Former Punjab DGP wins twin Gold medals in tennis tournament in Canada

Chandigarh, August 3, 2023: Retired Director General of  Punjab Police S M Sharma struck a double gold, each in the events of tennis men singles (70+) and men's doubles (60+) in the  World Police and Fire Games,WPFG-23 in in Winnipeg, Canada.

In singles semifinals, Sharma defeated a Hungarian player Jozsef Juhasz in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 and in the finals he overpowered the challenge of Indian player Sastry Krishnamurthy 3-0 (conceded) who developed cramps during the game and had to concede the match.

In the men's doubles final also Sharma and his Indian partner Srinivas Reddy defeated an American pair of Robert Schaffner and Victor Beard in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.

This is a hat trick for Sharma to win gold medal in singles in the last three WP&FG, first in Chengdu China in 2019, second in Rotterdam Netherlands in 2022 and third this time in Winnipeg Canada. WP&FG are conducted once in two years, but the version of 2021 was postponed by a year due to Covid.