Chennai Super Warriors became the first team to seal a play-off berth by beating Bengaluru Blasters 4-2 in the Indian Pickleball League here on Thursday.

Chennai are leading the table with 12 points from four wins, followed by Hyderabad. Lucknow are sitting in third place with Gurgaon fourth. Bengaluru are fifth, and a winless Mumbai are placed at the bottom.

Bengaluru Blasters ran into the unbeaten Chennai Super Warriors with Phuc Huynh giving them the ideal launch by outlasting Aman Patel 15-13 in men's singles.

However, Chennai's pair of Mitchell Hargreaves and Harsh Mehta edged Huynh and Arjun Singh 15-12 in a gritty, point-for-point kitchen-line battle.

Roos van Reek then took charge, racing to a 10-5 lead before closing out a commanding 15-5 win -- her fourth straight in the leag

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