Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Hyderabad’s Naveen Tummala Wins Bronze at Pickleball World Cup
Naveen Tummala from Hyderabad played in a major pickleball tournament in Vietnam.
He competed in the 50-and-over division.
Naveen won several matches to reach the semifinal.
He beat players from the United States, Spain, the Cook Islands, Japan and Australia.
He then lost his semifinal match to Yukuan Ting of Chinese Taipei.
This meant Naveen could still play for third place.
He defeated Gonzalo Valdez of Argentina 21-0 in that match.
Naveen therefore finished with a bronze medal.
Luis Urrutia of Chile won the gold medal.
Hyderabad’s Naveen Tummala won bronze in the individual 50+, 4.0 DUPR event at the Pickleball World Cup.
Naveen defeated Argentina’s Gonzalo Valdez 21-0 in the third-place match.
He beat players from the United States, Spain, the Cook Islands, Japan and Australia before the semifinals.
Naveen lost 14-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Yukuan Ting in the semifinal.
Chile’s Luis Urrutia won gold after defeating Yukuan Ting in the final, with players from 66 countries competing.
- Who
- Hyderabad’s Naveen Tummala, along with players from 66 countries, competed in the event.
- What
- Naveen Tummala won a bronze medal in the individual 50+, 4.0 DUPR pickleball event.
- When
- During the ongoing Pickleball World Cup; the articles do not provide a date.
- Where
- Da Nang, Vietnam.
- Why
- Naveen won the third-place match after losing in the semifinal, earning the bronze medal.
- Medalist
- Naveen Tummala won bronze.
- Event
- Individual 50+, 4.0 DUPR.
- Third-place score
- Naveen defeated Gonzalo Valdez 21-0.
- Semifinal result
- Naveen lost 14-21 to Yukuan Ting.
- Gold medalist
- Luis Urrutia of Chile.
- Final score
- Urrutia defeated Yukuan Ting 15-9, 13-15, 15-8.
- Participation
- Players from 66 countries competed.