Rutuparna Choudhury achieved a hat-trick by emerging women’s singles champion for the third year in a row. She became richer by Rs 10,000. She outclashed her academy-mate Ameek Kiran Batth, conceding just one game. Abhishek Mohapatra bagged the under-14 boys’ singles crown, which carried a cash prize of Rs 8,000.

Saswat Jena and Hemadri Kanungo pocked the 40-plus veteran doubles title, while the same in 50-plus category went to Biranchi Narayan Mohanty and Rabindra Senapati. The top honour in 60-plus veterans’ section was won by Gyana Ranjan Das and J Ganta.

RESULTS:
U-14 Boys singles: Semifinals: Abhishek Mohapatra bt Rabi Narayan Sahoo 9-3; D Aryan Swamy bt Md Arib Afzal 9-1. Final: A Mohapatra bt DA Swamy 10-2.
Men’s singles: Semifinals: Ansu Kumar Bhuyan bt Satirtha Patnaik 9-2; Ajay Kumar Nishank bt Kumar Anurag Saran 9-4. Final: AK Bhuyan bt AK Nishank 6-2, 6-2.
Men’s doubles: Semifinals: Ansu Bhuyan-Ajay Nishank bt Satirtha Patnaik-Asutosh Das 9-8(5); Adarsh Sahoo-Abhilash Chandra Sahoo bt Santosh Mallik-Vivek Tibarewal 9-7. Final: A Bhuyan-A Nishank bt A Sahoo-AC Sahoo 6-1, 6-1.
Women’s singles: Semifinals: Rutupatna Choudhury bt Komal Vishakha 8-0, Ameek Kiran Batth bt Aanam Almas 8-3. Final: R Choudhury bt AK Batth 6-1,6-0.
40-Plus Veteran doubles (Final): Saswat Jena-Himadri Kanung bt Pravanjan Mullick-Jhadeswar Das 9-5.
50-Plus Veteran doubles (Final): Biranchi Narayan Mohanty-Rabindra Senapati bt Ajay Sahu-JN Pattnaik 9-6.
60-Plus Veteran doubles (Final): Gyana Ranjan Das-J Ganta bt PK Bakshi-JN Pattnaik 8-5.
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TOP: Utkal Open title winners (L to R) Ajay Nishank, Ansu Bhuyan, Rutuparna Choudhury and Abhishek Mohapatra with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on January 15, 2017.
RIGHT: Utkal Open prize winners with guests and organising officials in Bhubaneswar on January 15, 2017.