Bhubaneswar: The AITA-OTA Talent Series (TS7) Tennis Tournament for U12 and U16 boys and girls kicks started on Monday here at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Complex. Altogether 70 players from three States namely Jharkhand, West Bengal and host Odisha are fighting for the top honour.This is zone wise tournament that is why only eastern zone players are joining. First round results: Boys U-12: Rahul Chatterjee WB Bt Hridayajit Das OD 6-1,6-2, Rohan Mondal WB Bt Abhishek Mishra OD 6-2,6-2, Stevan Ankit Ekka OD Bt Nikhil J Ekka JH 6-3,6-4, Anmol Dash OD Bt Ashutosh Ku Jha OD 6-0,6-1, Yashraj Nayak OD Bt Arnav V Manral WB 6-3,6-0, Kaamlesh Rath OD Bt Priyanshu Hembram OD 7-6(5),5-7,7-5. Boys U-16: Anmol Dash OD Bt Ashish l Parmar OD 6-1,6-2, Ayush Pani OD Bt Siddhant Manek OD 6-3,6-0, Pranav Jain WB Bt Divyakant Mallick[6] OD 6-1,6-2, Rahul Behera OD Bt D Aryan Swamy OD 6-2,6-3, Ritik Mohapatra [5] OD Bt Debjit Mohapatra OD 6-0,6-0, Justin K Panmei [4] OD Bt Sriman Mishra OD 6-0,6-0, Abhishek Mohapatra [8] OD Bt Md Arib Afzal WB 6-4,6-3. Girls U-16: Simran Neha Ekka OD Bt Abhisha Raikwar JH 7-5,2-6,6-2, Ayesha Swain OD Bt Nicky Ekka JH 1-6,6-1,6-2, Shatavisa Ghosh WB Bt Madhurima Mazumdar WB 6-1,6-3, Anaam Almas [3] OD Bt Sai Prajyan Padhi OD 6-1,6-0, Ameek Kiran Batth OD Bt Aashra Patel OD 6-0,6-0, K Bhargavi [2] OD Bt Sulagna Tripathy OD 6-0,6-1.
