Kathmandu, April 27

Jitendra Pariyar advanced to the men’s singles final of the fifth Citizens Bank Open Tennis Championship here at the Dasharath Stadium courts today.

In the second semi-final match that was postponed due to lack of time yesterday, Pariyar won the third and final set 6-3 against Pranav Khanal to set up the championship match against defending champion Samrakshyak Bhushan Bajracharya. Pariyar had won the first set 7-5 before Khanal levelled the scores at 1-1 by winning the second set 6-3 yesterday.

Pariyar then combined with Kumar Adhikari to win the men’s doubles title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over the duo of Santosh Khatri and Dawa Sherpa.

Likewise, Deepak Man Shrestha won the Above-65 veteran singles title beating Gyanendra Tamrakar 4-2, 4-1.

In the Above-35 veteran singles, Mahesh Shrestha and Kamal Bhandari entered the final. Shrestha defeated Niraj Thapa 6-2, 6-3, while Bhandari beat Raju Shrestha 6-0, 6-4 in the semi-finals. Similarly, Manoj Shah defeated Amir Sherchan 6-0, 6-2 and Pradeep Shah registered a hard-fought 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 victory over Pratap Moktan to enter the Above-45 veteran singles final. Likewise, Manoj Lama and Pradeep Shah entered the Above-55 veteran singles final. Lama defeated Dilip Singh 6-2, 6-1, while Shah beat Dhruba Gurung 6-4, 6-3.

Also, Manoj Rana and Chhyamba Dundup advanced to the Above-55 veteran doubles final with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over the pair of Karma Ghale and Prithivi Thakali, while the duo of Prithivi Gurung and Rajendra Gaire beat Sahadev Dhungana and Dhruba Gurung 6-0, 6-4 in another semi-final match.

In the mixed doubles category semi-final matches, Shree Ram Magar and Ira Rawat defeated Ganga Sharma and Shakti Sharma 6-3, 6-2, while the pair of Samrakshyak Bhushan Bajracharya and Mayanka Rana registered a 6-2, 6-2 victory over the duo of Nabin Pun and Prerana Koirala.