Tamang ousted Sakila Tamang of Bhojpur 21-7, 21-6 and Khaling dispatched Rakshita Khatri of Kathmandu 21-6, 21-3. In other matches, Amita Giri of Jhapa overcame Shova Gautam of Nepal Police Club 21-4, 21-15 and Bindu Giri of Nawalparasi saw off Nilu Koirala of Baitadi 21-4, 21-3. [break]
Similarly, Shiksha Shrestha of APF, Prativa Gurung of Kaski, Shreya Pradhan of Nepal Army Club, Niru Shrestha of Kathmandu, Dilu Subba of Jhapa, Punam Gurung of Kaski, Suja Rai of Jhapa and Sabina Panthi of Kavre secured their places in the last 16 winning their respective matches.
In the men´s singles section, defending champion Bikash Shrestha of Bhojpur, Bhim Thapa of Police, Sahadev Khadka of Kailali, Joseph Adhikari of APF, Bishal Tamang of Bhojpur, Deepak Ghimire of Jhapa, Indra Mahata and Sudip Sedhai of APF, Ram Rai of Army, Sunil Barahai of Lalitpur, Dilliram Dangi of Morang, Deepesh Dhami of Army and Bhugol Gurung of Kaski emerged victorious.
The other players to advance in the same category were Niranjan Devkota of Kathmandu, Suroj Maharjan of Army, Deepak Bohara of Police, Diwas Shrestha of Kavre, Pankaj Chand of APF, Sasin Dangol of Lalitpur, Bivek Shrestha of Bhojpur, Rabin Kandangwa of Police, Sajan Krishna Tamrakar of APF, Purna Thapa of Kathmandu, Basanta Bajracharya of Palpa, Shambhu Shrestha of Kaski, Bishal Pradhan of APF, Devendra Khadka of Sunsari, Bilas Warsi of Banke and Ratnajeet Tamang of Army.
In the men´s doubles section, Pankaj Chand and Indra Mahata´s pair of APF, Rabindra Bhujel and Krishna Rai´s pair of Nuwakot, Tirtha Malla and Purna Thapa´s pair of Kathmandu, and Shrawan Tamrakar and Srijan Tamrakar´s pair of Lalitpur, among others, won their respective matches.
In the boy´s singles U-15 age group, Ayush Shrestha of Chitwan, Samrat Singh of Kavre, Subham Agrawal of Morang, Anish Shrestha of Sankhuwasabha, Praful Thakuri of Army, Anish Shrestha of Chitwan, Sujit Bajracharya of Lalitpur, Saharoj Ansari of Banke, Rukesh Maharjan of Army, Sunil Gurung of Taplejung and Nir Bikram Devkota of Kathmandu advanced to the next round winning their respective matches.
In the girl´s section of the same age group, Nisha Shishir of Nawalparasi, Riya Karmacharya of Sunsari, Rama Tamang of Bhaktapur, Rojina Karki of Dhading, Santoshi KC of Kavre, Megha Chand of Army, Safi Khatri of Bhaktapur and Neha Gautam of Baitadi emerged victorious.
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