India captain Vikramaditya Chaufla waded by way of a aggressive worldwide area to carry the Willingdon Indian Racketlon Open trophy right here.
Chaufla, who has a number of World Championship medals to his title, needed to dig deep to get the higher of compatriot Animesh Kejriwal within the remaining of the B class held right here over the weekend. The ultimate scoreline learn 21–18, 21–10, 10–21, 19–18 in Chaufla’s favour.
The semifinal in opposition to Russian veteran Dmitry Dubovenko was an absorbing battle of attrition earlier than the Indian prevailed 9–21, 21–16, 21–16, 21–17.
Racketlon is a quick rising sport the place the opponents are required to play 4 racket sports activities: desk tennis, badminton, tennis and squash.
The match — a global Tremendous World Tour occasion — was hosted alongside the World Tour Finals that includes the world’s prime eight women and men.
The championship was organized by the Willingdon Sports activities Membership with steerage from Ajoy Bhandare and Nikhil Bhandare.
Additionally instrumental to the success of the occasion’s second version had been contributions from RISA president KK Cheema (sport’s governing physique in India) and FIR chief Duncan Stahl (sport’s world physique).
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