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Kathmandu Tuesday November 21, 2000 Mangshir 06, 2057.
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Carlsberg Open Tennis
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 20 - P Dayanand, Andrew Hunt, Jitendra Pariyar and Dawa Sonam
have stormed into quarter-finals in the juniors category of the third Carlsberg Open
Tennis Tournament organized by Gorkha Brewery and Nepal Lawn Tennis Association being
played at Satdobato of the capital.
First seed P Dayanand easily defeated Om Shrestha 6-1, 6-0 while second seed
Andrew Hunt beat Kamal Adhikari 6-3, 7-6. The third and fourth seeds Jitendra Pariyar and
Dawa Sonam won their matches against Inderjit Kaur (6-1, 6-0) and Utsav Rijal (6-3, 6-3)
respectively. Utsav Rijal was runner-up in the sub-junior category of the tournament.
Sonam meets Krishna Karsoliya, winner of sub-junior title, in the quarter-final.
In the men’s doubles category the pair of Sonam and Pariyar advanced to
the quarter-finals to clash with the top seeds C Shahi and R Thapa. The second seeded pair
of K. Ghale and S. Gurung defeated S Thapa and G Singh 6-0, 6-0 and are set to fight M
Thapa and M McDougal in the round of eight. Similarly, K Karsoliya and K Shukla have
reached quarter-finals along with the pair of S Magar/B Hirachan (third seed) and S
Sunuwal/R Shrestha. In the women’s doubles semi-final played today, the pair of M
Schultz and S Osterby went to the final defeating Izumi M and E Watson.
In the Veteran’s Singles category, Manoj Rana, Gyanendra Tamrakar,
Yamada Shah, Abdul Rehman, Madhukar Rana, Subarna Dhakhwa, Karma Gurung and Deepak
Shrestha advanced to the quarter-finals.
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