Adwithiya, Tanmayee complete Orissa and GTA sweep

Adwithiya Patnaik and Tanmayee Patnaik completed a clean sweep for Orissa and Gurukul Tennis Academy (GTA), winning all the three titles in the AITA Championship Series Under-14 Tennis Tournament at the Circuit House courts in Keonjhar today. Adwithiya bagged a double by adding the boys’ singles title to the one he and his GTA-mate Shakti Ray won yesterday. In the singles final, second seed Adwithiya trounced top seed Nikhil Passi (Maharashtra) 6-1, 6-1. Tanmayee Patnaik capped a hat-trick for GTA by claiming the girls’ singles crown with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the final against Aayushi Chouhan (Chhattishgarh). This was the second AITA title for 10-year-old Tanmayee, who is a grand daughter of former Chief Minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik. GTA head coach Santosh Kumar Mallik expressed happyness for the success and said the academy would work more diligently to realising the goal of producing its first international. PHOTO: AITA Championship Series title winners Adwithiya Patnaik (Left) and Tanmayee Patnaik.