Ranasinghe and Fernando bag double TT crowns
Young table tennis prodigies Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College and Chamathsara Fernando of Visakha Vidyalaya bagged double crowns at the Chrys Gunaratne Memorial Open All- Island Ranking Table Tennis Championship held at the Lumbini College Indoor Complex in Colombo recently.
Udaya won the Men’s Open Singles and Under- 18 Boys’ Singles while Chamathsara went on to secure the championship titles of Under- 18 and Under-15 Girls’ Singles events.
Udaya beat top ranked Rohan Sirisena of Stag Table Tennis Academy by 4 sets to 3 in a thrilling final in the Men’s Open Singles final after recording a comfortable 3- 1 win against school- mate Krishan Wickramaratne in the Under-18 Boy’s Singles final.
Air Force SC’s Ishara Madurangi, one of the firm favourites, beat Erandi Wa r u s aw i t h a n a of Dhar masoka Colle g e Ambalangoda by 5-2 to bag the Women’s Open Singles cham-
RESULTS OF ALL FINALS:
Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha College Kandy) beat Rohan Sirisena (Stag Table Tennis Academy) 4-3 (8/11, 6/11, 11/5, 8/11, 11/6,11/8,11/6)
Ishara Madurangi (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Erandi Warusawithana (Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda) 5-2 (11/7, 11/5, 13/11, 10/12, 9/11, 8/11, 12/10)
Chameera Ginige (University of Sri Jayewardenepura) beat Chinthaka Ekanayake (Vidyartha College Kandy) 3-1 (11/7, 8/11, 12/10, 11/6)
Ruvini Kannangara (Musaeus College) beat Muthumali Priyadarshani (Sri Devananda College Ambalangoda) 3-0 (13/11, 11/9, 11/3)
Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha College Kandy) beat Krishan Wickramarathne (Vidyartha College Kandy) 3-1 (11/5, 5/11, 11/9, 11/7) Chamathsara Fernando (Visakha Vidyalaya) beat Sheshala Bandara (Mahamaya Girls School Kandy) 3-1 (11/9, 11/9, 4/11, 11/2)
Dinesh Kavishka (Vidyartha College, Kandy beat P.D.U. Thennakoon of Dharmaraja College, Kandy 3-0 (12/10, 11/6, 11/9) Chamathsara Fernando (Visakha Vidyalaya) beat Imasha de Silva (Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda) 3-0 (11/6, 11/8, 11/6)
Dewmith Weerasena (Lyceum International School Nugegoda) beat Veron de Silva (Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda) 3-0 (11/8, 11/7, 11/4)
Sanduni Prabuddhika (Prajapathi Gothami BMV Ambalangoda) beat D.H. Kolambage (Prajapathi Gothami BMV Ambalangoda 3-2 (11/9, 11/6, 10/12, 9/11, 11/6)
Chanuka Sri Bandara (St. Mary’s College Kegalle) beat Dhanushka Wijesinghe (Kingswood College Kandy) 3-1 (11/5, 9/11, 11/7, 11/4)
Sanduni Prabuddhika (Prajapathi Gothami BMV Ambalangoda) beat Chathumi Yoveena (Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda) 3-0 (11/3, 11/5, 11/9) pionship. Chameera Ginige of University of Sri Jayewardenepura recorded a comfortable 3- 1 victory against Chinthaka Ekanayake of Vidyartha College in the Under-21 Boy’s Singles final. The Under-21 Girl’s Singles title was won by Ruvini Kannangara of Musaeus College who recorded an effortless 3-0 victory against Muthumali Priyadarshani of Sri D ev a n a n d a College Ambalangoda.
Chamathsara bagged her double by beating Sheshala Bandara of Mahamaya Girls’ School by 3-1 in the Under-18 Girls’ Singles final while she went on to easily defeat Imasha de Silva of Dhar masoka Colle g e Ambalangoda by 3-0 in the Under-15 Girls’ Singles final. Dinesh Kavishka of Vidyartha College Kandy beat P. D. U. Tennekoon of Dharmaraja College Kandy in straight sets to win the Under15 Boy’s Singles title.
Dewmith Weerasena of Lyceum International School Nugegoda humbled Veron de Silva of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda by 3-0 to bag the Under-12 Boys’ Singles championship while the Girls’ Singles title of the same age category was snatched by Sanduni Prabuddhika of Prajapathi Gothami Balika Vidyalaya who recorded a spectacular 3- 2 victory against teammate D. H. Kolambage, to win her second title of the competition. Chanuka Sri Bandara of St. Mary’s College Kegalle had the honour of winning the Under-10 Boy’s Single championship beating Dhanushka Wijesinghe of Kingswood College Kandy by 3-1 while Sanduni Prabuddhika’s first title came after she defeated Chathuni Yoveena of Dhar masoka Colle g e Ambalangoda in straight sets in the Under-10 Girls’ Singles final. The two- day tournament, organised by the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka, was held on October 4 and 5.