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  Sohini wins Puri Open Talent Series doubles title
13 Apr 2018 BHUBANESWAR
 

Sohini Sanjay Mohanty salvaged some pride for host Odisha by winning the girls’ doubles title with West Bengal partner Swati Verma in the Puri Open AITA-OTA U-14 Talent Series Tennis Tournament, held at Puri Club Tennis Complex in Puri from April 7 to 13, 2018.

In fact, Sohini and her statemate Yashraj Nayak were on course for double crowns, but settled with just one title, losing three finals out of four. Sohini finished runner-up in girls’ singles, losing to champion Oindrila Sen of West Bengal in straight sets.

Yashraj Nayak contended himself as runner-up in boys’ singles and doubles. JH Lalhruaizela of Mizoram bagged a double by winning both the boys singles and doubles titles. He won the doubles title with West Bengal partner Vayam Krishna.

 

The tournament was organised by Puri District Tennis Association (PDTA), under aegis of Odisha Tennis Association (OTA) and All India Tennis Association (AITA). A total of rplayers from West Bengal, Jharkhand, Mizoram and Odisha have joined the tournament, which features competition in singles and doubles for both boys and girls.

PDTA vice-president Prasant Kumar Patra, secretary Raj Kishore Patra, tournament director Harihar Guru gave away the prizes in the presence of tournament supervisor Prabin Kumar Nayak.

RESULTS:

BOYS SINGLES:
Qualifying Final:
Shagnik Bose (WB) bt Rounak Patra (OD) 6-0, 6-1; Arpit Ayushman Mishra (OD) bt Soumesh Kumar Tripathy (OD) 6-0, 6-2; Lalit Tudu (OD) bt Aditya Bikram Acharya (OD) 6-0, 6-0; Biswa Bismit Pradhan (OD) bt Samyam Panda (OD) 6-4, 6-2; Dishant Mohanty (OD) bt Sun Mohanty (OD) 6-1, 6-2.
First Round: Yashraj Nayak (OD) bt Aniket Sahoo (OD) 6-0, 6-0. Arya Mundhra (WB) bt Shriyans Patnaik (OD) 6-0, 6-2. Kamlesh Rath (OD) bt Biswa Bismit Pradhan (OD) 7-5, 6-4. Ryan Singh Virk (WB) bt Mayank Modi (OD) 6-0, 6-0. Vayam Krishna (WB) bt Arpit Ayushman Mishra (OD) 6-1, 6-0. Debabrata Pradhan (OD) bt Pranesh Sahoo (OD) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Sambit Stita Siri Pradhan (OD) bt Stevan Ankit Ekka (OD) 6-2, 6-2. Chirag Batra (OD) bt Divyansh Prahaladka (WB) 6-1, 6-1. Aritro Ghosh (WB) bt Soumesh Kumar Tripathy (OD) 6-0, 6-0. Aditya Bikram Acharya (OD) bt Harsh Verma (JH) 6-1, 6-0. Swastik Stita Siri Sai Pradhan (OD) bt Sun Mohanty (OD) 6-1, 6-2. Tamoghna Das (WB) bt Dishanta Mohanty (OD) 6-1, 6-0. J H Lalhruaizela (MZ) bt Shagnik Bose (WB) 6-3, 6-2. Lalit Tudu (OD) bt Hridayajit Das (OD) 6-1, 6-2. Akshant Beuria (OD) bt Rounak Patra (OD) 6-2, 7-6(2). Arnav Vijay Manral (WB) bt Samyam Panda (OD) 6-1, 6-0. Pre-quarters: Y Nayak bt A Mundhra 6-1, 6-0. RS Virk bt K Rath 7-5, 6-3. V Krishna bt D Pradhan 6-4, 6-1. Sambit SS Pradhan bt C Batra 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1. A Ghosh bt AB Acharya 6-0, 5-7, 6-1. T Das bt Swastik SSS Pradhan 6-1, 6-0. JH Lalhruaizela bt Lalit Tudu (w/o). AV Manral bt A Beuria 6-2, 6-3. Semifinals: Y Nayak bt V Krishna 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. J Lalhruaizela bt T Das 6-1, 7-5. Final: J Lalhruaizela bt Y Nayak 6-2, 6-0.

BOYS DOUBLES:
Semifinals:
Arnav Manral-Yashraj Nayak (WB-OD) bt Sambit Stita Siri Pradhan-Swastik Stita Siri Sai Pradhan (OD) 6-4, 6-7(5) [11-9]. Vijay Krishna-JH Lalhruaizela (WB-MZ) bt Shagnik Bose-Aritro Ghosh (WB) 6-0, 6-0. Final: V Krishna-J Lalhruaizela bt A Manral-Y Nayak 7-6(4), 6-1.

GIRLS SINGLES:
First Round:
Rajnandi LK (OD) bt Ayushee Dash (OD) 6-1, 6-0. Swati Verma (JH) bt Smruti Rekha Singh (OD) 6-1, 6-0. Megha Roy (WB) bt Gayatri Ghosh (WB) 6-2, 6-0. Nemha Sarah Kispotta (OD) bt Mahika Sarangi (OD) 6-0, 6-0. Bishakha Nimmada (WB) bt Ashmita Mitra (WB) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Akankshya Panda (OD) bt Paripurna L K (OD) 6-3, 6-0. Krishna Raj (OD) bt Ujjaini Raj (OD) 6-1, 6-2. Pre-quarters: Archita Sahoo (OD) bt Rajnandi LK 6-0, 6-1. S Verma bt V Agarwal 6-0, 6-2. SS Mohanty bt S Banerjee 6-1, 6-0. Semifinals: SS Mohanty bt A Sahoo 6-1, 6-2. O Sen bt C Liu 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Final: O Sen bt SS Mohanty 6-3, 6-2.

GIRLS DOUBLES:
Semifinals:
Charlotte Liu-Oindrila Sen (WB) bt Aditi Pradhan-Mahika Sarangi (JH-OD) 6-1, 6-3. Sohini Sanjay Mohanty-Swati Verma (OD-JH) bt Archita Sahoo-Alina Sayed (OD) 3-6, 6-4 [10-7]. Final: S Mohanty-S Verma bt C Liu-O Sen 3-6, 6-4 [10-6].
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TOP: Prize winners with guests and tournament officials at the closing ceremony of Puri Open in Puri on April 13, 2018.
RIGHT: Odisha girl Sohini Sanjay Mohanty who won the doubles title and finished singles runner-up.

 
   

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