BHUBANESWAR 19-May-2014 327
Local favourite Avilash Mishra added yet another double crown to his trophy cabinet by winning both the boys` singles and doubles titles in the OTPPA-OTA All-India Under-16 Championship Series Tennis Tournament here at Kalinga Stadium today.
Top seed Avilash won both his singles semifinal and final with consummate ease, trouncing seventh seed Abdul Kareem Khan and second seed Aynampudi K Rohit (AP) respectively. A trainee of Bhubaneswar-based S S Tennis Academy, Avilash accomplished the double by securing the doubles title with Rohit as partner. The Odisha-AP duo outplayed their all-Odisha pair of Mahesh Mohapatra and Kabir Hans in the final in straight sets.
This was the 10th time that Avilash, a Standard-X student of Sai International School, pocketed a double crown in AITA junior circuit tournaments. In his five-year-long career, he has gathered a total of 25 titles so far.
