In the 21st Machhapuchhre Pokhara Open and Veterans Tennis Tournament being held in Pokhara on Friday, Jitendra Periyar won the men's singles over 35 years.
Jitendra defeated Madan Thapa 6-0, 6-0 at the Pokhara Rangshala tennis court.
In women's open, Swastika Bisht defeated Dechen Choden 6-0, 6-0 and Jenny Khadka defeated Ahana Sherchan 6-0, 6-0.
Sanduk Lama defeated Gopi Bahadur Bhattarai 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 in men's singles over 45 years. Pokhareli player Gopi was defeated after failing to save the lead of 8-3 in super time. South Korea's Jujuman Kim defeated Prakasash Basnet 6-3, 3-6, 10-7. Sunil Shrestha defeated Dev Thapa 6-4, 6-3 and Lakpa Temba Sherpa defeated Manish Shrestha 6-1, 6-4.
For men's doubles, the pair of Nihal Jung Bahadur Thapa and Arav Hada defeated the pair of Shashwat Vajracharya and Darshil Shrestha from Pokhara by 6-2, 6-1 and the pair of Pradeep Khadka and Ugen Sherpa defeated the pair of Vivek Magar and Sandeep Vick by 6-1, 6-1. . The pair of Naveen Paija and Ayushmann Ghale won over the pair of Harshvardhan Rao and Prafulla Shrestha.
In men's doubles above 35 years, Rajan Paudel and Sharan Gurung from Pokhara, Himal Shah and Dev Chhetri, Gagan Maharjan and Bhishma Gurung and Vikas Gurung and Prakash Gurung have reached the second stage.
Bhishmaraj Poudel and Rohit Sunuwar and KV Lama and Vishnu Baniyan won in men's doubles over 45 years. In men's doubles above 55 years, the pair of Anu John and Vinod Kayastha defeated the pair of Indra Gurung and Anil Tulachan 6-3, 2-6, 10-3. The pair of Dharam Bahadur Lamichhane and Manu Tripathi from Pokhara lost to the pair of Uttam Sherpa and Jit Poudel 6-2, 4-6 and 10-4. The pair of Lok Gurung and Padam Gurung lost to the pair of Sudarshan Bista and Jeevan Ghimire 6-3, 6-3.
