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West Bengal`s Yubrani Banerjee cornered glory in girls` category, emerging singles champion and finishing doubles runners-up with Odisha partner Koyal Mishra. Top seed Yubrani overcame a sluggish start to beat unseeded local opponent Kalaga Bhargavi 6-4, 6-0 in the singles final.
Earlier in the semifinals, Yubrani, a pupil of former India Davis Cup coach Enrico Piperno, thrashed Koyal Mishra 6-2, 6-1, while Bhargavi got the better of Sahaja Yamalapali (AP) 6-4, 6-2.
Local combination of Alisha Samal and Rutuparna Choudhury claimed the girls` doubles title, defeating Yubrani and Koyal in the hard-fought final, 4-0, 2-4, 7-5.
Daughter of Arvind Banerjee, former captain of Services Santosh Trophy team, Yubrani, however, could not recollect the number of AITA titles she had garnered so far. ``It`s around 40. I have forgotten the exact number. But this is the second time that won a title in Bhubaneswar,`` said petite Yubrani, a Standard-X student of St Peter`s School, Kolkata.
Title winners of the three-day tournament gained 25 AITA ranking points each, while the losing finalists secured 20 points apiece. Host Odisha Tennis Players` Parents` Association president Pramod Kumar Patnaik handed over the trophies at the closing function.
Many new talents from Odisha came to limelight, putting up impressive performance in this tournament. K Bhargavi, whose father is a south Indian and mother an Odia, was one among them. Taking to tennis just a year ago, she has improved a lot by training at SS Tennis Academy.
Local lass Komal Vishakha was another player to catch attention. Returning to competitive tennis after a gap of 18 months, she caused a major upset by eliminating second seed Monica Kumar (WB) in the first round. She reached quarterfinals before losing to Bhargavi.
RESULTS:
Girls` singles: First round: Abhisha Raikwar (Jha) bt Dhriti Bhattacharjee (Odi) 8-6; Ameek Kiran Batth (Odi) bt Amrita Ohdedar (WB) 8-0; Rutuparna Choudhury (Odi) bt Raina Zaffar (Asm) 8-1; Alekhya Maddipati (AP) bt Alisha Samal (Odi) 8-6; Punyatoya Mohapatra (WB) bt Anaam Almas (Odi) 8-2; Koyal Mishra (Odi) bt Swati Satabdi Prusty (Odi) 8-0; Nikhar Roy Chaudhuri (WB) bt Nicky Ekka (Jha) 8-2; Likhitha Landa (AP) bt Mahima Kumar (WB) 8-4; Asmita Chatterjee (WB) bt S Harshada (Odi) 8-3; Sahaja Yamalapalli (AP) bt Anusmita Ghosh (WB) 8-0; Ishika Gupta (WB) bt Ashra Patel (Odi) 8-2; Lenien Jamir (Asm) bt Ayesha Swain (Odi) 8-1; Bhargavi Kalaga (Odi) bt CNL Sarvani (AP) 8-2; Manoneet Banerjee (WB) Sai Prajyan Padhi (Odi) 8-7 (1); Komal Vishakha (Odi) bt Monica Kumar (WB) 8-7 (3). Second round: Yubrani Banerjee (WB) bt A Raikwar 4-0, 4-0; R Choudhury bt AK Batth 4-0, 4-1; P Mohapatra bt A Maddipati 4-1, 4-0; K Mishra bt N Roy Chaudhuri 4-0, 4-0; L Landa bt A Chatterjee 4-2, 4-0; S Yamalapalli bt I Gupta 4-5 (10), 4-2, 7-2; B Kalaga bt L Jamir 4-0, 4-0; K Vishakha bt M Banerjee 4-1, 5-3. Quarterfinals: Y Banerjee bt R Choudhury 4-1, 4-2; K Mishra bt P Mohapatra 5-3, 4-2; S Yamalapalli bt L Landa 1-4, 5-3, 7-2; B Kalaga bt K Vishakha 4-0, 4-1. Semifinals: Y Banerjee bt K Mishra 6-2, 6-1; K Bhargavi bt S Yamalapali 6-4, 6-2. Final: Y Banerjee bt K Bhargavi 6-4, 6-0.
Girls doubles: Semifinals: Alisha Samal-Rutuparna Choudhury (Odisha) bt Ishika Gupta-Punyatoya Mohapatra (WB) 4-2, 5-3; Yubrani Banerjee-Koyal Mishra (WB-Odisha) bt Y Sahaja-Likhitha Landa (AP) 5-4 (2), 4-1. Final: A Samal-R Choudhury bt Y Banerjee-K Mishra 4-0, 2-4, 7-5.
Boys’ singles: First round: Kabir Hans (Odi) bt Aryan Prasad Singh (Odi) 8-2; Pedada S Sandeep (AP) bt Satya Siddhant Pattnaik (Odi) 8-0; Asish Sinha (Odi) bt Aryan D Swamy (Odi) 8-0; L Govind Tudu (Odi) bt Sparsh Binjrajka (WB) 8-1; Varun Tiwari (CG) bt Yashraj Biswal (Odi) 8-3; Sahil Kumar (Odi) bt Nishant Kumar (Jha) 8-3; Justin K Panmei (Odi) bt CSR Tejasvi (Odi) 8-6; Abhishek Mohapatra (Odi) bt Sk Farhan Kabir (Odi) 8-6; Aryan Bal (Odi) bt Rahul Prashant (Bih) 8-3. Second round: Avilash Mishra (Odi) bt K Hans 8-2; Tarakanth Singh (AP) bt Ambarish Giri (Odi) 8-2; PS Sandeep bt Kanav Goel (WB) 8-3; A Sinha bt Nishant Mohanty (Odi) 8-5; Prudhvi Aksapu (AP) bt Daniel Dash (Odi) 8-2; Aditya Satpathy (Odi) bt LG Tudu 8-6; Kumar Anurag Saran (Odi) bt Devraj Mohapatra (Odi) 8-0; Abdul Kareem Khan (AP) bt V Tiwari 8-7 (4); Mahesh Mohapatra (Odi) bt S Kumar 8-0; K Ashish Anand (AP) bt Rahul Behera (Odi) 8-3; Amrutjay Mohanty (Odi) bt JK Panmei 8-7 (4); Samarjit Sethy (Odi) bt Nishad Kalluri (AP) 8-6; Pratyush Chhotray (Odi) bt SK Sahoo 8-1; Ram Sai Burra (AP) bt Ritik Mohapatra (Odi) 8-4; Aynampudi K Rohit (AP) bt A Bal 8-2. Pre-quarterfinals: A Mishra bt T Singh 4-1, 5-3; PS Sandeep bt A Sinha 1-4, 4-2, 7-2; P Aksapu bt A Satpathy 4-5 (6), 4-1, 7-4; AK Khan bt KA Saran 4-1, 5-3; KA Anand bt M Mohapatra 5-3, 5-3; A Mohanty bt S Sethy 4-0, 4-2; P Chhotray bt RS Burra 4-1, 4-2; AK Rohit bt R Sethy 4-0, 2-4, 7-4. Quarterfinals: A Mishra bt PS Sandeep 4-5 (4), 4-2, 8-6; AK Khan bt P Aksapu 4-2, 4-0; KA Anand bt A Mohanty 4-2, 4-2; AK Rohit bt P Chhotray 4-0, 2-4, 7-4. Semifinals: A Mishra bt AK Khan 6-0, 6-0; AK Rohit bt KA Anand 7-5, 6-3. Final: A Mishra bt AK Rohit 6-2, 6-2.
Boys’ doubles: Semifinals: Avilash Mishra-AK Rohit (Odisha-AP) bt K Ashish Anand-Nishant Mohanty (AP-Odisha) 4-1, 4-1; Mahesh Mohapatra-Kabir Hans (Odisha) bt Tarakanth Singh-P Akasapu (AP 4-1, 5-3. Final: A Mishra-AK Rohit bt M Mohapatra-K Hans 6-2, 6-0.
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TOP: Avilash Mishra (Left) and Yubrani Banerjee with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on May 19, 2014.
RIGHT: Komal Vishakha after her comeback match in Bhubaneswar on May 17, 2014.
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