Altogether 40 players are participating in the Puri Open AITA All India Talent Series U-16 Ranking Tennis Tournament, which kicks started at Puri Club on Saturday. Players from Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand are participating in the three day long tournament. Winner will get eight whereas runner up to get six National ranking points. In the inauguration ceremony, Chief Guest Secretary PDTA Sunil Kumar Mohapatra, Jt. Secretary Harihar Guru, Tournament Director Sumant Kumar Subudhi along with AITA Tournament Supervisor Prabin Kumar Nayak and Puri District Tennis Association members were present.
Boys Under-16 Pre Quarter Finals (2nd Round): Amrutjay Mohanty[1] (OR) bt Samarjit Sethy (OR) 8-2; Sahil Kumar [5] (OR) bt Aryan Bal (OR) 8-1; Aryan Swamy D (OR) bt Ritik Mohapatra [4] (OR) 8-5; Pratyush Mohanty (OR) bt Abhiraj Sen [7] (WB) 8-0; Kabir Hans (OR) bt Divyakant Mallick [8] (OR) 8-2; Govind lada Tudu (OR) bt Pratyush Chhotray [3] (OR) 8-2; Justin Kashiguang Penmei (OR) bt Abhishek Mohapatra [6] (OR) 8-3; Aditya Sathpathy [2] (OR) bt. Rahul Behera (OR) 8-4. Girls Under-16 Pre Quarter Finals: Ayesha Swain (OR) bt. Pratiksha Priyansi (OR) 8-3; Ankita Panda (OR) bt. Dhriti Bhattacherjee (OR) 8-1; Ameek Kiran Batth (OR) bt. Anaam Almas (OR) 8-6.