BHUBANESWAR 09-Nov-2014 228
Ansu Kumar Bhuyan of Gurukul Tennis Academy justified his status as top seed by winning the men`s singles title in the 8th Odisha Open Tennis Tournament here at Bhubaneswar Club courts today. He beat fifth seed Avilash Mishra in the all-Bhubaneswar final in straight sets to receive the Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 12,000. Runner-up Mishra of S S Tennis Academy settled with Rs 6,000.
Satirtha Patnaik emerged another major achiever of the three-day tournament, bagging a double. Despite being handicapped with tennis elbow, he won the two titles in men`s open doubles and mixed doubles events with Ajay Kumar Nishank and Rutuparna Choudhury respectively as partners.
The three senior doubles titles were claimed by Rajpal Singh and Rabindra Senapati in 40+ category, Ajay Kumar Sahoo and J N Patnaik in 50+ group, Aroon Birla and Amarendra Mohanty in 60+ section. Odisha State Development Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi handed over the trophies and cash prizes at the closing function. Host Khurda District Tennis Association president Madhusudan Padhi and secretary Asit Pradhan were present on the occasion.
RESULTS:
Men`s singles: First round: AAkarsan Naik bt M Nagraju (w/o); Subhashis Samant bt Swastik Pattnaik 6-0; Aditya Satpathy bt Asutosh Mahapatra 6-0; Mohammed Rafique bt Sandeep Routray 6-2; Subrath Nayak bt Himanshu Khettry 6-5 (5); Shreyash Mishra bt Deepak Nayak 6-3; Jayesh Mangela bt Ayush Pani 6-1; Rakesh Sethy bt Surendra Kasturi 6-0; Purushottam Dash bt Adesh Mallick 6-0; Prashant Behera bt Satyaki Mishra 6-0; Sunil Pallei bt Sayed Afif 6-2; Dhiraj Panda bt Pratyush Das 6-0; Soumyajit Panigrahi bt Mohan Agarwal 6-5 (6); Abhilash Sahoo bt bt Gourav Bansal 6-0; Nishant Mohanty bt Abhaya Kumar 6-0; Trinath Jena bt Susir Biswas 6-1; CS Kalingiri bt Deeraj Joshi 6-4; Manoj Nayak bt Subhasis Sathua (w/o); Arun Kumar Nayak bt Siddhant Pattnaik 6-3; Siddhant Bal bt Sanjeev Ganesh 6-3; Nobel Kothari bt Gaurav Das 6-1; Avilash Mishra bt Swayam Siddha Pattnaik 6-0; Jeevan Ballav Mohanty bt Javed Khan (w/o); Jayendra Kovuk bt Rohit Parida (w/o); Kumar Anurag Saran bt Sitansu Pradhan 6-0, Lalitendu Barma bt Paritosh Praharaj 6-0; Umakant Das bt Rajeev Sanganerial 6-0; Suvam Rout bt Saidatta Majji 6-2. Second round: Ansu Kumar Bhuyan bt A Naik 7-1; A Satpathy bt S Samant 7-1; J Mangela bt S Mishra 7-2; M Rafique bt S Nayak 7-3, Adarsh Sahoo bt R Sethy 7-1; P Dash bt P Behera 7-5; Abhilash Sahoo bt S Panigrahi 7-3; S Pallei bt D Panda 7-3; N Mohanty bt T Jena 7-1; M Nayak bt C Kalingiri 7-0; Asutosh Das bt N Kothari 7-0; AK Nayak bt S Bal 7-1; A Mishra bt JB Mohanty 7-0; J Kovuk bt KA Saran 7-2, Santosh Mallik bt S Rout 7-0; L Barma bt U Das 7-2. Pre-quarterfinals: AK Bhuyan bt A Satpathy 8-5; J Mangela bt M Rafique 8-4, Adarsh Sahoo bt P Dash 8-1, Abhilash Sahoo bt S Pallei 8-6, N Mohanty bt M Nayak 8-4, Asutosh Das bt AK Nayak 8-1, A Mishra bt J Kovur 8-1, S Mallik bt L Barma 8-4. Quarterfinals: AK Bhuyan bt J Mangela 9-5, Adarsh Sahoo bt A Sahoo 9-8(1), A Das bt N Mohanty 9-2, A Mishra bt S Mallik 9-3. Semifinals: AK Bhuyan bt Adarsh Sahoo 6-3, 6-2; A Mishra bt A Das 6-1, 7-6(3). Final: AK Bhuyan bt A Mishra 6-4, 6-2.
Mixed doubles: First round: Satirtha Patnaik-Rutuparna Choudhury bt Raj Mohapatra-Shanti Ray 6-0; Sweta Sahoo-Ramchandra Tudu bt Manoj Pradhan-P Priyanka 6-4; Surjiban Behera-Nikkie Gargi bt Sharda Mahapatra-Sambit Das 6-2; Lalit Dash-Komal Vishakha bt Abhijit Pradhan-Lusna Sharma 6-1; Ashutosh Das-Alisha Samal bt Subodh Singh-Bijaya Batth 6-1.
Quarterfinals: Ajay Nishank-Shilpi Swarupa Das bt Dibakar Gouda-Sapna Sahoo 7-1; S Patnaik-R Choudhury bt S Sahoo-R Tudu 7-1; A Das-A Samal bt B Behera-S Pradhan 7-0; L Dash-K Vishakha bt S Behera-N Gargi 7-2.
Semifinals: S Patnaik-R Choudhury bt A Nishank-S Swarupa Das 9-5; A Das-A Samal bt L Dash-K Vishakha 9-7. Final: S Patnaik-R Choudhury bt A Das-A Samal 6-1, 7-5.
Men’s open doubles: Quarterfinals: Ansu Bhuyan-Santosh Mallik bt Abhilash Sahoo-Nishant Mohanty 9-5; Lalit Dash-Sunil Palei bt Jayesh Mangela-Kumar Anurag Saran 9-4; Ajay Nishank-Satirtha Patnaik bt Sobhan Patnaik-Surjiban Behera 9-3; Adarsh Sahoo-Avilash Mishra bt Lalatendu Barma-Purushottam Dash 9-3. Semifinals: L Dash-S Palei bt A Bhuyan-S Mallik 2-6, 6-1 (10-8); A Nishank-S Patnaik bt A Sahoo-A Mishra 6-3,6-7(5), (10-6). Final: A Nishank-S Patnaik bt L Dash-S Palei 6-1, 6-2.
Senior men 40+ doubles (Final): Rajpal Singh-Rabindra Senapati bt Biswajit Mishra-Saswat Jena 9-3.
Senior men 50+ doubles (Final): Ajay Kumar Sahoo-J N Patnaik bt S S Rath-B K Nayak 9-4.
Senior men 60+ doubles (Final): Aroon Birla-Amarendra Mohanty bt Prabhat Baksi-Gyana Ranjan Das 8-4.
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PHOTO: Title winners (L to R) Sathirtha Patnaik, Ajay Nishank, Ansu Bhuyan and Rutuparna Choudhury in Bhubaneswar on Nov 9, 2014.
