Tennis players win laurels against many odds

Tennis players of Odisha have been winning laurels for the state despite not getting enough opportunity to practice and prepare at the state government-owned courts at Kalinga Stadium here. Aditya Satpathy won the under-18 boys’ singles title in the 17th R S Sagar Memorial AITA Championship Series Tournament, held at SDS Tennis Academy in Lucknow from Oct 30 to Nov 3, 2017.

Returning to competition after a six-month layoff due to knee injury, Bhubaneswar lad Aditya beat A Akhilendra from Karnataka in the final 6-1. 6-3. This was the first AITA under-18 singles title and fifth ovearll for Aditya, whose earlier four include three in under-16 boys’ singles and one in under-18 boys’ doubles.

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