Ratnajeet defeated Bishal Khadka of Sunsari 21-5, 21-9 and Dipesh beat Sujan Acharya of Khotang 21-8, 21-6. Similarly, APF's Indra saw off club mate Rupak Thing 21-6, 21-12 and Bikash beat Narayan Das Shrestha of Ramechhap 21-3, 21-2 to progress to the next round.Bishnu Katuwal of Nepal Police Club beat Jyoti Prakash Sunar of APF 21-11, 21-11 and Pankaj Chand of APF saw off Sunil Pariyar of Saptari 21-5, 21-10.
Similarly, Irfan Ansari of Banke saw off Jeevan Acharya of Khotang 21-12, 21-17, Deepak Bohara of Police beat Sajan Shrestha of Ramechhap 21-5, 21-6, Sujan Shrestha of Sunsari edged past Man Bahadur Budathoki of APF 17-21, 21-15, 21-18.
Nabin Shrestha of Army edged past Kebal Shrestha of Nawalparasi 21-9, 21-6, Sudip Sedai of APF beat Kamal Shrestha of Dhanusa 21-4, 21-7.
Similarly, Sanjeev Singh Khadka of Kailali, RK Shrestha of Bara, Joshep Adhikari of APF, Man Kumar Limbu of Taplejung and Suman Limbu of APF also made it to the next round winning their respective matches.
The men's U-17 event saw Ajay Shrestha of Sunsari, Jeevan Acharya of Khotang secure their place in the next round while Manish Thapa of Police enjoyed walkover.
Similarly, in the men's doubles event, Dipesh Dhami and Suroj Maharjan's pair of Army, Avishek Boss and Sunil Shrestha's pair from Hetauda, Bishal Kumar Rai and Hem Raj Rai's pair from Khotang emerged victorious.
Similarly, Bijit Thapa Magar and Bikash Shrestha's pair, Pankaj Chand and Indra Mahato's pair, Ram Lama and Sudip Sedhai's pair, Ramesh Sherpa and Tirtha Malla's pair, Joshep Adhikari and Suman Limbu's pair - all from host APF won their respective doubles matches.
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