Shankar Heishnan and Sunira Thapa clinched the Under-16 age group boys’ and girls’ singles titles of the Rising Star Open Tennis Championships at the Satdobato Tennis Court in Lalitpur on Friday.

Heishnan overcame a first set deficit of 4-6 against Rajbir Pradhan to register victory in three sets. He won the second and third sets, 6-4, 6-1. Thapa saw off Shivali Gurung in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to deny the latter her second gold of the day.

Boris Adhikari clinched the boys' Under-14 gold. He saw off Brijesh Aryal in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6, in the boys final. Under-16 runners-up Gurung clinched the U-14 singles gold defeating Swastika Bista in straight sets of 6-0, 6-1.

The veterans’ singles above 45 years age category gold went to Mohammad Yunus who edged out Rohit Sunwar, 6-4, 6-2. Thongwan Tuleshwor took the veteran men's over 55 years category gold, defeating Raju Shrestha 6-0, 6-2.

Former national champion Jeetendra Pariyar and Santosh Khatri secured the final berths in veteran’s above 35 years age category. Pariyar secured a comfortable victory, 6-2, 6-0, over Dawa Sonam Sherpa while Khatri saw off Kamal Bahadur Bhandari 6-7, 7-5, 10-5, in the semi-finals.