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Notwithstanding her opponents` indisposition, Ameek put up compact performance and fully deserved the title.This was the second AITA under-14 singles title and fifth overall for Ameek, who is a trainee of city-based Farhan Tennis Academy.
Home favourite and top seed Amrutjay captured the title in under-12 boys’ singles, defeating second seed Ritabrata Sarkar in the summit clash 6-3, 6-2. This was the second AITA u-12 singles crown and third overall for Amrutjay, who is also a pupil of coach Farhan Ali. Amrutjay had a chance to bag a title double, but the top seeded Bhubaneswar lad squandered it by crashing out in the under-14 boys’ singles quarterfinals.
Eighth seed Asish Sinha, who eliminated Amrutjay in the under-14 singles, went on to grab the title, getting the better of second seed Pratyush Mohanty (Odisha) in the final 6-4, 6-2. Title winners in each category gained 15 points each, while the losing finalists collected 12 points apiece.
Altogether 95 players from West-Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam and Odisha participated in the five-day tournament, which was organized by Odisha Tennis Players’ Parents’ Association (OTPPA). Jamini Mohan Mohanty and Jatin Batsya were the tournament director and tournament referee respectively.
RESULTS:
U-12 Boys Singles: First Round: Amrutjay Mohanty (1* Odi) bt Shriyans Patnaik (Odi) 6-0, 6-1; Bighnesh Nanda (Odi) bt Aryan Prasad Singh (Odi) 6-2, 6-3; D Aryan Swamy (5* Odi) bt Saraswata Sensarma (WB) 6-0, 6-4; Abhishek Mohapatra (3* Odi) bt Soham Ghosh (WB) 6-1, 6-1; K Sai Dheeraj Kumar (Odi) bt Stevan Ankit Ekka (Odi) 6-1, 6-1; Md Arib Afzal (6* WB) bt Anmol Dash (Odi) 6-0, 6-2; Sujal Mohanty (8* Odi) bt Harshvardhan Nanda (Odi) 6-1, 6-0; Rohan Mondal (WB) bt Keshav Goel (WB) 7-5, 7-5; Yashraj Nayak (Odi) bt Virk Ryan Singh (WB) 6-1, 6-3; Kumar Sahil (4* Odi) bt Pratik Ku Rout (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Raghav Singhal (7* WB) bt Hridayajit Das (Odi) 6-0, 6-3; Arunava Majumder (WB) bt Ayush Pradhan (Odi) 6-3, 6-1; Ritabrata Sarkar (2* WB) bt Samannay Banik (WB) 6-3, 6-0. Pre-quarterfinals: A Mohanty bt A Bhattacharya 6-1, 6-0; DA Swamy bt B Nanda 6-4, 6-1; A Mohapatra bt KSD Kumar 6-2, 6-4; MA Afzal bt O Das 6-2, 6-1; R Mondal bt S Mohanty 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2; K Sahil bt Y Nayak 6-4, 7-6(3); A Majumder bt R Singhal 6-1, 6-3; R Sarkar bt WO Brien 6-3, 6-0. Quarterfinals: A Mohanty bt DA Swamy 6-1, 6-0; A Mohapatra bt MA Afzal 6-1, 6-0; K Sahil bt R Mondal 6-0, 6-3; R Sarkar bt A Majumder 6-3, 6-2. Semifinals: A Mohanty bt A Mohapatra 6-1, 6-3; R Sarkar bt K Sahil 7-5, 6-1. Final: A Mohanty bt R Sarkar 6-3, 6-2.
U-14 Boys Singles: First Round: Amrutjay Mohanty (1* Odi) bt Samannay Banik (WB) 6-1, 6-1; Rahul Behera (Odi) bt Anmol Dash (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Ashish Ku Parida (Odi) bt K Sai Dheeraj Ku (Odi) 6-1, 6-0; Asish S Sinha (8* JH) bt Raghav Singhal (WB) 6-1, 6-1; Amaan Wasim (4* WB) bt Ayush Pradhan (Odi) 6-0, 6-1; Bighnesh Nanda (Odi) bt Abhishek Mishra (Odi) 6-1, 6-4; Satyajit Panda (Odi) bt Saraswata Sensarma (WB) 6-1, 6-0; Abhiraj Sen (7* WB) bt Kumar Sahil (Odi) 7-6 (6), 6-3; Kabir Hans (6* Odi) bt Wyatt O Brien (WB) 6-1, 6-0; Yashraj Nayak (Odi) bt Devjit Mohapatra (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Abhishek Mohapatra (Odi) bt Arunava Majumder (WB) 6-3, 6-0; Lada Govind Tudu (Odi) bt Kanav Goel (3* WB) 6-2, 6-4; Ritabrata Sarkar (5* WB) bt D Aryan Swamy (Odi) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Justin K Panmei (Odi) bt Soham Ghosh (WB) 6-0, 6-1; Omm Das (Odi) bt Tapabrata Das (WB) 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1; Pratyush Mohanty (2* Odi) bt Md Arib Afzal (WB) 6-1, 6-1. Pre-quarterfinals: A Mohanty bt R Behera 6-2, 6-3; AS Sinha bt AK Parida 6-2, 6-1; A Wasim bt B Nanda 6-1, 6-1; S Panda bt A Sen 7-6(5), 7-6(4); K Hans bt Y Nayak 6-0, 6-1; LG Tudu bt A Mohapatra 6-2, 7-5; R Sarkar bt JK Panmei 6-2, 4-1(conc); P Mohanty bt O Das 6-0, 6-1. Quarterfinals: AS Sinha bt A Mohanty 6-3, 6-4; A Wasim bt S Panda 6-2, 6-1; K Hans bt LG Tudu 6-2, 6-2; P Mohanty bt R Sarkar 6-2, 6-1. Semifinals: AS Sinha bt A Wasim 7-6(4), 6-1; P Mohanty bt K Hans 6-2, 6-4. Final: AS Sinha bt P Mohanty 6-4, 6-2.
U-14 Girls Singles: First Round: Swarnali Ghosh (WB) bt Alina Syed (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Aashra Patel (WB) bt Simran Neha Ekka (Odi) 6-3, 6-3. Pre-quarterfinals: Ameek Kiran Bhatth (1* Odi) bt Swarnali Ghosh (WB) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; Asmita Chatterjee (5* WB) bt Sulagna Tripathi (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Ayesha Swain (4* Odi) bt Bhagyashree Behera (Odi) 6-4, 7-5; Aneesha Mukherjee (8* WB) bt S Harshada (Odi) 6-3, 6-2; Aashra Patel (Odi) bt Dhriti Bhattacharjee (6* Odi) 6-1, 6-4; Amrita Ohdedar (3* WB) bt Pratikshya Priyanshi (Odi) 6-2, 6-1; Mekhala Manna (WB) bt Baishali B Borah (7* Asa) 6-4, 6-1; Shreya Chakraborty (2* WB) bt Sweta Samanta (WB) 6-4, 7-5. Quarterfinals: AK Batth bt A Chatterjee 6-1, 6-0; A Patel bt A Ohdedar 6-3, 6-3; M Manna bt S Chakraborty 7-6 (8), 6-4; A Swain bt A Mukherjee 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Semifinals: AK Bhatth bt A Swain 6-0, 6-0; M Manna bt A Patel 6-2, 6-0. Final: AK Batth bt M Manna 6-1, 6-1.
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TOP: Under-14 boys champion Asish S Sinha (Left) and under-12 boys title winners Amrutjay Mohanty with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on June 26, 2015.
RIGHT: Girls singles champion Ameek Kiran Batth (R) and runner-up Mekhala Manna in Bhubaneswar on June 25, 2015.
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