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Bajracharya, Rawat win U-16 singles titles
Samrakshyak Bhushan Bajracharya and Ira M Rawat claimed the U-16 singles titles of the third Nepal Junior Open Tennis Championships at the Satdobato Tennis Courts on Saturday.Samrakshyak Bhushan Bajracharya and Ira M Rawat claimed the U-16 singles titles of the third Nepal Junior Open Tennis Championships at the Satdobato Tennis Courts on Saturday.
In the boys final, Bajracharya defeated Pranav Khanal 6-3, 7-6 and Rawat won all her round robin league matches to finish ahead of Ani Mathema whom she beat 6-3, 6-3 in the last match of the tournament. Rawan had earlier overcome Abhilasha Bista 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. Bista ended up second defeating Ani 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Adit Subedi won the U-12 boys singles final defeating his brother Aditya 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Aditya, however, had some solace after he won the U-10 final with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Aarav Samrat Hada. Samrakshyak and his brother Samyak Bhushan won the boys’ doubles final defeating the duo of Khanal and Renjan Lama 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.
Rayna Shah won the U-12 girls’ singles final easing to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Sirista Rai and Prerana Koirala inflicted a double bagel victory on Lumu Lama in the U-14 girls’ singles final. Pranav Manandhar (U-9), Samyak (U-14) and Shivangi Laxmi Shah (girls’ U-10) were other winners of the tournament on Friday. In all, 175 junior tennis players had participated in the five-day tournament organised by the guardians of the players.