Nrug Patel clinches Sportify Dink Masters men’s singles title in Anand

Nrug Patel won the men’s singles title at the Sportify Dink Masters 2026 PWR 100 with the kind of 15-9 finish that never looked hurried, only controlled. After a tight opening phase against Lalitya Parihar, Patel took command of the rallies, held the baseline more cleanly and kept finding the better ball at the right moments.

The final in Anand, Gujarat, was a sharp example of how singles matches can be won without drama. Parihar traded early points with Patel, but the tempo changed as Patel’s shot selection improved and his errors stayed low. He did not need a surge or a comeback. He simply kept the game on his terms long enough for the score to open up, then closed efficiently.

That method mattered in a tournament that brought together 64 players across four categories over two days, on April 25 and 26, with a prize pool of 85,000 on offer. The event was sanctioned by the Indian Pickleball Association, which describes itself as the government-recognized national governing body for pickleball in India, and it sat inside the PWR framework, the ranking system used to award points and track players across regions.

Sportify Dinks Master 2026 was also billed as the first PWR 100 + DUPR event in the Championship Circuit, a season-long run stretching from April to November that leads toward a later PWR 400 showdown in November. That structure gave the Anand bracket extra weight: a singles crown here meant more than one result, it marked out a player who could handle different styles, different pressures and the grind of a dense draw.

Patel’s title fit that standard. The final was not flashy, but it was authoritative, and that is often what separates a good run from a benchmark performance on the domestic circuit. His control in the men’s singles final showed a player able to dictate pace, absorb the early test and then reduce the match to placement, patience and execution.

The wider tournament underlined the same point. Punji Rawal took the women’s singles title, while Punji Rawal and Paras Kotwal won mixed doubles. Patel later returned to the court and added the men’s doubles crown with Paras Kotwal, reinforcing that his weekend in Anand was not a one-off peak but a sustained display of consistency across categories. In a growing Indian pickleball scene, that kind of repeat success is starting to look like the standard to beat.