Top seed and home favourite Chinmay Pradhan finished singles runner-up in the Gurukul AITA-OTA Men’s 50K Tennis Tournament after he was beaten by unseeded Arjun Mahadevan (Tamil Nadu) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the hard-fought final at Gurukul Resort Tennis Complex, Mendhasal, Bhubaneswar today.

Mahadeven earned a cash prize of Rs 6,500 and 15 ranking points as champion, while Pradhan contended himself with Rs 4,500 and 12 ranking points. Karnataka-Assam combination of Nikshep B Ravikumar and Sk Mohammed Iftikhar won the doubles title defeating Tamil Nau pair of Bharath N Kumaranand K S Siddharth Arya 6-3, 6-4 in the summit clash. Among other Odisha players, Satirtha Patnaik, Abhishek Mohapatra and Aditya Satpathy bowed out in the pre-quarterfinals. A total of 40 players from 15 states joined the tournament.

RESULTS:

SINGLES: First Round: Chinmay Pradhan (OD) bt Rajendra Kedam (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Manvir Singh Randhawa (MH) bt T Vinay Kumar (KA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Suhith Reddy Lanka (TS) bt Varun Tiwari (CG) 6-4, 6-1; Aayush Mintri (PB) bt Lalatendu Barma (OD) 6-1, 6-1; Nikshep B Ravikumar (KA) bt Mohan Kiran Arunachala (TN) 6-0, 6-0; Satirtha Patnaik (OD) bt Bharath P Srinivasan (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Bharath N Kumaran (TN) bt Karan Barua Das (AS) 6-1, 6-3; D Pagalavan (TN) bt Utkarsh Tiwari (MP) 7-5, 6-3; Neeraj Choudhary (WB) bt Shaik Umair (AP) 6-3, 6-2; Arjun Mahadevan (TN) bt U Arjun (KL) 6-0, 6-0; Abhishek Mohapatra (OD) bt Sunny Dahiya (HR) 6-0, 6-4; Arghya Das (WB) bt Harshith Sankar Satakarni P (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Arya K S Siddharth (TN) bt Santosh Mallik (OD) 6-0, 6-2; Yugantar Vyas (GJ) bt Vashu Gupta (UP) 6-4, 6-0; Aditya Satpathy (OD) bt Sarthak Deoras (CG) 6-4, 6-1; SK Mohammed Iftikhar (AS) bt Amrutjay Mohanty (OD) 6-1, 7-5. Pre-quarters: C Pradhan bt MS Randhawa 6-2, 7-5; SR Lanka bt Aayush Mintri 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; NB Ravikumar bt S Patnaik 6-1, 6-3; BN Kumaran bt D Pagalavan 6-2, 6-2; A Mahadevan bt N Choudhary 6-3, 1-6, 6-2; A Das bt A Mohapatra 6-1, 6-2; AKS Siddharth bt Y Vyas 7-6(5), 7-6(5); SKM Iftikhar bt A Satpathy 6-4, 6-4. Quarters: C Pradhan bt SR Lanka 6-1, 6-1; NB Ravikumar bt BN Kumaran 7-6(9), 6-4; A Mahadevan bt A Das 6-4, 6-1; AKS Siddharth bt SKM Iftikhar 7-6(6), 7-6(6). Semifinals: C Pradhan bt N Ravikumar 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; A Mahadevan bt A Siddharth 7-6(5), 6-3. Final: A Mahadevan bt C Pradhan 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

DOUBLES: Quarterfinals: Nikshep B Ravikumar-SK Mohammed Iftikhar (KA-AS) bt Arjun Mahadevan-Bharath S Parthasarathi (TN) 6-4, 7-6(4); Manvir S Randhawa-Sunny Dahiya (MH-HR) bt Vashu Gupta-Rajendra Kedam (UP-AP) 6-3, 7-6(8); Bharath N Kumaran-Arya K S Siddharth (TN) bt Abhishek Mohapatra-Amrutjay Mohanty (OD) 5-7, 6-3, (10-4); Umair Shaik-Chinmay Pradhan (AP-OD) bt Arghya Das-Varun Tiwari (WB-CG) 6-3, 6-2. Semifinals: NB Ravikumar-SKM Iftikhar bt A Mahadevan-BS Parthasarathi 6-4, 6-2; BN Kumaran-AKS Siddharth bt U Shaik-C Pradhan 6-1, 7-5. Final: NB Ravikumar-SKM Iftikhar bt BN Kumaran-AKS Siddharth 6-3, 6-4.
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PHOTO: Champion and runners-up with pose with match referee Jatin Batsya at Gurukul Resort on April 20, 2018.