Bhubaneswar: Local hero Kabir Hans and partner Rishab Agarwal fought valiantly but ultimately finished as runners-up. The top-seeded duo of Egor Agafonov and Bogdan Bobrov claimed the doubles title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the M25 Bhubaneswar ITF World Tennis Tour 2024 at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday.
In the singles final, No. 1 seed Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) will face Nick Chappell (USA) on Sunday. In the singles semifinal today, [1] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) and [7] Nick Chappell edged out [8] Aryan Shah and [3] Bogdan Bobrov 6-0, 6-4 and 6-2, 6-3 respectively.
The doubles final was followed by an award ceremony attended by esteemed guests, including Chief Guest P M Prasad, Chairman & Managing Director of Coal India Limited, and Guest of Honour Uday A Kaole, Chairman & Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, alongside Director of Finance MCL Ajit Behura.
Among others, President (OTA) Asit Tripathy, Hony. Secretary OTA Satyajit Mohanty, Joint Secretary OTA and Tournament Director Sanjeeb Panda, ITF Supervisor Abhishek Mukherjee, and OTA Administrative Officer Sambit Patnaik were present.
