In the event held at the covered hall of National Sports Council, Bikash registered a comfortable 21-11, 21-9 win over his former teammate Sudip Sedhai of Armed Police Force (APF). Bivek edged past Pankaj Chand of APF 21-1, 21-11. [break]
Tamang also eased past Basanta Bajracharya of Palpa 21-8, 21-11 while Dhami ousted Indra Mahata of APF 21-18, 21-13.
Meanwhile, all four players to reach the semifinals in women´s singles category are from departmental teams. Defending champion Nangsaldevi Tamang and Saradevi Tamang of Army, and Shiksha Shrestha and Sabina Panthi of APF made it to the last four winning their respective quarterfinal matches on Friday.
Nangsaldevi crushed Amita Giri of Jhapa 21-11, 21-9 and her sister Saradevi overcame Sulochana Bhaktaraj of Ilam 21-10, 21-14. Likewise, Shiksha Shrestha defeated Samjhana Khaling of her own team 21-18, 21-9 while Sabina Panthi saw off Punam Gurung of Kaski 21-12, 21-13.
Similarly, the U-15 girls´ singles semifinal lineup also completed on Friday. Jessica Gurung of Jhapa thumped Ankita Shrestha of Chitwan 21-1, 21-13, Rosina Karki of Dhading overcame Rama Tamang of Bhaktapur 21-9, 21-12, Megha Chand of Army dispatched Santoshi KC of Kavre 21-18, 21-17 and Shraddha Pradhan of Bhaktapur saw off Safi Khatri 21-16, 21-18 to advance into the semifinals.
In the U-15 boys´ singles, Sawan Shrestha of Sunsari defeated Rukesh Maharjan of Army 21-8, 21-16, Bishal Tamang of Bhojpur defeated Sujit Bajracharya of Lalitpur 21-6, 21-10, Gautam Kathayat of Kailali crushed Praful Maharjan of Army 21-8, 21-6 and Nabin Shrestha of Bhoupur ousted Prabin Linthek of Army 21-10, 21-11 in the quarterfinal matches held on Friday.
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