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Nishank, also a leading coach, clinched his double by grabbing the mixed doubles title in association with Shilpi Swarupa Das, who is a trainee of Bangalore-based Mahesh Bhupati Academy. In the final, they got the better of Asutosh Das and Alisha Samal 7-5, 6-1.
Bhubaneswar made a clean sweep of all the six titles with senior men claiming the remaining three. Rabindra Nath Senapati and Rajpal Singh pocketed the 40-plus doubles title, defeating Saswat Jena and Bandhu Mohanty 9-6.
The 50-plus doubles crown went to Biranchi Narayan Mohanty and Ajay Mohapatra who prevailed over P K Bakshi and S S Rath 8-4. V Raman and Mansingh Ho emerged champions in 60-plus doubles category, getting the better of Arun Barla and Anar Mohanty 8-4.
The title winners in all the categories except men`s singles, received Rs 6,000 each, while the runners-up were given Rs 3,000 each. State Development Commissioner Injeti Srinivasa handed over the trophies and cash prizes the closing function.
Host Khurda District Tennis Association president Madhusudan Padhi, secretary Asit Pradhan, patron Prasant Kumar Mishra and Odisha Tennis Association vice-president Brahmananda Mishra were present on the occasion.
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RESULTS:
Men`s singles: First round: Subhashish Behera bt Ashrant Pani 6-2, Akarshan Nayak bt Ramachandra Tudu 6-5 (3), Purushottam Dash bt Gaurav Das 6-3, Sushant Sahu bt Javed Khan 6-1, Neelkanth Veleru bt Umakant Das 6-2, Sandeep Routray bt Rohan Banerjee 6-3, Bikram Behera bt Anirudh Behera (w/o), D Panmei bt Pratikdeep Satpathy 6-0, Subhashish Samant bt Suresh Mohanty 6-2, Jamini Mohanty bt Bijan Biswal 6-5 (1), Lalatendu Barma bt Sumit Panda 6-1, Kumar Mohanta bt Nishant Panigrahi 6-1, Deepak Nayak bt Tushar Kanta Behera 6-3, Lalit Dash bt Arnay Nandy 6-0, Sunil Palai bt Shreyash Mishra 6-3, SS Dash Adhikary bt Anand Agarwal 6-1, Iftekhar Khan bt Anand Verma 6-1, Kumar Anurag Saran bt Subham Chandrayan 6-0, Aditya Narayan Guru bt Abhinav Gautam 6-0, Dhiraj Kumar Panda bt Pratyush Dowerah 6-0, Arun Alok Chakravarty bt Saurya Benerjee 6-2, Rakesh Parija bt Arindam Guha 6-1, Pradeep Nayak bt Satya Siddhant Patnaik 6-2, Prashant Behera bt Amit Lath 6-3, Abhishek Patra bt Nathan Beshra 6-3, Rohit Rath bt SS Das (w/o), Ghana Krusna Nayak bt BL Sailesh Kumar 6-0. Second round: Santosh Mallik bt S 7-0, P Dash bt A Naik 7-4, N Veleru bt S Sahu 7-6 (7-1), S Routray bt B Behera 7-2, Asutosh Das bt D Panmei 7-0, S Samant bt J Mohanty 7-2, L Barma bt K Mohanta 7-1, L Dash bt D Nayak 7-1, S Palai bt SSD Adhikary 7-3, KA Saran bt I Khan 7-3, DK Panda bt AN Guru 7-4, Vijay Avinandan bt AA Chakravarty 7-0, R Parija bt Arun Nayak (w/o), P Behera bt P Nayak 7-3, A Patra bt R Rath 7-2, Satirtha Patnaik bt GK Nayak 7-0. Pre-quarterfinals: S Mallik bt P Dash 8-0, N Veleru bt S Routray 8-5, A Das bt S Samant 8-0, L Dash bt L Barma 8-1, S Palai bt KA Saran 8-0, V Avinandan bt DK Panda 8-1, P Behera bt R Parija 8-1, Satirtha Patnaik bt A Patra 8-0. Quarterfinals: S Mallik bt N Veleru (w/o), A Das bt L Dash 9-8 (3), S Palai bt V Avinandan 9-5, S Patnaik bt P Behera 9-1. Semifinals: S Mallik bt A Das 6-2, 6-3; S Patnaik bt S Palai 6-2, 6-1.
Men`s open doubles: Quarterfinals: Ajay Nishank-Satirtha Patnaik bt Dibakar Gouda-Biswajit Mishra 9-3, Bijan Biswal-Lalatendu Barma bt Jayesh Mangela-Mohammad Rafiq 9-8 (7-4), Vijay Avinandan-Lalita Dash bt Saurav Padhi-Rajan Nanda 9-0, Santosh Mallik-Adwitiya Patnaik bt Anand Senapati-Sunil Palai 9-7.
Mixed doubles: Quarterfinals: Ajay Nishant-Shilpi Swarupa Das bt N Veleru-Shristi Sen 8-2, Jayesh Mangela-Koyal Mishra bt Ch Prakash-P Priyanka 8-1, Trinath Jena-Swati Prusty bt Anand Senapati-Nikkie Gargi 8-3, Asutosh Das-Alisha Samal bt Shryas Das-Anaam Almas (w/o). Semifinals: A Nishank-SS Das bt Trinath Jena-Swati Prusty 9-1, Asutosh Das-Alisha Samal bt Jayesh Mangela-Koyal Mishra 9-2.
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TOP: Title winners (left to right) Satirtha Patnaik, Shilpi Swarupa Das and Ajay Nishank in Bhubaneswar on Nov 10, 2013.
RIGHT: Title winners, guests and host KDTA functionaries at the Odisha Open closing ceremony in Bhubaneswar on Nov 10, 2013.
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