Abhilasha Bista and Isha Shree Shah set the U-15 girls’ singles title clash in the 15th Jayakar Memorial National Junior Tennis Tournament at the Satdobato tennis court on Wednesday.

Bista rallied from a set down to beat Rayana Shah 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 and Isha Shree saw off Sharvani Shrestha 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in semi-finals. The U-18 boys’ singles saw Ninwam Rai and Samyak Bhusan Bajracharya enter the semi-finals. Rai beat Shreeyash Agrawal 6-4, 7-5 and Bajracha-rya inflicted a double bagel defeat on Aakash Manandhar.

Eva Adhikari and Sunira Thapa made to the final of the U-10 girls’ singles category. Adhikari eased to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Prasamsha Moktan and Thapa raced to 6-3, 6-1 win over Utsha Lama in the semi-finals. Making it to U-14 boys’ singles semi-finals were Aadit Subedi, Aryan Giri and Nisan Shrestha. Subedi inflicted a 6-3, 6-0 defeat on Kubehang Chemjong, Giri beat Nischal Adhikari 6-3, 6-1 and Shrestha eased to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Aadit Agrawal.

In the U-10 boys’ singles quarter-finals, Arav Singh Hada dispatched Saswat Bajracharya 6-0, 6-0, Rajbir Pradhan beat Nishan Joshi 6-1, 6-1, Saksham Bikram Shah saw off Shreeyog Adhikari 6-0, 6-1 and Pranav Manandhar secured a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ayushman Hajur Ghale. In the only U-18 girls’ singles match of the day, Prerana Koirala beat Bijisha Shrestha 6-2, 7-6 to enter into the final. She will meet one of the Rana twin sisters Mayanka or Mahika for the title showdown.