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Sri Lanka National Tennis Championship:
Thisuri takes women's singles title
By Sajeewa Jayakody
Thisuri Molligoda outplayed top seed Nethmi Waduge to win the Women's
Open Singles title at the Senior National Tennis Championship worked off
at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Saturday.
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Women’s Open Singles Champion Thisuri Molligoda (Pic: Saman
Mendis) |
Second seeded Molligoda, who was the defending champion after beating
Waduge in last year's final, secured 7-5, 7-6 (3) win after great battle
witnessed by a large crowd.
Waduge, the recent Colombo Championship winner, entered the final
beating Medhira Samarasinghe 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the semi-final while
Molligoda cruised to the final outplaying Anika Seneviratne 6-2, 6-4 in
the other semi-final tie.
Saturday's results:
Boys:
Mixed Doubles: Thangarajah Dineshkanthan/Anika Seneviratne beat
Sankha Athukorala/Medhira Samarasinghe 3-6, 7-5, 10-8.
Under-16 Doubles: Vibuda Wijebandara/Vinuja Wijebandara beat Manel
Algama/Ashen Silva 7-5, 6-4.
Under-14 Singles: Ashen Silva beat Nelaka Dissanayake 6-1, 6-3.
Open Doubles: Sankha Athukorala/Yasitha de Silva beat Heera Ashiq/Tanveer
Ashiq 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Men's:
Over 55 Doubles: Ranjith Corea/Ravi Subramaniam beat TF Hadji/R Lal
Chandra 6-3, 6-1.
TF Hadji/R Lal Chandra beat Hazari Hussein/Dan Seevaratnam 6-3, 6-2.
Over 45 Singles: Ganendran Subramaniam beat Sirimal Kannangara 6-2,
7-5.
Over 35 Doubles: Arjun Fernando/Aasiri Iddamalgoda beat Chammika de
Silva/Ganendran Subramaniam 2-6, 6-1, 10-8. |
