Amalsadiwala sisters win Picklebay Zonals North women’s doubles title

Naomi and Pearl Amalsadiwala turned Picklebay Zonals North into a family showcase on June 26, winning the women’s doubles title at Horizon x Courtplay in Gurgaon with an 11-8, 11-5 final over Isha Lakhani and Naimi Mehta. The straight-game finish was the cleanest part of their day, but it came after a tougher path through a field that kept testing their composure at every turn.

The sisters had already survived a nerve-heavy semifinal, edging Snehal Kishor Patil and Khushi Desai 11-7, 11-10 before closing the bracket with a sharper, more controlled performance in the final. Earlier, they beat Punji Kailash Rawal and Gurleen Singh 15-11 to reach the last four, which meant this was not a stroll through the draw. Naomi and Pearl had to absorb pressure, handle close scoring, and keep their level intact across multiple rounds.

That matters because Picklebay Zonals North was not just another local title stop. The IPA-sanctioned PWR 700 event ran from June 24 to 28 and carried a reported prize purse of Rs 15 lakh, but the bigger prize was selection. Picklebay named the tournament the official selection event for Team India’s Open category at the 2026 Pickleball World Cup, scheduled for Da Nang, Vietnam, from August 30 to September 6. With the Indian Pickleball Association beginning its formal senior selection process in June, results in Gurgaon have become part of a national conversation, not just a weekend podium.

That is where the Amalsadiwala win fits the wider picture. Doubles is where pickleball often tells its best stories in India, because chemistry shows up immediately in the scoreline. Sibling pairings like Naomi and Pearl’s do more than add a neat storyline to a bracket. They give the sport a visible, repeatable model of trust and communication, the kind that can travel from a zonal event to a World Cup pathway.

The same tournament also produced another selection-relevant result when Aaliya Ebrahim won the Open Women’s Singles title, adding to the sense that the zonals were shaping national-team decisions in real time. Picklebay founder and CEO Siddhant Jatia said the selection-event designation reflects how rapidly India’s pickleball ecosystem is evolving, and the results in Gurgaon backed that up with actual pressure, actual stakes, and a women’s doubles final that was won by two sisters who looked comfortable in the spotlight.