Mayanka, Pranav win

LALITPUR: Pranav Khanal of St Xavier’s and Mayanka Rana of Jaykar Tennis Academy clinched the U-9 titles here at the third LAS/JTI Inter-school Junior Open Tennis Tournament.

Pranav saw off Samyak Bhusan Bajracharya 10-3, 10-4 in the boys’ section final. Jenish Raj Bajracharya Angels’ and Ashutosh Pahadi finished joint third. In the girls’ final, Mayanka beat her sister Mahika 10-5, 10-5. Ayusha Rai and Pratistha Shrestha were joint third.

Meanwhile, Gita Shrestha of LA and Sackchhi Gurung of Chandbaag set championship date in the Girls’ U-12 section. Gita beat Cathline Satyal of St Xavier’s 9-6 and Sackchhi overcame Sonam Ongdi of The British School 9-7.

Mayanka also cruised to the Girls’ U-10 final with a 9-3 win over Pratistha Shrestha of

Ulliens. She will meet

Karuna Gauchan, a 9-4 winner over Mahika. Likewise, Gita Shrestha and Akriti Acharya of LA combined to beat schoolmates Binita Maharjan and Ayusha Goshai 9-1 in the Girls’ U-14 doubles. Sunny Ongdi and Ashma Lama of The British School earned walkover win from Malika Karki and Anchal Thapa of LA.

Milan Roka of LA and Pranjwol Kayastha of Gandaki School also made it to the Boys’ U-16 final. Milan rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Suyash Rajbhandari of British School and Pranjwol dispatched Diwakar Ojha of LA 6-4, 7-5.