Julia Christine Botin

Catriona Gray and Heart Evangelista are now pickleball buddies: Here's your sign to try this hot new sport

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17459099640042-Composite (1).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Heart Evangelista and Catriona Gray play pickleball together. <em>Evangelista/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><p>Looking for a fun way to get fit and get moving? Take a cue from Catriona Gray and Heart Evangelista. </p><p>The two celebrities have just become pickleball buddies, as seen in Evangelista&#x27;s latest Instagram stories. And they&#x27;re clear proof that you can sweat it out while still looking stylish and gorgeous. </p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17459100810042-Composite (2).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Heart Evangelista and Catriona Gray play pickleball together. <em>Evangelista/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><p>Evangelista, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2025/4/24/heart-evangelista-honored-to-receive-global-fashion-influencer-of-the-year-award-in-dubai-1438">being the style icon that she is</a>, has also been jazzing up her pickleball outfits. </p><p>The actress has been incorporating high and low fashion into her looks this April, prompting her celebrity friends--including Gray--to want to join her in her next pickleball session. </p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWKrN0TjQR/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A676726.7999999523%2C%22ls%22%3A676346.3999999762%2C%22le%22%3A676661.5999999642%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;Sama ako sa next!&quot; the Miss Universe 2018 titleholder commented two weeks ago. And fast forward to today, they just had their first game together.</p><p>Even &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; host Anne Curtis expressed her interest, saying she wants to play pickleball with them after she&#x27;s done filming. </p><p>Pickleball is a sport that uses short-handled paddles to hit perforated, hollow plastic balls. </p><p>It has similarities with tennis, badminton, and table tennis, and can be played indoors and outdoors. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/27/pickleball-madaling-matutunan-ayon-sa-mga-manlalaro-nito-1401">Pickleball, madaling matutunan ayon sa mga manlalaro nito</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/6/26/mala-tennis-na-pickleball-nauuso-na-2016">Mala-tennis na pickleball, nauuso na</a></div>

<p>Looking for a fun way to get fit and get moving? Take a cue from Catriona Gray and Heart Evangelista.</p>

Looking for a fun way to get fit and get moving? Take a cue from Catriona Gray and Heart Evangelista.