Bhubaneswar: Top seed Rutuparna Choudhary would meet Ameek Kiran Batth both of Odisha in the girls U-16 singles final of the AITA OTA Talent Series Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. In the marathon semifinal match,which lasted about three and half hours, Ameek defeated third seed Anaam Almas of Odisha by 7-5,7-6(4), in the quarterfinal Ameek caused a upset by defeating second seed K Bhargavi of Odisha by 6-1,6-2. Similarly, top seed Rutuparna edged out Siman Neha Ekka by 6-0, 6-0 and entered the final. Semifinal results U-16 girls: Rutuparna Choudhary [1] OD Bt Ayesha Swain OD 6-0,6-0, Ameek Kiran Batth OD Bt Anaam Almas [3] OD 7-5,7-6(4). Quarterfinal results: Rutupurna bt Simran Neha Ekka OD 6-0, 6-0, Ayesha Swain OD Bt Priyanka Hembram OD 6-0,6-0, Anaam Almas (3) OD Bt Shatavisa Ghosh WB 6-1,6-2, Ameek Kiran Batth OD Bt K Bhargavi (2) OD 6-1,6-2. Boy’s U-16 pre quarterfinal: Aditya Satpathy [1] OD Bt Anmol Dash OD 6-0,6-0, Pranav Jain WB Bt Ayush Pani OD 6-3,6-0, Pratyush Mohanty [3] OD Bt Rahul Behera OD 6-4,6-4, Abhiraj Sen [7] WB Bt Yashraj Nayak OD 6-2,6-2, Ritik Mohapatra[5] OD Bt Satyajit Panda OD 6-1,6-3, Kabir Hans OD Bt Justin K Panmei [4] OD 6-7(2),6-3,6-0, Abhishek Mohapatra [8] OD Bt Ankit Tripathy OD 6-0,6-3, Amrutjay Mohanty [2] OD Bt Bighnesh Nanda OD 6-0,6-1. Boy’s U-12 pre quarterfinal: Abhishek Mohapatra [1]OD Bt Rahul Chatterjee WB 6-0,6-1, Md Arib Afzal [4] WB Bt Rohan Mondal WB 6-0,6-1, Bighnesh Nanda [6] OD Bt Stevan Ankit Ekka OD 6-0,6-1, Anmol Dash OD Bt Bisweswar Satpathy [8] OD 6-1,7-5,Kumar Sahil [3] OD Bt Yashraj Nayak OD 2-6,6-1,6-4, Sujal Mohanty [5] OD Bt Kaamlesh Rath OD 6-0,6-0, Aryan Swamy [2] OD Bt Pratik Ku Rout OD 6-1,6-1.
