Ritam chawla

World Pickleball League On Tour: Hyderabad Open, an initiative of the World Pickleball League On Tour along with Hyderabad Superstars, concluded with Kuldip Mahajan, Anuja Maheshwari, Vanshik Kapadia and Vrushali Thakare steamrolling the professional categories in the tournament.

The event witnessed a total of over 250 players over a total of 3 days with a total prize pool of 15 lakh. The final day of the Hyderabad Open witnessed the finals of eight categories, including the Pro Men’s Singles, won by Hyderabad Superstars' Kuldip Mahajan, edging out local hero Sameer Varma in two straight sets. Anuja Maheshwari took on Vrushali Thakare, winning the Pro Women’s Singles category. Vrushali managed to get the better of Anuja in both the Pro Women’s doubles with Isha Lakhani and Pro Mixed Doubles with Vanshik Kapadia.

Vanshik Kapadia added the Pro Men’s Doubles championship to his tally, pairing up with Tejas Mahajan to beat Sonu Vishwakarma and Ritam Chawla in three sets. The winning pair completely blanked out Sonu and Ritam in what was an extremely close match before the third set.