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Local favourite Ansu Bhuyan bagged a double by winning both the men’s singles and doubles titles in the 16th All-Odisha Nalco Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded here at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Complex today.
Second seed Bhuyan thrashed city opponent and third seed Avilash Mishra in the singles final, which proved to be a lop-sided affair. He completed the double by grabbing the doubles crown with his Gurukul Tennis Academy coach Santosh Mallik. Bhuyan received a total cash prize of Rs 13,000, while Mallik became richer by Rs 5,000.
Women’s title and a cash prize of Rs 6,000 was claimed by second seed Rutuparna Choudhury, who prevailed over third seed Shilpi Swarupa Das in the final by straight sets. Avilash Mishra and Mahesh Mohapatra emerged champions in boys’ under-16 and under-12 singles events respectively.
Mishra pocketed Rs 7,000, while Mohapatra became richer by Rs 5,000. The three titles in senior categories went to the comb inations of BK Nayak-JN Patnaik (40 plus), Biswajit Mishra-Paresh Singh(50 plus) and Niranjan Das-Pravat K Bakshi (60 plus).
Nalco CMD Anshuman Das, Director (Commercial) Soma Mondal and host Bhubaneswar District Tennis Association president Suresh Chandra Mohapatra handed over the trophies and cash prizes at the closing function. Tournament supervisors S C Sarangi and Prabin K Nayak were present on the occasion.
RESULTS:
Men`s singles: Quarterfinals: Sunil Palai (5) bt Ajay Nishank (1) 8-7(4); Avilash Mishra (3) bt Jayesh Mangela (8) 8-6; Santosh Mallik (4) bt Adarsh Sahoo (6) 8-5; Anshu Bhuyan (2) bt Abhilash Chandra Sahoo (7) 8-0. Semifinals: A Mishra bt S Palai 9-8(3); A Bhuyan bt S Mallik 9-6. Final: A Bhuyan bt A Mishra 6-1, 6-1.
Men’s doubles: Semifinals: Ansu Bhuyan-Santosh Mallik bt Lalit Dash-Sunil Palai 9-3; Ajay Nishank-Satirtha Patnaik bt Adarsh Sahoo-Farhan Ali 9-6. Final: A Bhuyan-S Mallik bt A Nishank-S Patnaik 4-6, 6-3, 10-3.
Women`s singles: Quarterfinals: Anaam Almas (6) bt Alisha Samal (1) 8-7(3); Shilpi Swarupa Das (3) bt Ankita Panda (8) 8-1; K Bhargavi (5) bt Koyal Mishra (4) 8-1; Rutuparna Choudhury (2) bt Seeulee Upadhyay (7) 8-3. Semifinals: SS Das bt A Almas 9-8(5), R Choudhury bt K Bhargavi 9-7. Final: R Choudhury bt SS Das 7-5, 6-2.
U-12 boys singles: Quarterfinals: Mahesh Mohapatra (1) bt Rahul Behera (6) 6-3; Govind Lada Tudu (7) bt Kumar Sahil (4) 6-3; Pratyush Mohanty (3) bt Anmol Dash (11) 6-3; Amrutjay Mohanty (2) bt Aryan Prasad Singh (12) 6-0. Semifinals: M Mohapatra bt GL Tudu 7-3, A Mohanty P Mohanty 7-6(6). Final: M Mohapatra bt A Mohanty 6-3, 7-5.
U-16 boys singles: Quarterfinals: Avilash Mishra (1) bt Amrutjay Mohanty (5) 7-0; Mahesh Mohapatra (3) bt Kumar Anurag Saran (7) 7-3; Aditya Satpathy (4) bt Kumar Sahi (8) 6-2; Nishant Mohanty (2) bt Ritik Mohapatra (6) 6-2. Semifinals: A Mishra bt M Mohapatra 8-3, N Mohanty bt A Satpathy 8-5. Final: A Mishra bt N Mohanty 6-0, 6-2.
Senior 40+ doubles (Final): BK Nayak-JN Patnaik bt CL Patel-Vivek Tekriwal 9-7.
Senior 50+ doubles (Final): Biswajit Mishra-Paresh Singh bt Jhadeswar Das-Purna Chandra Pradhan 9-2.
Senior 60+ doubles (Final): Niranjan Das-Pravat K Bakshi bt Saroj K Sahu-Srikanta Mishra 8-3.
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PHOTO: Title winners (L to R) Santosh Mallik, Ansu Bhuyan, Mahesh Mohapatra, Rutuparna Choudhury and Avilash Mishra at the Nalco Open Tennis Tournament in Bhubaneswar on Dec 21, 2014.
