Kathmandu, January 11

Nepal Police Club duo Elina Maharjan and Nabita Shrestha advanced to the women’s doubles quarter-finals of the Huawei National Table Tennis Tournament here today. The pair of Maharjan and Shrestha defeated Pabitra Khanal and Pooja Nepali of Dang 11-3, 11-2, 11-4.

Similarly, Tribhuvan Army Club pairs Swechha Nembang and Rabina Maharjan, and Dikshya Dahal and Dikshya Tamang made it to the last eight along with NPC pair of Sonu Thapa Magar and Manju Suwal, Sunsari’s Gita Bhujel and Rupa Limbu, APF’s Selisha Khadgi and Sikka Suwal, Rupandehi’s Amrita Thapa and Gita Aryal, Lalitpur’s Anushka Prasai and Lasta Maharjan.

In men’s doubles event, NPC’s Binesh Khaniya/Pradeep Rokka and Shyantu Shrestha/Deep Saun, Bhaktapur’s Bibek Kawan/Rajojman Thaku, Morang’s Santosh Kafle/Prabesh Neupane, TAC’s Krishna Thapa Magar/Narayan Ghimire, APF’s Amar Lal Malla/Purushottam Bajracharya, Lalitpur’s Ritiz Joshi/Bipul Maharjan and Dhanusha’s Nabin Bahadur Singh/Deepak Bahadur Singh advanced to the quarters.

In mixed doubles section, NPC’s Deep Saun/Nabita Shrestha and Shyantu Shrestha/Elina Maharjan, TAC’s Chandan Shahi/Swechha Nembang and Krishna Thapa Magar/Dikshya Tamang also advanced to the quarter-finals.

Similarly, APF duo of Purushottam Bajracharya and Sikka Suwal and the pair of Amar Lal Malla and Selisha Khadgi along with Sunsari’s Rajan Subba and Gita Bhujel made it to the last eight.