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Indian Pickleball League: Chennai Super Warriors qualify for playoffs with fourth straight win

New Delhi, Dec 4(UNI) With a perfect win record after four games, Chennai Super Warriors became the first team to confirm a playoff spot in the Indian Pickleball League- launched by The Times Group and recognised as India’s only official pickleball league, sanctioned by the Indian Pickleball Association under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. The league leaders beat Bengaluru Blasters 4-2, after Lucknow Leopards and Capital Warriors Gurgaon had earlier played out a 3-3 draw.
Looking to rebound from their previous day’s defeats, Gurgaon and Lucknow kicked off Gameday 4. The men’s singles saw Arik Badami come out swinging, but Ryler DeHeart exploited the spaces Badami left in pursuit of winners, closing out a crisp 15–5 victory to give Lucknow an early lead. Gurgaon hit back immediately. Stavya Bhasin and Jack Munro found perfect harmony in the men’s doubles to fuel a 15-10 win, before Emilia Schmidt snapped back from Mihika Yadav’s early baseline stunners to take the women’s singles 15-8.
Schmidt and Naimi Mehta extended Gurgaon’s advantage with a composed 15-12 win in the women’s doubles, leaving Lucknow needing the Grand Rally to salvage a draw-and they delivered. Shelby Bates ignited the charge with two audacious winners, an around-the-net forehand followed by a soaring backcourt lob in a decisive 21-12 finish. Tie drawn 3-3, DeHeart and Schmidt were named Players of the Tie.
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