Royal wins Under-19 All Island Public Schools Tennis Tournament
Royal College won the Under-19 All Island Public Schools Tennis
Tournament concluded recently at the SLTA, Hard Courts in Grand Style
without dropping a single match to any School in the Seven Ties they
played this year. The team included three former Junior Davis Cup
players namely world Junior ranked and Former Captain, Sharmal
Dissanayake, Vice Captain, Dhanushka Abeyawardena and Eroo Samarasinghe.
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Royal College Tennis Team. Standing from left M. Pragas
Asst. Coach, Sharmal Dissanayake, Dasun Fonseka, Umesh
Sooriyabandara, Ashiru Liyanage, Dhanushka Abeyawardena Vice
Captain, Udishtran Raviraj Captain.Druvi Perera, Senith
Abeynayake, Eroo Samarasinghe, Abdul Azees, S. Suren Asst.
Coach, Sylvester Francis Coach and Teacher in charge Mrs.
Ranmalie Dias. |
In a flawless performance Royal College defeated ST. Peters College
in the Finals by three Matches to nil in the five match contest in
convincing fashion with Vice Captain and Junior Davis Cup player,
Dhanushka Abeyawardena playing the 1st Single defeated Harsha Peiris
6-1, 6-1, Eroo Samarasinghe was given a walk over in the 2nd Single by
Yoosuf Faizal. Captain Udishtran Raviraj and Dasun Fonseka defeated
Aaron Asauw and Sasanka Gomes 6-3, 6-1 in the 1st Double.
The other two matches - the third Single between World Ranked
National Junior Tennis Champion in the Under 16 and the Under 18,
Sharmal Dissanayake from Royal and Nishangan Nadarajah of St. Peters and
the second Double between Umesh Sooriyabandara and Senith Abeynayake of
Royal and Chehan Fernando and Sanjiv Mohankumar of St. Peters was not
played due to Royal clinching the tie three Matches to nil.
Results of ties played by Royal College are as follows
Group Stage: Beat St. Thomas 5-0, beat St. Benedicts 5-0, beat
St. Michaels 5-0, beat Trinity 5-0, beat St. Peters 5-0.
Semi-Final: Beat D.S. Senanayake 3-0
Final: Beat St. Peters 3-0 |
