Odisha duo Kabir Hans, Ameek Kiran Batth and Madhya Pradesh lad Deep Munim bagge a double each by winning both singles and doubles titles in different age groups of the AITA-OTA U-14 & U-16 Championship Series (CS) Tennis Tournament, which was organised by Odisha Tennis Association here at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Complex from September 4 to 8, 2017.
Local favourite and top seed Kabir captured the two in under-16 boys’ events with statemate Pratyush Mohanty as his doubles partner. Bhubaneswar lass secured the two crowns in under-16 age category with Ananya Yadav of West Bengal being her doubles partner.
Indore boy Deep emerged champion in under-14 group with Arunava Majumdar of West Bengal being his partner in the doubles event. The singles title in under-14 girls’ event was pocketed by Paavanii Paathak of Maharashtra. A total of 130 players from Jarkhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatishgarh and host Odisha participated in the tournament.
RESULTS (All finals):
U-14 Boys’ singles: Deep Munim (MP *3) beat Heerak S Vora (Gujarat *2) 6-3, 6-2.
U-14 Girls’ singles: Paavanii Paathak (Maharashtra *5) Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (Maharashtra *4) 6-1, 6-1.
U-16 Boys’ singles: Kahir Hans (Odisha *1) beat Deep Munim (MP) 6-2, 6-1.
U-16 Girls’ singles: Ameek Kiran Batth (Odisha *1) beat Paavanii Paathak (Maharashtra *7) 6-2, 6-2.
U-14 Boys’doubles: Deep Munim-Arunava Majumdar (MP-WB *1) beat Md Arib Afzal-Rahul Ravi (WB-Mah *2) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
U-16 Boys’doubles: Kabir Hans-Pratyush Mohanty (Odisha *1) beat Amrutjay Mohanty-Abhishek Mohapatra (Odisha *3) 6-3, 5-7, 10-7.
U-16 Girls’ singles: Ameek Kiran Batth-Ananya Yadav (Odi-WB *1) beat Shatavisa Ghosh-Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (WB-Mah *2) walk-over.
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PHOTO: Title winners (L to R) Paavanii Paathak, Deep Munim, Kabir Hans and Ameek Kiran Batth with tournament referee Jatin Batsya in Bhubaneswar on Sept 8, 2017