Despite losing the closely contested first set, Pandey showed her tenacity to fight back to seal the second set in a tie-breaker and then held on her nerves to win the final set with an overall score of 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in their U-12 girls’ singles opener.[break]
In the other U-12 girls’ singles matches played at the Satdobato Tennis Complex, Utsavi Joshi handed a double bagel to Nima Roka while Medhavi Giri crushed Arya Prasain 6-1, 6-0 to secure their respective berths in the quarterfinals.
Saloni Tamang had an easy access to the last-eight as she received a walkover from her opponent.
In the U-12 boys’ singles category, Prashant Basnet, Utsav Khadka and Sulav Dhital won their respective matches to advance into the pre-quarterfinals. Basnet defeated Alex Shah, Khadka saw off Saharsha Chand and Dhital beat Utsav Thapa by an identical scoreline of 6-1, 6-0.
Likewise, Anjan Thing thrashed Pranav Khanal 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the U-14 boys’ singles to make it to the quarterfinals.
Other players to secure the quarterfinal berths were Renjen Lama, Prashant Basnet and Samrakshak Bhushan Bajracharya.
Renjen Lama routed Anubhav Chakravarti 6-1, 6-1 while Prashant Basnet ousted Bivek Basnet 6-4, 6-2. Meanwhile, Samrakshak Bhushan Bajracharya edged out Satyap Ilme 6-2, 6-3.
In the U-9 boys’ singles section, Bardan Basnet edged past Satya Dhwoj Karki 9-8 and Abhi Joshi hammered Adit Maharjan 8-1 to advance into the quarterfinals. Samden Baidhya, Daniel Krishna Shrestha and Ranav Singh also secured quarterfinal berths after earning walkovers from their opponents.
In the U-10 boys’ singles, Samyak Bhushan Bajracharya thrashed Aryan Jung Shah 8-1, Rahul Singh beat Shreeyans Shrestha 8-5, Utsav Thapa defeated Aryan Giri 8-5 and Adit Subedi routed Pratham Manandhar 8-1 to secure their respective places in the quarterfinals.
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