It was a historic day for Indians at the racketlon World Championships on Sunday as they won two singles gold medals at the same World Championships for the first time. Making her international racketlon debut, Aadirai KA fought past a pair of Germans to win the girls U-16 singles.

Ashutosh Avinash Pednekar romped to the seniors +50 Singles title in an emphatic fashion. Aadirai beat Annemarie Del Favero, Holly Ranson, Ylvie Zahn and Alina Reissenauer in the final to lift the title in her category. “Back in 2018, Pednekar made history by becoming the first Indian player to win a gold medal at the World Championships. Four years later and he’s got another.