBL outfit desperately needs at the moment.

“No matter what happens, tomorrow is another chance to get better,” she said.

For Mumbai Pickle Power, results haven’t fallen their way yet this season, but belief remains intact, but Bui’s presence brings in a layer of international pedigree and composure under scrutiny.

India is her first overseas stop in pickleball, and it’s a milestone she approaches with curiosity and intent.If Mumbai are to engineer a mid-season surge, it will likely be driven by players comfortable with pressure and perspective, and Jada Bui has lived both, on Grand Slam courts, across continents, and now, on the WPBL stage.

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