BHUBANESWAR 30-Dec-2015
Odisha boys Amrutjay Mohanty and Abhishek Mohapatra made it one-two for the state by emerging champion and runner-up respectively in the SSTC AITA Under-14 Championship Series Tennis Tournament at Shrirampur in Kolkata yesterday.
In the all-Odisha final, top seed Amrutjay beat sixth seed Abhishek 6-1, 6-4. Earlier in the semifinals, Amrutjay beat Sreem Sadhukhan (WB) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, while Abhishek upset third seed Kanav Goel (WB) 6-3, 6-1. Bhubaneswar lad Abhishek also caused a major upset in the quarterfinals, eliminating second seed Amaan Wasim (WB) 6-4, 6-2.
Meanwhile, Odisha youngsters Kabir Hans and Rutuparna Choudhary reached semifinals in another Super Series tournament for U-14 and U-16 (boys & girls) being held at Ahmedabad. Kabir won the boys U-14 singles quarterfinals, defeating third seed Rajesh Kannan (TN) 6-2, 6-3. In girls U-16 singles quarterfinal, Rutuparna got the better of S Rao (TN) 6-1, 6-1.
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PHOTO: Super Series champion Amrutjay Mohanty (L) and runner-up Abhishek Mohapatra in Kolkata on Dec 29, 2015.
