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Chinmay Pradhan justified his status as top seed by winnings the singles title in the AITA 50K Men’s Ranking Tennis Tournament, which cocluded here at KIIT International School today. In the all-Odisha final, Pradhan beat second seed Ansu Kumar Bhuyan 6-3, 6-1. This was the second men’s career title for Pradhan, who had bagged his first one at Gurukul Tennis Academy, near here on May 3, 2013.
The winners gained 15 ranking points and a cash prize of Rs 6,5000, while the runner-up settled with 12 points and a cash prize of Rs 4,500. KIIT International School Principal Sanjay Suar gave away the trophies in presence of tournament director Jamini Mohanty and tournament referee Jatin Batsya.
Bhuyan, however, compensated his singles defeat to a good extent by pocketing the doubles title with partner Avilash Mishra earlier yesterday. Seeded third, Bhuyan and Mishra beat top seeds Ajay Nishank and Satirtha Patnaik in the all-Odisha doubles final in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. Altogether 48 players from 14 states participated in the tournament, which was organised by Odisha Tennis Association (OTA).
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RESULTS:\ SINGLES: First round: Chinmay Pradhan (Odi) bt Avilash Mishra (Odi) 7-5,6-2; Yashvardhan Singh (Har) bt Utkarsh Mishra (CG) 6-2,6-1; Maitreya Bhagat (Mah) bt Sarthak Deoras (CG) 6-1,6-1; Amarnath Arora (Del) bt Ajay Kumar Nishank (Odi) 6-4,7-5; Neeraj Choudhary (MP) bt Sandeep S Pedada (AP) 6-3,6-2; Amlan Jyoti Baruah (Asm) bt Abhilash Ch Sahoo (Odi) 6-1,6-3; Abhinav Mahajan (Pun) bt Parasdeep Singh Virk (Har) 6-4,6-2; Rohin Gajree (Har) bt Himanshu Kumar (UP) 7-5,4-6,6-1; Rohit Jain (Del) bt Harshith S Satakarni (AP) 6-2,6-1; Asutosh Das (Odi) bt Satyam Verma (Pun) 6-1,6-0; Ishaan Tibrewal (WB) bt Anurag (Har) 6-0,6-1; Vaishnav Bendalam (AP) bt Himanshu Sagar (TN) 6-2,6-3; Rohit Rampuria (WB) bt Vishal Yellati (Tel) 6-4,7-5; Himanshu Maurya (CG) bt Santosh Ku Mallik (Odi) 2-6,6-4,6-0; Mohit Jain (Del) bt Anay Patil (Mah) 6-0,6-0; Ansu Kumar Bhuyan (Odi) bt Mohak Bajaj (Del) 6-3,6-1. Pre-quarterfinals: C Pradhan bt Y Singh 6-3,6-4; A Arora bt M Bhagat 6-0,6-1; N Choudhary bt AJ Baruah 6-0,0-6,7-5; R Gajree bt A Mahajan 7-6(4),6-2; R Jain bt A Das 6-0,6-2; V Bendalam bt I Tibrewal 6-2,6-3; R Rampuria bt H Maurya 6-2,6-0; AK Bhuyan bt M Jain 6-3,6-1. Quarterfinals: C Pradhan bt A Arora 6-0 (conc); N Choudhary bt R Gajree 7-6(2),6-7(5),6-1; V Bendalam bt R Jain 6-0,6-2; AK Bhuyan bt R Rampuria 6-0,4-6,6-4. Semifinals: C Pradhan bt N Choudhary 6-1,2-6,6-1; AK Bhuyan bt V Bendalam 6-3,6-0. Final: C Pradhan bt AK Bhuyan 6-3, 6-1.
DOUBLES: Semifinals: Avilash Mihsra-Ansu Bhuyan (Odi) bt Chinmay Pradhan-Santosh Mallik (Odi) 5-7, 6-2,(10-7); Ajay Nishank-Satirtha Patnaik (Odi) bt Rohit Rampuria-Neeraj Choudhary (WB-MP) 6-3, 6-3. Final: A Mihsra-A Bhuyan bt A Nishank-S Patnaik 6-2, 6-2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP: Singles champion Chinmay Pradhan (Right) and runner-up Ansu Bhuyan with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on Oct 23, 2015. RIGHT: Doubles champions (L to R) Ansu Bhuyan and Avilash Mishra with runners-up Satirtha Patnaik and Ajay Nishank in Bhubaneswar on Oct 22, 2015.
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