Tako defeated Andy of Rupy´s 8-5 and Pakhrin saw off Kevin Gurung of LA 8-4 to book quarterfinal berths. Similarly, Abhishek Bista of St Xavier´s edged past Gaurav Shah of AIA 9-7 and Avash Malla of Rato Bangala also defeated Nabin Gurung of Gandaki School, Pokhara by the same scoreline to enter the last eight. Meanwhile, Ganesh Karki and Suman Karki of National Tennis Center and Mila Roka of GEMS reached the quarterfinals after receiving byes. [break]
In the U-14 boys´ singles, Immanuel Lim, Anjan Thing and Raghav Rungta of The British School, Samrakshan Bhusan Bajracharya of Shuvatara, Deshant Agrawal, Pradip Roka and Hrit Kandel of Rato Bangala, Kastup Pandey of Ullens and Satyap Illim of Kendriya Vidyalaya reached the second round winning their respective matches.
Likewise, Samyak Bhusan Bajracharya of Shuvatara, Aryan Giri of Ullens, Saharsha Chand of Kasthamandap, Avinav Acharya of LA and Sulav Dhital, Ashish Karki, Prashant Basnet and Deepesh Khatri of Nepal Police School won their respective matches in the U-12 boys´ section.
Host Xavier, Saipal win titles
KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Host Xavier International and Saipal won the boys´ and girls´ titles respectively in the Xavier Inter-college +2 (U-19) Basketball Tournament on Sunday. Xavier defeated Trinity 75-61 to take the boys´ title while Saipal saw off Golden Gate 50-41 in the girls´ final. In the boys´ final, Binesh Neupane and Ranal Sherchan netted 23 points each for the host to seal a 15-8, 13-19, 19-16, 28-18 victory.
Neupane was declared the most valuable player. In the girls´ title clash, Shanti Shrestha netted the highest 15 points in Saipal´s win over Golden Gate. Upama Pokharel of Saipal was declared the most valuable player. Altogether 23 teams -- 16 in boys´ and seven in girls´ sections -- had competed in the tournament.
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