Today’s win was also a sweet revenge for Pradhan, who had lost to Mahadevan in final of the AITA-OTA Men’s 50K Tournament held at the same venue earlier this month. Mahadeven this time gained 12 AITA ranking points and the runner-up prize of Rs 4,500.

Earlier yesterday, Odisha players asserted complete supremacy in the doubles event as Satirtha Patnaik and Asutosh Das emerged champions, defeating statemates Abhishek Mohapatra and Amrutjay Mohanty in the final 6-3, 6-3. The champion pair garnered 12 points and a cash prize of Rs 3,150, the runners-up duo received eight points and a cash prize of Rs 1,650.

Tournament Director Pradip Kumar Pradhan gave away the trophies and cash prizes in presence of Tournament referee Jatin Batsya and OTA manager Prakash Pattnaik. Among eight other Odisha singles players, five lost in the first round, two in pre-quarters and one in the last-eight round.

RESULTS:

SINGLES: First Round: Chinmay Pradhan (OD) bt Aditya Satpathy (OD) 6-4, 7-5; Manvir Singh Randhawa (MH) bt Santosh Mallik (OD) 6-3, 6-2; Manoj Ku Sewa (WB) bt Amrutjay Mohanty (OD) 6-4, 6-2; Abhishek Mohapatra (OD) bt Sarthak Deoras (CG) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0; Asutosh Das (OD) bt Varun Tiwari (CG) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Utkarsh Tiwari (MP) bt Kaushik Kulkarni (WB) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Vinay Kumar T (KA) bt Vashu Gupta (UP) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Yugantar Vyas (GJ) bt Khushal Ku Pirogiwal (WB) 6-1, 6-0; Satirtha Patnaik (OD) bt Bharath N Kumaran (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Deepak Senthil Kumar (TN) bt Lohith Aksha Bathrinath (TN) 6-3, 6-1; MS Krithik (KA) bt Justin K Panmei (OD) 6-1, 6-0; Arjun Mahadevan (TN) bt Sunny Dahiya (HR) 6-3, 6-4; P Apuroop Reddy (TS) bt Bharath S Parthasarathy (TN) 6-4, 6-4; Mohan K Arunachala (TN) bt Lalatendu Barma (OD) 6-1, 6-1; Arjun Udayakumar (KL) bt Siddharth Verma (WB) 6-3, 6-3; Rohit Rampuria (WB) bt Nishith Naveen (KA) 6-2, 6-2. Pre-Quarterfinals: C Pradhan bt MS Randhawa 6-2, 6-2; MK Sewa bt A Mohapatra 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; A Das bt U Tiwari 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-1; Y Vyas bt V Kumar T 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; DS Kumar bt S Patnaik 6-2, 6-4; A Mahadevan bt MS Krithik 6-1, 6-1; PA Reddy bt MK Arunachala 6-2, 6-1; R Rampuria bt A Udayakumar 6-0, 6-2. Quarterfinals: C Pradhan bt MK Sewa 6-2, 6-3; Y Vyas bt A Das 6-4, 6-0; A Mahadevan bt DS Kumar 6-4, 7-5; PA Reddy bt R Rampuria 6-1, 6-3. Semifinals: C Pradhan bt Y Vyas 6-2, 6-2; A Mahadevan bt PA Reddy 6-1, 6-0. Final: C Pradhan bt A Mahadevan 6-4, 6-2.

DOUBLES: Quarterfinals: Aditya Satpathy-Swostik Pradhan (OD) bt Rohit Rampuria-Varun Tiwari (WB-CG) 4-6, 6-4,(10-5); Asutosh Das-Satirtha Patnaik (OD) bt Arjun Mahadevan-Bharath S Parthasarathy (TN) 4-6, 6-3,(10-7); Abhishek Mohapatra-Amrutjay Mohanty (OD) bt Mohan K Arunachala-Kaushik Kulkarni (TN-WB) 6-1, 6-2; Krithik MS-Vinay Kumar T (KA) bt Manvir Singh Randhawa-Sunny Dahiya (MH-HR) 6-4, 6-4. Semifinals: A Das-S Patnaik bt A Satpathy-S Pradhan 6-1, 6-4; A Mohapatra-A Mohanty bt Krithik MS-Vinay KT 7-5, 7-5. Final: A Das-S Patnaik bt A Mohapatra-A Mohanty 6-3, 6-3.
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TOP: Singles champions Chinmay Pradhan (Right) and runner-up Arjun Mahadevan with their trophies on April 27, 2018.
PHOTO: Doubles champions Satirtha Patnaik (2nd from right) and Asutosh Das (Extreme right) and runners-up Abhishek Mohapatra (1st from left) and Amrutjay Mohanty with their trophies on April 26, 2018.