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Bhubaneswar, Dec 13: Ansuman Bhuyan and Rutuparna Choudhury emerged champions of the men’s and the women’s singles categories respectively in the Nalco Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded at the Kalinga Stadium here Sunday.
In the men’s singles category, Ansu got the better of Avilash Mishra 6-1, 6-3 in the final. In the women’s final, Rutuparna prevailed over K Bhargavi 6-1, 6-2.
In the men’s doubles, Ansu and Avilash pair took the top honours after beating the duo of Ashutosh Das and Abhilash Sahoo 6-3, 6-2.
Abhisek Mohapatra clinched the title of the U-12 boys’ singles title. He triumphed over Vignesh Nanda 6-1, 6-1 in a lop-sided final. In the U-16 segment, Aditya Satpathy emerged champion after overcoming a tough challenge from Kabir Hans 7-3, 2-6, 6-1.
In the veteran 40+ doubles category, Gangwar Dayal and Saswat Jena duo thrashed Jhadeswar Das and Prabhanjan Mallick 7-1 to clinch the title. In the 50+ segment, Amar Mohanty and Saroj Sahoo pair scraped past Arun Birla and Bramhananda Mishra 7-4 to emerge champions.
Sunrise win
Riding on a brace by Bharat Munda, Sunrise Club spanked Jay Durga Club 5-1 in a match of the FAO First Division Super League at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Sunday.
Sunrise started on an aggressive note and dominated the match completely. They scored four goals in the first half and strike one more after the change of ends.
Bharat struck in the 13th and 28th minutes respectively. Soosai Raj (17th), M Reguin (25th) and Ram Chandra Murmu (57th) found the back of the net once each. Santosh Tudu got one back for Jay Durga Club.
Another match between SAI-STC and Orissa Police ended in a goal less draw. However both the teams have to blame themselves for the drab affair as both of them missed quite a few scoring opportunities.
Monday’s matches: Rising Student vs Radha Govinda Club (1 pm); Radha Raman Club vs Independent Club (3 pm).
In a match of the FAO IInd division League, Club N Club was given the walk over as Eleven Gun Club did not turn up.
