BHUBANESWAR 10-Jan-2016
Local favourite Ansu Kumar Bhuyan bagged double by winning both the men`s singles and doubles title in the 3rd All-Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded here at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Complex today.
Ansu beat his doubles partner Avilash Mallick in the double final convincingly. Earlier the duo captured the double title, defeating experienced opponents Santosh Mallik and Ajay Nishank in the summit clash.
Rutuparna Choudhury retained the women’s singles title, defeating Ameek Kiran Bath in the final by straight sets. D Aryan Swamy emerged under-14 boys` singles champion with an easy win over Rahul Behera in the final,
Saswat Jena and Dayal captured the 40-plus veterans` crown, while the top honour in 50-plus and 60-plus veterans` categories were claimed by B N Mohanty with partner Rabindra Senapati and J Ganja and his partner Gyana Ranjan Das respectively.
The three-day tournament was organised by Ace Tennis Club. Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb and former Police DG Sanjiv Marik handed over the trophies and cash prizes in the presence of tournament referee Jatin Batsya.
RESULTS:
Men’s singles: Quarterfinals: Ansu Kumar Bhuyan bt Sunil Palei 10-1; Asutosh Das bt Satirtha Patnaik 10-6; Avilash Mishra bt Aditya Satpathy 10-3; Santosh Mallik bt Ajay Kumar Nishank 10-6. Semifinals: AK Bhuyan bt A Das 7-6(5), 6-1; A Mishra bt S Mallik 6-1, 6-1. Final: AK Bhuyan bt A Mishra 6-3, 6-2.
Men’s doubles: Semifinals: Ansu Bhuyan-Avilash Misra bt Saswat Jena-H Kanungo 9-1; Santosh Mallik-Ajay Nishank bt Aditya Satpathy-Asutosh Das 9-5. Final: AK Bhuyan-A Misra bt S Mallik-A Nishank7-5, 6-1
Women’s singles: Quarterfinals: Shilpi Swarupa Das bt Ayesha Swain 7-0; Ameek Kiran Batth bt Abhipsa Pal 7-0; Anaam Almas bt Sapna Sahu 7-2; Rutupurna Choudhury bt Vijaya Batth 7-0. Semifinals: AK Batth bt SS Das 9-7; R Choudhury bt A Almas 9-3. Final: R Choudhury bt AK Batth 6-0, 6-3.
U-14 Boys’ singles: Quarterfinals: Sangram Kumar Patra bt Kumar Sahil 8-7(4); Rahul Behera bt Aryan Bal 8-1; Asish Kumar Parida bt Omm Das 8-3; D Aryan Swamy bt Rabi Narayan Sahoo 8-1. Semifianls: R Behera bt SK Patra 9-7; DA Swamy bt AK Parida 9-1. Final: DA Swamy bt R Behera 6-2, 6-1.
40-plus veterans doubles (Final): Saswat Jena-Dayal Gangwar bt Biswajit Mishra-Paresh Kumar Singh 9-3.
50-plus veterans doubles (Final): Biranchi Narayan Mohanty-Rabindra Senapati bt B K Nayak-Jugananda Pattnaik 8-4.
60-plus veterans doubles (Final): J Ganta-Gyana Das bt N Dash-P Bakshi 8-4.
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PHOTO: Champions Ansu Bhuyan (Right) and Avilash Mishra with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on January 10, 2015.
