BHUBANESWAR 09-Oct-2010 129
Top seed and local favourite Adwithya Pattnaik bagged double by winning both the singles and doubles titles in the under-14 boys category of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here today.
A trainee of city-based Gurukul Tennis Academy, Pattnaik beat his doubles partner Shakti Ray in the final comfortably. Earlier, the GTA duo clinched the doubles title, trouncing local opponents Vishal Aditya Sahoo and his brother Vikram Aditya Sahoo 4-0, 4-0.
Nidhi Surpaneni (AP) and G S Vasavi (TN) claimed the girls under-12 and under-14 titles respectively. Arjun Pattnaik emerged champion in under-12 boys singles category.
Results (All finals):
U-12 girls singles: Nidhi Surpaneni (AP) bt GS Vasavi (TN) 6-0, 6-4.
U-12 boys singles: Arjun Pattnaik (AP) bt Avilash Mishra (Ori) 6-4, 6-2.
U-14 girls singles: G S Vasavi (TN) bt Nidhi Surapaneni (AP) 6-1, 6-1.
U-14 boys singles: Adwithya Pattnaik (Ori) bt Shakti Ray (Ori) 6-1, 6-3.
