Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara Contenders and Sambalpur Shooters topped their respective groups on the second day of Orissa Tennis Premier League (OTPL) here at Kalinga Stadium tennis complex, Monday.
Kendrapara have 59 points followed by Puri Wavers (48), Khordah Warriors (47) and Bhadrak Victors (40) in Group A while in Group B its Sambalpur at the top with 56 points followed by Angul Acers (53), Sundargarh Veerans (42) and Cuttack Conquerors (42).
Among the day’s important matches Kendrapara’s Rutuparna Choudhury beat Ayesha Swain of Bhadrak Victors 7-2 in women’s singles before pairing up with Chandrasekhar Mohanty to notch up an easy 7-1 mixed doubles victory against Manoj Kumar Nayak and Ayesha Swain.
Puri’s Anaam Almas also continued her brilliant form to beat Henamika Karina Sahu of Khordah 7-0 in the women’s singles. She paired up Santosh Kumar Mallick in mixed doubles to beat duo of Chinmay Pradhan and Henamika Karina Sahu 7-4.
Other results:
Aditya Satpathy (AA) beat Jayesh Mangela (CC) 7-0, Biswajit Das (SS) beat Swostik Satyakam Pradhan (SV) 7-2, Sudhanta Sekhar Mohanty (KC) beat Kumar Anurag Swain (BV) 7-3, Sangram Kumar Patra (KW) beat Bibek Mahananda (PW) 7-2, Aneesha Mukherjee (CC) beat Ankita Panda 7-4 (AA), Ameek Kiran Batth (SS) beat Shilpi Swarupa Das 7-3 (SV), Kabir Hans (AA) beat Adarsh Sahoo (CC) 7-2, Satirtha Patnaik (SS) beat Ajay Kumar Nishank (SV) 7-2, Ashutosh Das (BV) beat Chandrasekhar Mohanty (KC) 7-5, Chinmay Pradhan (KW) beat Santosh Kumar Mallick (PW) 7-0, Sunil Palei/Adarsh Sahoo (CC) beat Aditya Narayan Guru/Aditya Satpathy (AA) 7-6(3), Lalatendu Barma/Satirtha Patnaik (SS) beat Ajay Kumar Nishank/Suraj Sahu (SV) 7-5.
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