BHUBANESWAR 15-Nov-2015
Local favourite Ansu Kumar Bhuyan bagged a double by winning both the men`s singles and doubles titles in the 9th Odisha Open Tennis Tournament here at Bhubaneswar Club courts today. He retained the singles title and the Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Trophy by defeating his former coach Santosh Mallik, who conceded the final match due to hand injury while trailing 1-6, 1-3.
Earlier Bhuyan pocketed the doubles crown with Avilash Mishra, getting the better of Satirtha Patnaik and Ajay Nishank in straight sets. Bhuyan received a total cash prize of Rs 19,000. The mixed doubles title was captured by Abhilash Chandra Sahoo and Rutuparna Choudhury.
Odisha State Development Commissioner UN Behera and Home Secretary Asit Tripathy handed over the trophies in the presence of host Khurda District Tennis Association president Madhusudan Padhi, secretary Asit Pradhan and tournament referee Jatin Batsya. The tournament carries a total prize fund of Rs 1 lakh and competition will take place in six events.
RESULTS:
Men`s Open Singles: First round: Aashish Parida bt Pratyush Kumar Das 6-0; Susant Mirdha bt Satyapriya Pattnaik 6-2; Sandeep Kumar Tarei bt Sayed Afif 6-4; Uma Kanta Das bt P Patnaik 6-2; Abhishek Soor bt Sankarsan Sahu 6-3; Satya Ranjan bt Manas Sinha 6-0; Gaurav Das bt Siddhant Singh Mahat 6-3; Simpon Ku Naik bt Lohit Mohanty 6-2. Second round: Ansu Ku Bhuyan bt A Parida 7-0; Pratyush Chhotray bt Nilu Pattnaik 7-3; Prashant Behera bt Ankit Kr Singh 7-1; Ajay Nishank bt Susant Kumar Sahu 7-0; Avilash Mishra bt S Mirdha 7-0; Dhiraj Panda bt Dibyakant Mallick 7-0; Sujit Ku Mishra bt SK Tarei 7-5; U Das bt Lalatendu Barma 7-4; Satirtha Patnaik bt A Soor 7-0; Manoj Kumar Nayak bt S Ranjan 7-2; Aditya Satpathy bt G Das 7-2; Abhilash Sahoo bt Shreyash Mishra 7-0; Jayesh Mangela bt Pritish Dhal 7-1; Mohammad Rafique bt Akhil Gupta 7-5; Kumar Anurag Saran bt SK Naik 7-2; Santosh Mallik bt Chandrashekhar Kalingiri 7-0. Pre-quarters: AK Bhuyan bt P Chhotray 8-5; A Nishank bt P Behera 8-4; A Mishra bt D Panda 8-0; S Mishra bt UK Das 8-7(5); S Patnaik bt MK Nayak 8-2; A Sahoo bt A Satpathy 8-6; M Rafique bt J Mangela 8-5. Quarterfinals: AK Bhuyan bt A Nishank 9-2; A Mishra bt S Mishra 9-1; S Patnaik bt A Sahoo 9-4; S Mallik bt M Rafique 9-2. Semifinals: A Bhuyan bt A Mishra 10-7; S Mallik bt S Patnaik 10-3. Final: AK Bhuyan bt S Mallik 6-1, 3-1 (conc).
Men`s doubels: Quarterfinals: Ansu Ku Bhuyan-Avilash Mishra bt Gourav Das-Manoj Ku Nayak 8-0; Lalit Dash-Sunil Palai bt Santosh Mallick-Bijay Jena 8-3; Lalatendu Barma-Purushottam Dash bt Kumar Anurag Saran-Jayesh Mangela 8-6; Satirtha Pattnaik-Ajay Nishank bt Bandhu Mohanty-Umakanta Das 8-1. Semifinals: AK Bhuyan-A Mishra bt L Dash-S Palai 9-3; S Patnaik-A Nishank bt L Barma-P Dash 9-4. Final: AK Bhuyan-A Mishra bt S Patnaik-A Nishank 7-6(7), 6-2.
Mixed doubles: Semifinals: Abhilash Chandra Sahoo-Rutuparna Choudhury bt Aditya Satpathy-Ameek Kiran Batth 9-6; Lalit Dash-Silpi Swarupa Das bt Sunil Palai-Aanam Almas 9-7. Final: AC Sahoo-R Choudhury bt L Dash-SS Das 10-4.
40+ Senior men`s doubles (Final): Dayal Gangwar-Saswat Jena bt D Panmei-Kamlesh Soni 9-4.
50+ Senior men`s doubles (Final): Rabindra Senapati-BN Mohanty bt Ajay Sahoo-Ajay Mohapatra 9-7.
60+ Senior men`s doubles (Final): Brahma Mishra-Aroon bt Birla Dillip Behera-Pravat Buxi 8-4.
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PHOTO: Ansu Bhuyan with Major Sandeep Mohapatra Memorial Trophy in Bhubaneswar on Nov 15, 2015.
