Rana registered a 6-3, 6-4 win over Cathy Mathema while Rawat saw off Karuna Gauchan 6-3, 6-2 in their pre-quarterfinal matches.[break]
Mayanka Rana and Utsavi Joshi had an easy passage to the quarterfinals as both of them received walkovers from their opponents.
Meanwhile, the pre-quarterfinal match of the same age group between Alsa Regmi and Medhavi Giri was cancelled due to strong winds, according to tennis coach Surya Bhushan Bajracharya.
“We had to cancel the late matches because of strong winds,” Bajracharya told Republica.
“The first set was already completed but we couldn´t continue. We will resume the match tomorrow from where we had left it,” he added.
Bajracharya said the weather did not allow them to conduct three U-14 boys´ singles matches as well.
Earlier, Saksham Karki defeated Subham Chaudhary 6-3, 6-0 to make it to the semifinals of U-14 boys´ singles. Anjan Thing also reached the last four beating Bardan Pokharel 6-2, 6-2 in another quarterfinal match.
Meanwhile, Aja Regmi set up a title clash with Manavi Shah in the U-8 girls´ singles category. Regmi defeated Suvashi Shrestha 10-8, 10-3 while Shah received a walkover from her opponent.
In the U-8 boys´ singles section, Adit Subedi had a hard time dispatching Suryaditya Rana in three sets to reach the semifinals. Subedi won the first set 10-6 but lost the second by the same scoreline. Subedi managed to scrape a 10-8 victory in the third set to secure a semifinal berth.
Subedi was joined in the last four by Samten Baidya, Ranav Singh and Aki Juben Rawat.
Baidya defeated Salil Elim 12-10, 10-5 while Singh registered a hard-fought win over Satya Dhwaj Karki. Singh prevailed over Karki 8-10, 10-6, 10-8 in the three-set thriller.
Rawat, on the other hand, earned a walkover from Aryan Tamor.
In the U-10 boys´ singles, Samyak Bhushan Bajracharya defeated Aditya Subedi 8-1, Sulav Dhital crushed Rahul Singh 8-1, Utsav Thapa beat Bardan Basnet 8-3 and Adit Subedi overcame Utsav Khadka 8-5 to secure semifinal berths.
Meanwhile, Abhilasha Bista, Saisa Joshi, Ashiyana Prasain and Agrima Mainali reached the semifinals of U-10 girls´ singles winning their respective matches.
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