Odisha tennis player Adityta Bikram Acharya and his partner Chandogya Tridive Pathak from Assam, finished boys doubles runners-up in the Coal India AITA National Series U-16 Tennis Tournament at Shyambazar Tennis Club, Kolkata. They lost to Bengal duo of Sounak Chatterjee and Sankalp Kumar Sahani in the final 4-6, 4-6.

Bhubaneswar lad Aditya trains at KIIT-Alexander Waske Altevol Tennis Academy and studies at St Xaviers High School, Kedargouri. A promising talent, Aditya won the doubles title in an Asian U-16 Tournament earlier this year in Bengaluru. He has also bagged five All-India titles so far.