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Tamang, Dhami in quarters

Defending champion Ratnajit Tamang of Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) and Dipesh Dhami of Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club advanced to the men’s singles quarter-finals of the eighth Pushpa Lal Memorial National Open Badminton Championships on Wednesday. Tamang, Dhami in quarters

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Prajwal Oli

Published at : November 15, 2018

Updated at : November 15, 2018 10:07

Kathmandu

The record six-time champion Tamang saw off Sunil Joshi of APF 21-6, 21-17 while Dhami defeated Praful Maharjan of Army 21-5, 21-5 in their pre-quarterfinal matches. Bishnu Katuwal of Nepal Police Club (NPC) defeated Bijit Thapa Magar of APF 21-17, 21-14 and NPC shuttler Nir Bikram Devkota overcome the first set deficit to beat Sudip Sedai of APF 12-21, 21-8, 21-10.

The other shuttlers to make it to the quarter-finals were Rukesh Maharjan and Nabin Shrestha of TAC, Bikash Shrestha of Bhojpur and Prince Dahal of Silk Group. Maharjan saw off Sajan Krishna Tamrakar of APF 21-18, 21-14, Nabin eased to a 21-7, 21-13 win over Jeevan Acharya of NPC, Bikash got the better of Gautam Kathayat of APF 21-17, 21-16 and Dahal defeated Dipak Bohara of NPC 21-19, 21-14.

In the women’s singles, defending champion Jessica Gurung of APF defeated Sita Rai of Bhojpur 21-17, 21-19 to seal a quarter-final berth. She was joined in the last eight by Army players Nangsal Devi Tamang, Anu Maya Rai, Rasila Maharjan, Ranjana Bhatta and Amita Giri. Tamang dispatched Mahima Shrestha of Zest Badminton Academy 21-5, 21-3, Rai beat Safi Khatri of Zest 21-5, 21-10, Maharjan saw off Manisha Khadka of Zest 21-8, 21-4, Bhatta overcome Sima Rajbanshi of Morang 21-18, 17-21, 21-16 and Giri thumped Loktama Rai of Bhojpur 21-2, 21-8. Samjhana Sharma of Banke beat Sunaina Mukhiya of PAF 21-13, 21-19 and Shova Gurung of APF dispatched Tara Ale of Zest 21-18, 21-13.

Prince Dahal, who won his men’s singles match, went on to beat Suraj Gupta of Dang 21-5, 21-6 while Kailali’s Jay Saud beat Alish Thapa of Chitwan 21-15, 21-12 in the boys’ U-17 event. Priyanshu Singh Chhetri of Zest beat Narendra Thakuri of Surkhet 21-7, 21-17 and Himanshu Kunwar of Dang edged past Anish Khatiwada of Bara 17-21, 21-19, 21-15. Amrit Chaudhary of Kailali, Diwesh Shankar of Army, Himal Chand of Kanchanpur and Pemba Sherpa of Tehrathum also recorded wins in the age-group event.

In the girls’ U-17 singles, Dimona KC and Smriti Rai of Zest, Bina Bista of Kanchanpur and Anjana Rai of Jhapa entered into quarter-finals. While KC enjoyed walkover from Sambhavi Palak, Smriti beat Krishma Bajracharya of Lalitpur 21-14, 21-7. Bista saw off Bidhya Khadka of Zest 21-6, 21-9 and Anjana beat Anusha Neupane, also of Zest, 21-10, 21-8.

Prajwal Oli
Prajwal Oli is a sports coordinator for The Kathmandu Post, focusing on football, cricket and the National Sports Council. Before joining The Kathmandu Post in 2017, he spent more than eight years at Republica, specialising in football and sports politics, and at The Rising Nepal.