India’s Arjun Singh and Naomi Amalsadiwala reach BIDV Cup final in Vietnam
Singh and Amalsadiwala stunned Quang Duong’s side 11-6, 11-2, then swept Richard Livornese and Megan Fudge to book the BIDV Cup final.
Arjun Singh and Naomi Amalsadiwala turned the BIDV Cup 2026 into an Indian breakthrough story in Vietnam, stringing together back-to-back upsets to reach the Pro Mixed Doubles final. After knocking out Quang Duong and Shelby Bates 11-6, 11-2 in the quarterfinals, the Indian pair kept rolling and beat Richard Livornese and Megan Fudge in straight games in the semifinal at Tân M in Ho Chi Minh City.
The scale of the run mattered as much as the scoreline. Quang Duong is one of Asia’s most recognizable pickleball names, and the DUPR Asia men’s doubles rankings updated May 11, 2026, put him No. 2 in the continent, behind only Yuta Funemizu. Singh, by comparison, sat 34th in those same rankings. That gap made the quarterfinal result a clear statement, and the semifinal win suggested the first upset was not a fluke but the start of a genuine push toward the top tier.
The BIDV Cup was part of the D-Joy Pickleball Tour’s Leg 2 in Vietnam, a setting that has become increasingly important as Asian pickleball expands beyond exhibition status and into a more competitive regional circuit. For India, the timing was especially notable. Singh and Amalsadiwala did not just survive a deep draw full of established names; they controlled it, beating a pair with elite pedigree in Quang Duong and Shelby Bates, then backing it up against another experienced international team.
The semifinal carried extra weight because of the names on the other side of the net. Megan Fudge’s bio says she has played pickleball since 2021 and has collected 84 pro medals, including gold at the English Open and Indian Open and silver at the US Open in 2023 and 2024. Richard Livornese Jr. and Fudge had also been tracked as a mixed-doubles pair, which only added to the significance of Singh and Amalsadiwala’s straight-games finish.
The larger picture is unmistakable. Vietnam hosted one of the region’s sharpest measuring sticks, and India left it looking more capable of challenging Asia’s established elite. With the final secured, Singh and Amalsadiwala had already altered the conversation around where the next real threat in Asian pickleball might come from.
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