Anura and Randima win Janashakthi open squash titles
By Ranjan Anandappa
SQUASH: Top seed Anura Hewage and Randima Ranaweera won the
Janashakthi Open men's and women's Squash titles respectively at the
finals worked out at the Tamil union C & AC Squash Courts yesterday.
Hewage a seasoned campaigner won the first set 9-2, but went down
badly in the second set losing 1-9. But there after settled down to play
sensibly to win the reamining sets convincingly 9-2, 9-0.
Randima Ranaweera, a student from Sirimavo Bandaranaike MV completed
a fine double winning the Women's Open and the Girls Under 19 titles. In
the Girls under 19 event she defeated Sharya Guruge in straight sets
9-4, 9-0, 9-2.
Boys under 9 - K. Viduranga beat M. Shamil 9/6, 9/2, 9/4.
Boys under 11 - Harin Weerasuriya beat Roshan Rajapakse 5/9, 9/2,
9/0, 9/2.
Boys under 13 - R. Laksiri beat J. Katugampola 9/3, 9/1, 9/0.
Boys under 15 - Kasun Weerasuriya beat Rakindu Laksiri 9/4, 9/6, 9/6.
Boys under 17 - Dilshan Senaratne beat Gihan Swaris 9/6, 6/9, 4/9,
10/9, 9/6.
Boys under 19 - Chakkaranga Rajapakse beat Akitha Gunasekera 9/5,
7/9, 9/3, 9/4.
Girls: under 9 - Sanduni Gunawardena beat Kasumi Gunawardena 9/7,
9/4, 9/3.
Under 11 - Dinithi Nanayakkara beat Mihiliya Methsarani 3/9, 4/9,
10/9, 9/6, 9/5.
Under 13 - Kavini Amarasekera beat Naduni Gunawardena 9/6, 9/0, 9/2.
Under 15 - Nadini Udangawa beat Gayasa Jayasuriya 9/1, 9/4, 9/3.
Under 17 - Nadini Udangawa beat Shanya Guruge 9/3, 8/10, 9/5, 9/1.
Under 19 - Randima Ranaweera beat Shanya Guruge 9/4, 9/0, 9/2.
Women's Open - Randima Ranaweera beat Natalie Gunawardena 9/0, 9/0,
9/1.
Men's Over 35 - Cdr. Pradeep Ratnayake beat Mohamed Rizwan 9/5, 10/9,
9/5.
Men's Over 45 - Col. T. N. Jayasuriya beat Pathma Kumara 9/1, 9/2,
9/3.
Men's Over 50 - Air Cmdr. Asoka Amunugama beat P. D. Jayasinghe 9/6,
2/9, 3/9, 9/7, 9/5.
Novices - Girls under 15 - Sajini Ranasinghe beat Sirimathie
Wijeratne 9/2, 9/5, 9/7.
Boys under 15 - Udayanga Wijesekera beat Thanuka Samarasinghe 9/3,
9/2, 9/4.
Boys under 19 - Charith Dilshan Caldera beat M. Sirimal 10/9, 9/2,
9/6.
Men's - S. S. K. beat Charith Dilshan Caldera 9/1, 9/3, 9/1.
Men's Open - Anura Hewage beat Chakkranga Rajapakse 9/2, 1/9, 9/2,
9/0. |
