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Rana, Rijal win doubles title

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KATHMANDU, March 3: Malika Rana and Preeti Rijal won the title of women´s doubles in the 10th Nepal Investment Bank Open Tennis Tournament on Wednesday. Sruja Karki and Sagun Thapa teamed up to win the second berth in the round robin competition held at the Satdobato Tennis Court.



Winners Rana and Rijal bagged Rs 20,000 while the runners-up received Rs 10,000 cash prize. [break]



Teammate Rana and Rijal both entered into the women´s singles final of the tournament organized by All Nepal Lawn Tennis Association. Rana defeated Kalpana Thapa Magar 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinal while Rijal thrashed Aslesha Lissanevitch 6-2, 6-1.



In the men´s singles category, Kumar Adhikari will face Jitendra Pariyar in the final. Top seeded Adhikari defeated Hari Hayu 6-0, 6-0 in the semifinal on Wednesday while Pariyar beat Raju Chhetri 6-2, 6-0.



Krishna Raj Ghale and Kamal Thapa entered into the final of the 45 plus veteran men´s category. Ghale defeated Uttam Lama 6-3, 6-4 while Thapa eased past Jhyangbu Dandup 6-2, 6-0.







In the 55-plus veteran men´s doubles category, the pairs of Gautam Lal Pradhan and Gyanendra Tamrakar as well as Madhukar Shamsher Rana and Indrajit Rai entered the final.



Likewise, the duo of Manoj Rana and Sanu Lama entered into the final of the 35 plus veteran men´s doubles event. Rana and Lama will face Chandra Shahi and Sovitman Shrestha in the final.



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