Home favourite and second seed Ansu Kumar Bhuyan won the singles title in the Dushan Deo Memorial AITA-OTA All-India Men`s Ranking Tennis Tournament, defeating sixth seed Ominder Baisoya (Haryana) 6-2, 7-5 in the final at Puri Club in Puri today.
The doubles title was bagged by Andhra-Telangana pair of Babji Siva Atturu and Sajid- ur Rahman, who prevailed over second seed West Bengal conmbination of Aditya Vardhan Roy Chowdhury and Rohit Rampuria 6-4, 6-2 in the summit clash.
Title winners gained 25 AITA ranking points and the runners-up 20 points. The tournament was organised by Puri District Tennis Association (PDTA) from December 17. A total of 36 players from 11 states participated in the tournament.
Puri Collector Jyoti Prakash Das gave away the trophies and cash prizes at the closing ceremony. PDTA vice-president Aryakanta Patnaik, secretary Sunil Mohapatra, joint-secretary Harihar Guru and AITA Supervisor Prabin Kumar Nayak were present on the occasion.
RESULTS:
SINGLES: First Round: Chinmay Pradhan (OD) bt Jaganmaya Panigrahi (MH) 6-2, 6-1; Abhiveer Singh Shekhawat (RJ) bt Mritunjay Singh (UP) 6-4, 7-6(8); Rohit Rampuria (WB) bt Asutosh Das (OD) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Ominder Baisoya (HR) bt Satirtha Patnaik (OD) 6-2, 6-3; Arghya Das (WB) bt Umang Jhunjhunwala (WB) 6-1, 6-3; Trinath Rao (CG) bt Srinivas Kondri (AP) 3-6, 3-5 (Retd); Ansu Kumar Bhuyan (OD) bt (LL) Arnav Meril (CG) 6-0, 6-0; Amrutjay Mohanty (OD) bt Rishab Jha (WB) 6-2, 6-1; Abhishek Mohapatra (OD) bt S Ashwien Chakravorty (AP) 6-2, 6-3; Aditya Vardhan Roy Chowdhury (WB) bt Babji SIva Atturu (AP) 7-5, 6-2; Sajid Ur Rahman (TS) bt R Karthic Kumaran (TN) 7-5, 6-4; Hemant Kumar (UP) bt Sarthak Deoras (CG) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4); Swostik Satyakam Pradhan (OD) bt Vashu Gupta (UP) 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3; Lanka Suhith Reddy (TS) bt Lalatendu Barma (OD) 6-0, 6-0; Aditya Satpathy (OD) bt Kumar Anurag Saran (OD) 6-4, 6-3; Amaan Ayub Khan (TS) bt Ashish Kumar Parida (OD) 6-2, 6-3.
Pre-Quarterfinals: LS Reddy (TS) bt AS Shekhawat (RJ) 6-3, 6-4; C Pradhan(OD) bt A Mohapatra (OD) 6-3, 6-1; O Baisoya (HR) bt AA Khan (TS) 6-4, 6-1; R Rampuria (WB) bt A Satpathy (OD) 6-3, 7-5; AK Bhuyan (OD) bt SU Rahman (TS) 7-6(3), 6-3; A Das (WB) bt SS Pradhan (OD) 6-0 6-3; AVR Chowdhury (WB) bt RT Rao (CG) 6-3, 6-0; A Mohanty (OD) bt H Kumar (UP) 6-1, 6-1.
Quarterfinals: LS Reddy (TS) bt C Pradhan (OD) 6-4, 6-0; O Baisoya (HR) bt R Rampuria (WB) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3; AK Bhuyan (OD) bt A Mohanty (OD) 6-0, 7-5; AVR Chowdhury (WB) bt A Das (WB) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(2).
Semifinals: O Baisoya (HR) bt LS Reddy (TS) 6-0, 6-2; AK Bhuyan (OD) bt AVR Chowdhury (WB) 6-0, 6-1. Final: AK Bhuyan (OD) bt O Baisoya (HR) 6-2, 7-5.
DOUBLES: First Round: Amrutjay-Mohanty-Abhishek Mohapatra (OD) bt Rishab Jha-Umang Jhunjhunwala (WB-GJ) 6-4 6-3; Asutosh Das-Satirtha Patnaik (OD) bt Sarthak Deoras-Trinath Rao (CG) 6-3, 7-5, Aditya Sathpathy-Chinmay Pradhan (OD) bt Biswajit Das-Lanka Suhith Reddy (OD-TS) 7-5, 6-3; Babji Siva Atturu-Sajid Ur Rahman (AP-TS) bt Ominder Baisoya-Amaan Ayub Khan (HR-TS) 6-2, 3-6 10-4; Lalatendu Barma-Swostik Satyakam Pradhan (OD) bt Vashu Gupta-Mritunjay Singh (UP) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Quarterfinals: Ansu Kumar Bhuyan-Abhiveer Singh Shekhawat (OD-RJ) bt A Sathpathy-C Pradhan (OD) 1-6, 7-5, 14-12; BS Atturu-SU Rahman (AP-TS) bt L Barma-SS Pradhan (OD) 6-0, 6-3; Aditya Vardhan Roy Chowdhury-Rohit Rampuria (WB) bt A Das-S Patnaik (OD) 6-2, 6-3; A Mohanty-A Mohapatra (OD) bt Arghya Das-Hemant Kumar (WB-UP) 6-7(2), 6-3, 10-2.
Semifinals: BS Atturu-SU Rahman (AP-TS) bt AK Bhuyan-AS Shekhawat (OD-RJ) 7-5, 6-4; AV Roy Chowdhury-R Rampuria (WB) bt A Mohanty-A Mohapatra (OD) 6-2, 6-3. Final: BS Atturu-SU Rahman (AP-TS) bt AV Roy Chowdhury-R Rampuria (WB) 6-4, 6-2.
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PHOTO: Champion and runners-up with guests at the closing ceremony of the tournament in Puri on December 22, 2018.