Ashutosh wins two titles in first-ever Racketlon meet

India’s lone world champion lived as much as his high billing as Commander Ashutosh Pednekar of Indian Navy received the lads’s singles in addition to males’s singles 45+ crowns within the 1st Gujarat Open Racketlon Championship that concluded within the metropolis.

Within the males’s singles ultimate, high seed Ashutosh of Mumbai edged out sixth seed Varidner Singh of Haryana 21-12 (in desk tennis), 21-12 (in badminton), 21-18 (in squash), 1-0 (in tennis) to win the crown in India’s first-ever Racketlon event.

Ashutosh, the reigning world champion in males’s singles 45+, then received his pet occasion beating native problem Biren Shah 21-10, 12-21, 21-2, 1-1. It was a heartbreaking day for Biren, second-seeded, who additionally suffered a 7-21, 5-21, 2-21 upset in opposition to unseeded Praveen Srinivasan of Karnataka in males’s singles 40+ ultimate.

Disappointing day


It was a disappointing day for Gujarat as native gamers settled for a second place end in 5 extra classes.

In boys’ under-16 ultimate, Gujarat’s Aryan Shah suffered a 13-21, 3-21, 15-21 loss in opposition to Delhi’s Aadi Krishna. Brijal Soni’s spectacular run in ladies’s singles ended with a 21-19, 15-21, 1-21loss in opposition to second seed Sushmita Panigrahi. Gujarat’s Raj Rajan Shah suffered 9-21, 4-21, 21-19 loss in opposition to high seed KA Aadit of Tamil Nadu in boys’ under-13 ultimate.

In males’s singles 55+, Gujarat’s Kishor Choudhary suffered a 5-21, 1-21, 12-21 loss in opposition to second seed Mervyn Fernandes of Maharashtra.

It was the same state of affairs males’s singles 50+ the place Rahul Vyas suffered a 17-21, 21-20, 2-21loss in opposition to high seed Biswajit Panigrahi of Goa. In the meantime, in under-13 women’ singles ultimate, high seed KA Aadirai defeated Aarna Jhaver 21-3, 21-8, 21-8 for the crown.