Kamal Thapa won the first match in the over-65 doubles category in the tournament being held at the Pokhara Stadium organized by the Kaski District Tennis Association.
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Kamal Thapa has made a winning start to the 22nd Machhapuchhre Cup Pokhara Open and Veterans International Tennis Tournament underway in Pokhara.
Thapa won his first match in the over-65 doubles tournament organized by the Kaski District Tennis Association at the Pokhara Stadium.
In the match held on Saturday, Thapa, who teamed up with Chhyamba Dhundup, defeated the pair of Sudipta Chakraborty and Pradeep Mukherjee 4-0, 4-1.
In the over-35 singles tournament, Sanjay Prasad Shrestha defeated Laxman Tamang 6-4, 3-6 and 10-5 in super time. In the same category, Vikas Khadka defeated Nawaraj Sharma 6-1, 6-1, Pema Norbu defeated Srijan Singh 6-0, 6-1, Dawa Sherpa defeated Madhav Singh Bista 6-0, 6-0 and Som Rana defeated Sabin Shrestha 6-1, 6-3.
Similarly, Sujan Shrestha defeated Niraj Regmi 6-3, 7-6, Santosh Khatri defeated Bhim Bahadur Magar 6-3, 6-3 and Anil Shahi defeated Gagan Maharjan 6-1, 6-1 to secure a place in the next round.
In the over-45 singles category, Amit Gurung defeated Ram Bahadur BK 6-2, 1-6 and 10-6 in super time. Kamal Bhandari defeated Bhishmaraj Poudel 6-3, 6-4, Sanduk K. Lama defeated Prakash Basnet 6-4, 6-2 and KB Lama defeated Jinman Kim 6-2, 6-1.
Similarly, Dev Chhetri defeated Sharan Gurung 6-0, 6-1, Neeraj Thapa defeated Manoj Kumar Shrestha 6-1, 7-5, Rohit Sunuwar defeated Ashish Sigdel 6-1, 6-0 and Sejar Gurung defeated Raj Gurung 7-6, 6-0. Amit Gurung defeated Hemraj Dhakal 6-4, 6-5.
In the men's singles over 55 years, Jitendra Pradhan defeated Uttam Bogati, Mahendra Thapa defeated Jitendra Khadka, Rajkumar Gurung defeated Harka Bahadur Gurung, Jeevan Ghimire defeated Karimulla Muslim, Uttam Kumar Lama defeated Sameer Sherchan, Anu John defeated Sunil Gurung, Bimal K. Gurung defeated Sanjay Jha and Bidur Bista defeated Dhir Bahadur Gurung.
In the men's doubles over 45 category, the pair of Naveen Chalise-Neeraj Thapa defeated the pair of Gopi Bahadur Bhattarai-Dharam Bahadur Lamichhane, and the pair of Rohit Sunuwar-Jolly Targen defeated the pair of Bhishma Raj Poudel-Lok Gurung in super time.
