Koirala, Vishwanath win doubles title, Rawat enters final
Koirala, Vishwanath win doubles title, Rawat enters final
Published: 05:25 am Sep 16, 2016
Lalitpur, September 15 The pair of Prerana Koirala of Nepal and Lakshanya Vishwanath of India won the girls’ doubles title of the Kesha Group ANLTA-Asian Junior Tour U-14 Circuit-II Tournament here at Satdobato Tennis Complex today. Koirala and Vishwanath beat the pair of Abhilasha Bista and Ira Mehernissa Rawat 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 to win the title. In boys’ section, Indian duo of Arnav Pathange and Ambitious Goldsmith won the title with a 6-1, 6-0 win against the pair of Saharsha Chand and Aadit Subedi of Nepal. Pathange and Goldsmith had defeated the same Nepali pair to win doubles title of the Circuit-I. Ira Mahernissa Rawat and Abhilasha Bista set the girls’ singles title match. In all-Nepal semi-final encounter, Rawat registered a 6-4, 7-6 win over Prerana Koirala. During the semi-final of the Circuit-I Rawat had defeated Koirala 6-2, 6-3. Later Rawat became champion with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Shambhavi Tiwari of India. In another match, Bista edged past Saloni Tamang 6-0, 6-0. The final between Rawat and Bista will be played on Friday. Likewise, winner of the Circuit-I Arnav Pathange of India will face Nepal’s Samyak Bajracharya in boys’ singles final. Pathange beat Aadit Subedi 6-0, 6-0. The duo had met in the final of the Circuit-I where Pathange recorded a 6-2, 6-2 win. Bajracharya saw off Aryan Giri 6-4, 6-4 to book his place in the final slated for Friday.