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  WB assert supremacy in Odisha CS tourney
17 Apr 2015 BHUBANESWAR
 

West Bengal players asserted supremacy in the AITA-OTPPA Championship Series Tennis Tournament, winning three titles outright and sharing one here at KIIT International School today. Kolkata-based Yubrani Banerjee overcame stiff fight and a self-inflicted injury to clinch a title double in under-16 girls` category.
A protege of former Davis Cupper Enrico Piperno, Yubrani completed the double by winning the singles title with win over local favourite Rutuparna Choudhury. The duo had claimed the doubles title earlier yesterday, defeating Odisha-Andhra Pradesh combination of Kalaga Bhargavi and Bhavya Ramineni 4-6, 6-2, 10-5.
After taking the first set comfortably, top seed Yubrani suffered a setback early in the second set as she wounded her left knee with her own racket. ``I hit my knee while completing a serve and opened a cut. The bleeding and the pain hampered my movement and I lost the second set,`` she said after the match.

 

But the Kolkata girl started third and final set on an aggressive note and raced to 4-0 lead. Her power-packed serves and backhand cross court returns were too hot to handle for fourth seed Rutuparna. But the Odisha girl was in no mood to accept defeat easily and fought back to take the set score to 3-5 before Yubrani wrapped up the match with an ace.
Among other West Bengal players, Ananya Yadav emerged under-12 girls` singles champion, getting the better of top seed K Sivaraman (TN), while Ishaan Tibrewal triumphed in under-16 boys` singles, thrashing local challenger Mahesh Mohapatra. The title in under-12 boys singles went to top seed Karnataka`s Nikhil T Niranjan, who prevailed over second seed Odisha`s Amrutjay Mohanty.
Odisha claimed only one title outright when Abhishek Mohapatra and D Aryan Swamy emerged under-12 boys` doubles champions. It was maiden all India title for both the boys. The under-16 boys` doubles crown was pocketed by Kerala-Karnataka pair of Sanjay GS and Sheikh Md Iftikhar. Host Odisha Tennis Players` Parents` Association (OTPPA) president Pramod Kumar Patnaik handed over the trophies at the presentation ceremony.
RESULTS:
U-12 boys singles: First round:
Nikhil T Niranjan (Kar) bt D Aryan Swamy (Odi) 6-1, 6-0; Sujal Mohanty (Odi) bt Nitin Thota (AP) 7-6(3), 7-6(3); K Sai Dheeraj Kumar (Odi) bt Rohan Mondal (WB) 7-5, 7-5; Leston Vaz (Mah) bt Arunava Mazumder (WB) 7-6(0), 6-4; Hasith S Gummuluru (AP) bt Wyatt Obrien (WB) 6-0, 6-1; Abhishek Mohapatra (Odi) bt B Harsh (AP) 6-1, 6-1; K Nitin S Choudhury (AP bt Bisweswar Satapathy (Odi) 6-2, 6-1; Ritabrata Sarkar (WB) bt Yashraj Nayak (Odi) 6-0, 6-1; Aonjaneya Banerjee(WB) bt Anmol Dash (Odi) 6-4, 6-0; Md Arib Afjal (WB) bt Roop Sai S Budida (AP) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1; Shreejit Sen (Mah) bt Aditya N Bharadwaj (Kar) 6-0, 6-2; Kumar Sahil (Odi) bt Ayush Pradhan (Odi) 6-0, 6-2; Karthik N Vaddepalli (AP) bt Arka Banerjee (WB) 6-0, 6-0; Bighnesh Nanda (Odi) bt Rounak Ghosh (WB) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Amrutjay Mohanty (Odi) bt K Dhruv Advaith (AP) 6-0, 6-0. Pre-quarters: NT Niranjan bt S Mohanty 6-0, 6-0; L Vaz bt KS Dheeraj K 6-1, 6-0; HS Gummuluru bt A Mohapatra 6-3, 6-1; R Sarkar bt KNS Choudhury 6-0, 6-4; A Banerjee bt PK Rout 6-1, 6-2; S Sen bt MA Afjal 6-1, 6-0; K Sahil bt KN Vaddepalli 7-6(3), 6-2; A Mohanty bt B Nanda 6-2, 6-0. Quarters: NT Niranjan bt L Vaz 6-0, 6-2; HS Gummuluru bt R Sarkar 6-0, 6-1; S Sen bt A Banerjee 6-0, 6-1; A Mohanty bt K Sahil 6-1, 6-2. Semis: NT Niranjan bt HS Gummuluru 6-1, 6-2; A Mohanty bt S Sen 7-6(4), 6-1. Final: NT Niranjan bt A Mohanty 6-3, 6-1.

U-16 boys singles: First round: Sanjay G S (Ker) bt Ritik Mohapatra (Odi) 7-6(5), 6-2; Kanav Goel (WB) bt Roshan Paul (WB) 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4; Aditya Satpathy (Odi) bt Abhishek Mohapatra (Odi) 6-1, 6-2; Nikhil Niranjan (Kar) bt Anurag Agarwal (WB) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Sunil Jamuda (Del) bt Udham Singh (WB) 6-0, 6-0; Arnab Banerjee (WB) bt Divyakant Mallick (Odi) 6-1, 6-0; Mahesh Mohapatra (Odi) bt Ritabrata Sarkar (WB) 6-0, 6-0; Abdul Kareem Khan (AP) bt Govind Lada Tudu (Odi) 6-1, 6-2; Dhananjai Govind (WB) bt Ch Venkatesh (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Hasith Gummuluru (AP) bt Ankit Tripathy (Odi) 6-0, 6-1; Ch Sree Harshit (AP) bt Justin K Panmei (Odi) 6-2, 6-1; Ishaan Tibrewal (WB) bt Nishad Kulluri (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Sheikh Md Iftikhar  (Kar) bt Rishab T Agarwal (Mah) 6-0, 6-3; Amrutjay Mohanty (Odi) bt Abhiraj Sen (WB) 6-3, 6-3; Pratyush Mohanty (Odi) bt Aryan Bal (Odi) 6-0, 6-3; Sundar Arvind (Kar) bt Kumar Sahil (Odi) 6-3, 6-0. Pre-quarters: Sanjay GS bt K Goel bt 6-3, 6-2; A Satpathy bt N Niranjan 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; S Jamuda bt A Banerjee 7-6(4), 6-3; M Mohapatra bt AK Khan 6-1, 6-0; D Govind bt H Gummuluru 6-1, 6-3; I Tibrewal bt CS Harshit 6-2, 6-3; SM Iftikhar bt A Mohanty 7-5, 6-2; S Arvind bt P Mohanty 7-5, 6-3. Quarters: Sanjay GS bt A Satpathy 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-4; M Mohapatra bt S Jamuda 6-2, 6-1; I Tibrewal bt D Govind 6-2, 6-1; S Arvind bt SM Iftikhar 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Semis: M Mohapatra bt Sanjay GS 6-0, 6-3; I Tibrewal bt S Arvind 6-3, 6-1. Final: I Tibrewal bt M Mohapatra 6-1, 6-2.

U-12 girls singles: First round: Vurum Aadhithi (TS) bt N Yashaswini K Reddy (TS) 6-3, 6-1; K Sai S Aneesha (AP) bt Aneesha Mukherjee (WB) 5-7, 7-6(1), 6-3; Rijul V Sidanale (Mah) bt Alina Sayed (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Shimreen Ahamed (WB) bt Shireen Ahamed (WB) 6-4, 7-5. Pre-quarters: K Sivaraman (1-TN) bt Simran N Ekka (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; V Aadhithi bt Aashra Patel (Odi) 6-1, 6-0; Shatavisa Ghosh (3-WB) bt Sweta Samanta (WB) 6-3, 6-0; N Krishna Veni (7-AP) bt KSS Aneesha 6-3, 6-2; RV Sidanale bt Shiropa Bar (6-WB) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Aditi Narayan (4-KA) bt Bhagyashree Behera (Odi) 6-2, 6-1; Aasritha Lella (5-AP) bt Mahek Agarwal (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Ananya Yadav (2-WB) bt S Ahamed 6-0, 6-1. Quarters: K Sivaraman bt V Aadhithi 6-3, 6-4; S Ghosh bt NK Veni 6-4, 6-4; A Narayan bt RV Sidanale 6-3, 6-2; A Yadav bt A Lella 6-0, 6-1. Semis: K Sivaraman bt S Ghosh 6-4, 6-2; A Yadav bt A Narayan 6-3, 6-1. Final: A Yadav bt K Sivaraman 6-3, 6-3.

U-16 girls singles: First round: Yubrani Banerjee (WB) bt Rajnandini Kulkarni (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Viveha Sivaraman (TN) bt Amrita Ohdedar (WB) 6-0, 6-1; Punyatoya Mohapatra (WB) bt N Krishna Veni (AP) 6-0, 6-2; Ishika Gupta (WB) bt Eshitha S Budida (AP) 6-0, 6-0; K Bhargavi (Odi) bt Ananya Yadav (WB) 6-0, 6-3; Shatavisa Ghosh (WB) bt Aneesha Mukherjee (WB) 6-2, 6-0; Ameek Kiran Batth (Odi) bt Asmita Chaterjee (WB) 6-1, 6-1; Eva Raj Sah (Asm) bt L Sai Rithika (AP) 7-6(2), 6-4; Bhavya Ramineni (AP) bt C N L Sarvani (AP) 6-2, 6-0; Aditi Narayan (Kar) bt Aneesha K Sai Sree (AP) 7-5, 7-6(3); Shreya Mondal (WB) bt Aadhithi Vurum (TS) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Rutuparna Choudhury (Odi) bt Ayesha Swain (Odi) 6-0, 6-0; Rupkatha Mukherjee (WB) bt Kanika Sivaraman (TN) 6-3, 7-5; Ch V SS Reshma (AP) bt Shiropa Bra (WB) 6-2, 6-2; Anaam Almas (Odi) bt Sanya Yadav (WB) 6-2, 6-1; Adrija Biswas (WB) bt Aashritha Lella (AP) 6-0, 6-0. Pre-quarters: Y Banerjee bt V Sivaraman 6-1, 6-0; I Gupta bt P Mohapatra 6-1, 6-3; K Bhargavi bt S Ghosh 6-1, 6-2; ER Sah bt AK Batth 6-4, 7-6(4); B Ramineni bt A Narayan 6-0, 6-1; R Choudhury bt S Mondal 6-0, 6-1; R Mukherjee bt CVSS Reshma 6-1, 7-6(5); A Almas bt A Biswas 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3. Quarters: Y Banerjee bt I Gupta 6-0, 6-1; K Bhargavi bt ER Sah 6-4, 6-3; R Choudhury bt B Ramineni 6-1, 6-1; R Mukherjee bt A Almas 6-3, 6-1. Semis: Y Banerjee bt K Bhargavi bt ER Sah 6-0, 3-6, 6-3; R Choudhury bt R Mukherjee 6-1, 6-2. Final: Y Banerjee bt R Choudhury 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

U-12 boys doubles (Final):
Abhishek Mohapatra-D Aryan Swamy (Odi) bt Shreejit Sen-Leston Vaz (Mah) 6-3,6-2.
U-16 boys doubles (Final): Sanjay GS-Sheikh Md Iftikhar (Kar) bt Mahesh Mohapatra-Ch Sree Harshit (Odi-AP) 6-4,6-4.
U-16 girls doubles (Final): Yubrani Banerjee-Rutuparna Choudhury (WB-Odi) bt K Bhargavi-Bhavya Ramineni (Odi-AP) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5.
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TOP: Title winning West Bengal trio (L to R) Ishaan Tibrewal, Ananya Yadav and Yubrani Banerjee in Bhubaneswar on April 17, 2015.
RIGHT: Under-12 boys doubles champions D Aryan Swamy (L) and Abhishek Mohapatra in Bhubaneswar on April 16, 2015.

 
   

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