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Kathmandu Thursday June 28, 2001 Ashadh 14, 2058.
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Subba, Khadka, Budathoki into semis
KATHMANDU, June 27 (PR) - Sovit Subba, Umesh Khadka, G B
Budathoki and Krishna Khadka made it through to the semi-finals in the teachers’
singles Wednesday under of the first Gillette inter-school badminton tournament.
Subba of Kumudini School, one of the favorites in the
teachers’ singles, maintained his fine form to demolish Anil Pun of Milan 2-0 in less
than 25 minutes. The winning score of Subba read 15- 1, 15-2. Subba will take on Umesh
Khadka of Cambridge School in the first teachers’ singles semi-final Thursday.
Earlier, Umesh Khadka ousted Bisheswor K. C. of the host
school, maintaining a 2-0 clean sheet. KC, after conceding the opening game to Khadka at
8-15, seemed to have regained some composure in the second. But it was not to be as he
could not stand the challenge of Khadka. Khadka, coming up with a fine mixture of nice
placement and powerful return, made short work of KC. The latter eventually surrendered
the game and match at 12-15.
In the day’s other quarter finals, G B Budathoki of
Milan School advance into the semi-final beating Bal Nanda Subba of New Ideal Gillette
School scoring an easy 15-4, 15-7. Budathoki next meets, Krishna Khadka of the Cambridge
School in another semi-final encounter in teachers’ singles. Before that, Khadka beat
Amir Man Malakar of Sunrise School with a convincing score of 15-3, 15-3.
Both the doubles matches of the senior girls’ event
turned out to be exciting affairs. Sonam Sherpa and Anita Gurung of Sunrise moved on to
second round, beating Sangita Ghimire and Netra Pun of LRI with competitive three-setter.
Sherpa and Gurung after dropping the opening game at 10-13, staged a brilliant comeback in
the subsequent games which completely turned around the complexion of the match. Their
wrapped up the match with the score reading 11-3, 11-7.
The other match of the same event saw Kushum Gurung and
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa of Sunrise defeat Manju Sunar and Leenam Rana Magar of Milan by 14-9,
13-10. Netra Pun compensated her doubles loss with a win over Sujata Lama of the host
school in the lone senior girls singles match. She advanced to the next round with a
comprehensive score of 11-4, 11-9.
In junior boys singles, Nuru Shrestha of New Ideal Gillette
faced a tough time to before getting better of Dawa T Sherpa of Sunrise. Shrestha
eventually made it to the quarterfinals with a 14-12, 11-8 win.
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