Defending champions Prerana Koirala and Hritik Rana claimed the women's and men's singles title of the Butwal Open Lawn Tennis Championships on Tuesday.

Nepal No 1 Koirala of Biratnagar registered a straight set win of 6-3, 6-1 over Avilasha Bista while men's Rana of Butwal saw off Santosh Khatri 6-3, 7-5 to defend the title.

"I was aware of her game and I knew her weaknesses and strengths. I executed my game plan in both defence and offence," said women's champion Koirala.

Men's winner Rana said that regular training in addition to exploiting his match strength became key to his hard-fought victory.

Kamal Bahadur Bhandari won the men's veteran singles above 35 years category defeating Sanjay Prakash Shrestha 6-2, 6-0. Chand Shahi won the men's singles above 45 years category defeating Dharam Lamichhane 6-4, 6-3 while Himal Shah was the winner of the above 55 years age category defeating Manoj Rana.