No 2 Dhami edged past No 1 player Bikash Shrestha of Bhojpur 21-16, 18-21, 22-20. Dhami had defeated Shrestha 21-14, 18-21, 21-17 in the Pushpalal Ranking Badminton Tournament as well. In the other semifinal, Tamang defeated Sajan Krishna Tamrakar of Nepal Police Club 21-14, 21-14 in straight sets.[break]
Apart from the men´s singles, Dhami also secured berth in the final of U-17 singles. Dhami defeated Sawan Shrestha of Sunsari 21-15, 21-15 to set up a title clash with his colleague Suman Limbu who eased past Santosh Khadka of Sunsari 21-18, 21-18 in the semifinal.
APF´s Sabina Panthi and Nepal Army Club´s Saradevi Tamang advanced into the girl´s singles final. Panthi ousted her colleague Shiksha Shrestha 21-10, 21-14 and Saradevi beat her younger sister Nangsaldevi of the host APF 21-15, 21-14.
Shreya Pradhan of Nepal Army Club and Shiksha Shrestha of APF entered the final of U-17 girls´ singles. Pradhan eased past Megha Chand of Kanchanpur 21-13, 21-10 and Shrestha defeated Ganga Bishta of Kanchanpur 21-7, 21-6.
In the men´s doubles section, Ratnajeet Tamang and Bishal Pradhan´s pair of APF will face Pankaj Chand and Indra Mehata´s pair of APF in the final. In the women´s doubles, Nangsaldevi Tamang and Puja Shrestha´s pair of APF set up a final date with APF´s Sabina Panthi and Samjhana Khaling.
Adhikari, Pariyar win lawn tennis doubles
Kumar Adhikari and Jeetendra Pariyar´s pair on Sunday clinched the men´s doubles title during the Fifth APF Open Lawn Tennis Championship being held at the APF covered hall in Halchowk. Adhikari and Pariyar´s pair registered a straight sets 7-6, 6-0 win over Kamal Bhandari and Milan Rokaya´s pair.
Shree Ram Magar and Malika Rana´s pair won the mixed doubles title crushing Rajesh Chhetri and Mayanka Rana´s pair 6-1, 6-2.
In the veterans´ singles above 35 years age category, Manoj Bikram Shah defeated Tribhuvan Bista 6-1, 6-4, Rohit Sunuwar saw off Umesh Shah 6-2, 7-5, Durga Bahadur Kunwar beat Sunil Giri 6-1, 6-1, and Dharma Singh Lamichhane overcame Anuj Arora 6-2, 6-1 to secure quarterfinal berths.
In the veterans´ above 45 years age category, Krishna Raj Ghale defeated Raju Shrestha 6-3, 6-0 and Uttam Lama defeated Jeevan Ghimire 6-1, 7-6 to reach the semifinals.
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