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Pariyar, Lama advance

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KATHMANDU, April 15: Jeetendra Pariyar and Chhewang Lama on Monday advanced into the men´s singles semifinals of the Second Citizens Bank Tennis Tournament being held in the capital.



Pariyar registered an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Sriyans Karki while Lama saw off Aatmaram Karki 6-4, 6-1. Karki and Lama will face each other in the semifinal. [break]



Santosh Khatri and Kamal Bhandari also reached the last four winning their respective men´s singles quarterfinal matches on Monday. Khatri overcame Dawa Sherpa 6-3, 6-1, while Bhandari progressed after his opponent Raju Shrestha quit the match after the first. Bhandari had won the first set 6-4.



In the veterans´ above 55-years age group, Shyam Bahadur Thapa Magar saw off Father Mathew 6-0, 6-2, Deepak Shrestha beat Birendra Shrestha 6-0, 6-1 and Gyanendraman Tamrakar defeated Ratna Bahadur Gurung 6-2, 6-3 to book quarterfinal berths.



Meanwhile, Bishnu Prasad Gaire, Kajiman Gurung, Sushilraj Pandey and Gopal Das Manandhar secured pre-quarterfinal spots in the veterans´ above-45 years age category.



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