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Giri helps Nepal register win over SL

Giri helps Nepal register win over SL

By Himalayan News Service

Aryan Giri of Nepal returns to Vichithya Sarindu Nilaweera of Sri Lanka during their boysu2019 single match of the South Asia Regional Qualifying in Lalitpur on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry/THT

Lalitpur, May 16 Nepal boys’ team recorded a 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka on the second day of the South Asia Regional Qualifying for the ITF Asian U-12 Team Championship here at the Satdobato Tennis Complex today. In the Group B singles match match, Aryan Giri registered a hard fought 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(7) victory over Vichithya Sarindu Nilaweera to level the scores at 1-1. Giri then teamed up with Aarav Samrat Hada to beat the Sri Lankan pair of Wenuka Kithnula and Vichithya Sarindu Nilaweera 4-6, 6-2, 10-5 in the doubles match to seal the victory for the home side. On Monday, Hada had faced defeat against Wenuka Kithnula in the singles match. In another match, Nepal faced a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bangladesh. Giri produced a 1-4, 4-0, 4-1 win against Mahadi Hasan Alve, while Hada faced a 5-3, 4-1 defeat against Md Roman Hossain. In the doubles match, the pair of Giri and Hada lost 5-4(2), 4-2 against the pair of Md Roman Hossain and Zubaed Utsho. Similarly, Pakistan’s Hamid Israr defated Mahadi Hasan Alve of Bangladesh 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in Group B, while the Bangladesh pair of Mahadi Hasan Alve and Md Roman Hossain saw off the the Pakistani duo of Hamid Israr and Kashan Umar Khalil 6-2, 6-2. In Group A, Bhutan’s Jigme Norbu beat Mohamed Namiq Shahid of the Maldives 6-1, 6-1, while the pair of Jigme Norbu and Thinley Dorji beat Raudhak Maumoon and Ahmed Maakin Maud of Maldives 6-2, 6-2. However, Bhutan went down by 3-0 at the hands of India, while Sri Lanka beat Pakistan 2-1 in Group B matches. In girls’ section, Nepal, who had recorded a 3-0 win against the Maldives on Monday, lost all three matches against India in Group A. Sharvani Shrestha lost to Sweta Samanta 4-0, 4-1 and Isha Shree Shah went down to Anjali Rathi 4-1, 4-0. The pair of Sharvani Shrestha and Shubhangee Laxmi Shah was beaten by Shruti Ahlawat and Anjali Rathi 4-0, 4-0. Also, Bangladesh’s Mashfia Afrin beat Sonam Chuki Dorji of Bhutan 6-1, 6-1, while the Bhutanese pair of Karma Yuden Dorji and Sonam Chuki Dorji beat Sadia Afrin and Dipanita Mittra of Bangladesh 6-1, 6-4. Similarly, Sri Lanka dominated Bhutan as Dinethya Dharmarate beat Karma Yuden Dorji 4-0, 4-0, while Neshani Imanga saw off Sonam Chuki Dorji by the same scores before the pair of Dharmarate and Imanga beat Karma and Sonam 4-2, 4-0.