Avindra retains U-18 Singles title
Top seed Avindra Perera coasted to a convincing 2-0 win against the bottom seed Vibdua Wijebandara in the Junior National Tennis Championship Boys Under-18 Singles final played at the SLTA Courts in Green Path yesterday.
Avindra came out victorious with ease and in the process he retained the Under-18 Singles title for the third successive year.
Meanwhile, Anika Seneviratne look set to win her third title when she qualified to play the Girls’ Under-18 Singles final with a comfortable win over Savini Jayasuriya while Anya Gunawardena won the other semi-final overcoming the bottom seed Janali Manamperi. (Quarter-finals): Boys’ Under-16 Singles: Kavisha Ratnayake beat Ashen Silva 2-0 (6/2, 7/5). Girls’ Under-16 Doubles: Oneli Perera/sethmi Sumanaweera beat Hasali Gajaba/minuki Wanniarachchi 2-0 (6/0, 6/1). Preethika Chandramohan/ashanthi Seneviratne beat Dilhara Almeida/senaya Wijemanne 2-0 (6/1, 6/2). Dinethya Dharmaratne/akithma Dias beat Denuli Jayakody/ Shashini Jayakody 2-0 (7/6 (1), 6/3). Tuvini de Alwis/ Tania Doloswala beat Tharani Alexander/heshani Imanga 2-0 (6/2, 6/3). (Semi-finals): Boys’ Under-14 Doubles: Dhilvan Herath/shivendra Perera beat Nelaka Dissanayake/ Pesanjith Kannangara 2-1 (6/4, 4/6, 10/8). Chathurya Nilaweera/ Vichinthya Nilaweera beat Isuru Peiris/rakesh Ratnasingham 2-1 (6/4, 4/6, 13/11). Boys’ Under-16 Doubles: Ashen Silva/vinuja Wijebandara beat Nenuka Jayatileke/kavisha Ratnayake 2-0 (6/4, 6/0). Akith Gunawardena/thevinda Piyadigama beat Vhimalshanth Chandramohan/luca Knese 2-0 (6/4, 6/2). Boys’ Under-18 Doubles: Innthujan Selvarathnaraja/ Udyachandra Srinath beat Nadil Silva/ravindu Weerasinghe 2-0 (6/4, 6/2). Nuwantha Dissanayake/praneel Jasinghe beat Vibuda Wijebandara/vinuja Wijebandara 2-0 (6/2, 7/6(2). Girls’ Under-18 Singles: Anika Seneviratne beat Savini Jayasuriya 2-0 (6/3, 6/2). Anya Gunawardena beat Janali Manamperi 2-0 (6/1, 5/0 retired). Boys’ Under-18 Singles final: Avindra Perera beat Vibuda Wijebandara 2-0 (6/3, 6/2).
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