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Raastrup, Koirala win
Nic Raastrup and Prerana Koirala clinched the singles titles of the Lalitpur District National Open Tennis Championship on Wednesday.Nic Raastrup and Prerana Koirala clinched the singles titles of the Lalitpur District National Open Tennis Championship on Wednesday.
Organised by the Lalitpur District Lawn Tennis Association at the Satdobato Tennis Court, Raastrup bounced back from a first set debacle to beat veteran Jeetendra Pariyar 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the men’s singles final.
Koirala also made a remarkable recovery to beat Mahika Rana in the women’s single championship clash. Koirala suffered a first set bagel but regrouped to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-2 to stun Rana.
The defeat denied Mahika the second title at the meet after winning the women’s doubles championship on Tuesday. Mahika had teamed up with her twin sister Mayanka to beat Ira Rawat and Abhilasha Bista in the final.
Pariyar, meanwhile, lost second successive title match after also losing the men’s doubles final on Tuesday. Pariyar had teamed up with Santosh Khatri in the doubles but lost 6-1, 3-6, 10-7 to the pair of Kamal Bhandari and Pranab Khanal.