Naheed Divecha wins double titles at Racketlon

Women’s singles and mixed doubles champ Naheed Divecha

Naheed Divecha of Bombay Gymkhana won double crowns at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana-organised 2nd All-India Open Racketlon Championship at Santacruz recently. Divecha edged ahead of teenager Aadirai, 15 of Coimbatore 68-67 via the ‘Golden' tie-breaker, after their scores at the end of the four events (table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis) were deadlocked at 67-all (19-21, 21-4, 17-21, 11-21).

Divecha then teamed up with Ashutosh Pednekar to beat No.2 seeds Roma Dutia and Adit B Patel 60-59 (15-21, 21-6, 21-11, 3-21) to win the mixed doubles final. Over 70 players from across the country competed at the championship.

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