Chaufla secures silver at All India Racketlon Open

Mumbai, Oct 28: India’s Vikramaditya Chaufla had to settle for silver medal after going down fighting against UAE’s Mohammed Kuba in the All India Racketlon Open here.

Chaufla, who is India’s highest-ranked racketlon player and has taken part in multiple world championships, ended on the podium alongside gold winner Kuba and third place Adit Patel in the premier men’s singles event of the tournament. The finals took place on Sunday.

Racketlon is a combination sport in which the competitors are required to play four racket sports: table tennis, badminton, tennis and squash.

Naheed Divecha won the women’s singles title ahead of Shikha Barasia and Tara Bhandare.

In the men’s singles 40-plus category, Nikhil Bhandare won the gold ahead of Varun Motasha and Akshay Jalan.

Krishna B Kotak, the founder of Racketlon India Sports Association (RISA), topped the men’s singles 60-plus category ahead of Sant Swaroop Sharma and Kurimilla Devi.(PTI)

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