Our 1st Official US Racketlon tournament was a great success. Initially, we expected to have maybe 8 to 16 players, but in the end we had 30 players and a main draw of 32, with a full consolation draw. Wilson Sporting Goods was the equipment sponsor.
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I knew I was toast the second I saw his grip. Zhiping You, my opening-round opponent in the first official Racketlon tournament in the U.S. , wielded his table tennis paddle as if holding a pen. Yes, the dreaded penhold that I've only seen one place before: the Olympics.

This wasn't quite the Olympics, but perhaps is the start of something big. This past weekend's 1 st Wellesley/Maugus Racketlon Open in Wellesley attracted 30 players of widely varying skills who competed in table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis. Participants played the sports in that order, progressing from smallest to largest racquets.