In the ongoing fourth IPA Pickleball Nationals at the Bennett University, Maharashtra’s Priyanka Mehta clinched the 35+ Women’s Singles title, reported Times Now.

Priyanka Mehta is a chartered accountant by profession and was a junior tennis player. Despite staying away from the sport for almost 20 years and returning to the field a couple of years back, she managed to make a smooth transition to pickleball.

“Yes I do (have a tennis background). I was a junior player but I stopped playing for a good 20 years. After a couple of years ago, like 2-3 years ago, I took up playing tennis again. So that was a good 20 years later and I was number 1 in 35 and 40 plus in tennis,” Times Now quoted Priyanka as saying to Picklenall Now.

“It’s been very smooth (transition) because as a tennis player, I have the upper edge with my drives and slowing down the game in doubles, mixed doubles obviously takes a lot of still work but I am getting better each tournament.”

Recently, Priyanka clinched four titles at the PWR DUPR India Masters, which took place in October 2024 in Delhi.