Asif, Samartha bag double crowns

Cuttack boy Asif Haque and Bhubaneswar girl Samartha Prusty bagged a double each in the 17th YGTTA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament, which concluded at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. Anjali Agarwal, Subhendu Dutta, Upasana Das, Ajitabh Kalta and Tousif Haque claimed the other five titles of the three-day tournament, which was organised by Young Generation Table Tennis Association, under the aegis of Orissa State Table Tennis Association. East Coast Railway Sports Association president D K Samantaray and former Nalco director P K Routray gave away the prizes at the closing function. Results (All finals): Cadet girls’ singles: Anjali Agarwal (Bhubaneswar) bt Ankita Senapati (Bhubaneswar) 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-5). Cadet boys’ singles: Subhendu Dutta (Nalco) bt Abhilash Singh (RSP) 3-1 (10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6). Sub-junior girls’ singles: Upasana Das (Bhub) bt Anjali Agarwal (Bhub) 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-4). Sub-junior boys’ singles: Ajitabh Kalta (Bhub) bt Bikash Singh (RSP) 4-3 (8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8). Junior girls’ singles: Samartha Prusty (Bhub) bt Ankita Kha (Khurda) 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-4). Junior boys’ singles: Saswat Samal (Khurda) bt Sunil Parida (Cuttack) 4-2 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 10-12, 12-10). Youth boys’ singles: Asif Haque (Cuttack) bt Mohammad Azhar (Cuttack) 4-1 (11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9). Women’s singles: Samartha Prusty bt Ankita Kha. Men’s singles: Tousif Haque (Cuttack) bt D Debadutta Mohanty (AG Orissa) 4-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8). Junior boys’ doubles: Asif Haque & Saswat Samal bt Sunil Parida & Samarendra Lala 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6). Photo: Title winners (L to R) Tousif Haque, Samartha Prusty, Saswat Samal and Asif Haque at the YGTTA All-Oriss Open Table Tennis Tournament in Cuttack on August 12, 2009.