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  Double crown for Kushal; Adrija wins girls title
24 Mar 2014 BHUBANESWAR
 

Kushal Yadla of Andhra Pradesh bagged a double in boys` section and Adrija Biswas of West Bengal emerged girls` singles champions in the AITA-OTPPA Championship Series U-14 Tennis Tournament, which concluded here at Kalinga Stadium today.
Top seed Kushal clinched the double, winning both the singles and doubles title in the three-day tournament. He beat fourth seed and AP statemate K Ashish Anand in the boys’ singles final. In the hard-fought doubles final, Kushal and his statemate CH Sree Harshit came from behind to edge out Odisha duo of Mahesh Mohapatra and Kabir Hans in 2-1 sets.

Second Adrija pocketed the girls’ singles title with a hard-earned win over top seed Bhavya Ramineni (AP) in the summit clash. Alisha Samal and Rutuparna Choudhury made Odisha proud by securing the girls’s doubles title with a convincing win over AP combination of Bhavya Ramineni and Maanya Viswanath. Title winners in each category gained 25 AITA ranking points each and the losing finalists 20 points apiece.

Odisha Tennis Association secretary Madhusudan Padhi and eminent cardiologist Dr P K Pradhan handed over the trophies at the closing function. Host Odisha Tennis Players’ Parents’ Association president P K Patnaik, vice-presidents Debabrata Chhotray and Sarbeswar Mohapatra, secretary Jamini Mohan Mohanty, joint-secretary Amitav Saran, treasurer Choudhury B K Das and tournament referee Jatin Batsya were present on the occasion.

 

The tournament proved to be well-organised from the opening day. For instance, chair umpires were provided for each and every match, free mineral water bottles given to players in each and every match and match timings were intimated to players through SMS.

RESULTS:
BOYS’ SINGLES:
First round:
KS Vashisht Raam (TN) bt Bisweswar Satpathy (Odi) 8-1; Lada Govind Tudu (Odi) bt Farhan Kabir (Odi) 8-1;Rakesh Sethy (Odi) bt K Sai Dheeraj (Odi) 8-0; Anik Ghosh (WB) bt Sujal Mohanty (Odi) 8-1; D Aryan Swamy (Odi) bt Priyam Nayak (Odi) 8-1; Sampreeth Roop Sai Budida (AP) bt Devraj Mohapatra (Odi) 8-5; Rahul Behera (Odi) bt Abhishek Mohapatra (Odi) 8-0; Paarthajit Bose (Odi) bt Sarthak Panda (Odi) w/o; Samarjit Sethi (Odi) bt Bignesh Nanda (Odi) 8-5; Ambaris Giri (Odi) bt Sahil Kumar (Odi) 8-3; Srivinay Chappa (AP) bt Kanav Goel (WB) 8-7 (0); Amaan Wasim (WB) bt Asish Ku Parida (Odi) w/o; Justin K Panmei (Odi) bt Aryan Prasad Singh (Odi) 8-7 (1); Kabir Hans (Odi) bt Suvankit Sahoo (Odi) w/o; Aryan Bal (Odi) bt Ayush Pradhan (Odi) 8-1; Aonjaneya Banerjee (WB) bt Yashraj Nayak (Odi) 8-1. Second round: Kushal Yadla (AP) bt KS Vashisht Raam (TN) 8-0; Pratyush Mohanty (Odi) bt Omm Das (Odi 8-0; Ritabrata Sarkar (WB) bt L G Tudu (Odi) 8-0; Asish Sinha (WB) bt Rakesh Sethy (Odi) 8-6; Mahesh Mohapatra (Odi) bt Anik Ghosh (WB) 8-0; D Aryan Swamy (Odi) bt Rakshit Utsav (WB) 8-7 (5); Rahul Behera (Odi) bt Sampreeth Roop Sai Budida (AP) 8-1; Mohammad Fardeen (WB) bt Paarthajit Bose (Odi) 8-0; Aditya R Chowdhary Vardhan (WB) bt Samarjit Sethi (Odi) 8-1; Srivinay Chappa (AP) bt A Giri (Odi) 8-4; A Wasim (WB) bt Ronak Mohanty (Odi) 8-3; K Ashish Anand (AP) bt JK Panmei (Odi) 8-3; K Hans (Odi bt MVS Sushant (AP) 8-5; Amrutjay Mohanty (Odi) bt A Bal (Odi) 8-3; Aonjaneya Banerjee (WB) bt Anmol Dash (Odi) 8-6; CH Sree Harshit (AP) Swastik Pattnayak (Odi) 8-1. Pre-quarterfinals: K Yadla bt P Mohanty 4-1, 5-4 (2); A Sinha bt LG Tudu 4-1, 4-2; M Mohapatra bt DA Swamy 4-0, 4-1; M Fardeen bt R Behera 4-2, 2-4, 7-1; ARC Vardhan bt S Chappa 4-0, 4-1; KA Anand bt A Wasim 4-1, 4-2; A Mohanty bt K Hans 4-0, 2-4, 8-6; CHS Harshit bt A Banerjee 4-0, 4-0. Quarterfinals: K Yadla bt A Sinha 4-1, 5-4 (2); M Mohapatra bt M Fardeen 4-0, 4-2; KA Anand (AP) bt ARC Vardhan 4-1, 4-1; CHS Harshit bt A Mohanty 3-5, 4-1, 7-5. Semifinals: K Yadla bt M Mohapatra 6-0, 6-0; KA Anand bt CHS Harshit 6-2, 6-3. Final: K Yadla bt KA Anand 6-3, 6-1.

BOYS DOUBLES: Semifinals:
K Yadla-CHS Harshit (AP) bt A Wasim-ARC Vardhan (WB) 4-0, 4-0; Mahesh Mohapatra-Kabir Hans (Odi) bt KA Anand-KSV Raam (AP-TN) 4-0, 5-3. Final: K Yadla-CHS Harshit bt M Mohapatra-K Hans 3-5, 5-3, 8-6.

GIRLS’ SINGLES:
First round:
Bhavya Ramineni (AP) bt Devangi Bhattacharya (WB) 8-0; Nikhar Chaudhuri (WB) bt Ameek K Batth (Odi) 8-4; Sonali Jaiswal (AP) bt Ayesha Swain (Odi) 8-1; Megha Roy (WB) bt Aashra Patel (Odi) 8-3; Alisha Samal (Odi) bt E Sankar Budida (AP) 8-1; Manoneeta Banerjee (WB) bt J Sai Yeshasri (AP) 8-0; Punyatoya Mohapatra (WB) bt Rupkatha Mukherjee (WB) 8-1; Rutuparna Choudhury (Odi) bt CHVSS Reshma (AP) 8-3; Maanya Viswanath (AP) bt Swati S Prusty (Odi) 8-2; Anaam Almas (Odi) bt Dhriti Bhattacharjee (Odi) 8-1; Geethika Palle (AP) bt S Harshada (Odi) 8-2; BLS Rithika (AP) Shatavisa Ghosh (WB) 8-4; Ishika Gupta (WB) bt Ananya Yadav (WB) 8-2; Sanya Yadav (WB) bt Abhisha Raikwar (Jha) 8-1; Ankita Panda (Odi) bt Pratikshya Priyansi (Odi) 8-0; Adrija Biswas (WB) bt Sai Prajyan Padhi (Odi) 8-0. Pre-quarterfinals: B Ramineni bt N Chaudhuri 4-1, 4-1; M Roy bt S Jaiswal 4-2, 4-1; A Samal bt M Banerjee 4-0, 4-2; R Choudhury bt P Mohapatra 4-1, 4-2; A Almas bt M Viswanath 0-4, 4-1, 8-6; BLS Rithika bt G Palle 4-1, 5-4 (5); I Gupta bt S Yadav 5-4 (4), 4-1; A Biswas bt A Panda 4-1, 4-0. Quarterfinals: B Ramineni bt M Roy 2-4, 4-0, 7-3; A Samal bt R Choudhury 4-0, 2-4, 7-3; BLS Rithika bt A Almas 1-4, 4-2, 11-9; A Biswas bt I Gupta 4-1, 5-3. Semifinals: B Ramineni bt A Samal 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; A Biswas bt VLS Rithika 6-2, 6-0. Final: A Biswas bt B Ramineni 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1).

GIRLS DOUBLES: Semifinals: Alisha Samal-Rutuparna Choudhury (Odi) bt Ishika Gupta-Adrija Biswas (WB) 4-0, 4-1; Bhavya Ramineni-Maanya Viswanath (AP) bt Punyatoya Mohapatra-Nikhar R Choudhuri (WB) 4-1, 4-1. Final: A Samal-R Choudhury bt B Ramineni-M Viswanath (AP) 4-0, 4-2.
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RIGHT: Singles champions Kushal Yadla (Left) and Adrija Banerjee with their trophies on March 24, 2014.
TOP: Girls` doubles champions Rutuparna Choudhury and Alisha Samal with their trophies on March 24, 2014.

 
   

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