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KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The pair of Ganesh Karki and Abhishek Bista on Saturday entered the semifinals of the 10th Jaykar Memorial Junior National Open Tennis Tournament in U-16 category. Suman Karki and Bharmand Singh Moktan also fixed semifinal spot in the same category.



In the matches played at Satdobato Tennis Complex, Karki and Bista´s pair beat Surya Kumar and Antony Colavsto 6-0, 6-2. Karki and Moktan´s pair overcame Woo Jing Pang and Myles Goodman 6-1, 6-0. [break]



In the U-10 girls´ singles, Eira M Raut and Khusi Pandey fixed quarterfinal spots. Raut thrashed Priya Macewem 8-0 while Pandey registered a 8-5 win over Shalvika Rayamajhi.



In the U-12 girls´ singles, Kala Tamang, Medhavi Giri, Karuna Gauchan, Eira M Raut and Chimi Namdel Sherpa registered wins to enter the quarterfinals. Tamang beat Tenzing Lhamo Sherpa 8-2, Giri overcame Priya Macewem 8-0, Gauchan beat Shalini Pradhan 8-3, Raut defeated Diwa Rana 8-1 and Sherpa registered a 8-2 win over Ayusha Rai.



In the U-16 girls´ singles, Bibhuti Karki, Anushka Joshi and Anushka Malla registered wins and fixed their quarterfinal berths. Karki beat Tejshree Basnet 6-0, 6-1, Joshi routed Shreya Sunuwar 6-0, 6-0 and Malla crushed Andriea Feldiman 6-1, 6-2.



Suchita Satyal and Mahika Rana fixed quarterfinal spots in the U-14 girls´ singles. Satyal beat Chimi Namdel Sherpa 6-3, 6-0 and Rana defeated Pritika Manandhar 6-3, 6-2.



In the U-9 girls´ singles, Agrima Mainali, Nima Roka, Kristina Shrestha, Abhilasha Bista and Arya Prasai secured quarterfinal berths. In the same age category of boys´ section, Sudan Lamichhane, Pravat Jung Shah, Sushant Shah, Alex Shah, Kiran Rai, Nikesh Thakur, Ayushman Namju, Gajani Jugjali, Sushant Kuikel, Prasiddha Panjikar and Swaraj KC enter the prequarterfinal round.



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