SSC Open Tennis Tournament:
Ashen Silva and Vinuja Wijebandara clinched the boys’ under-16 doubles title beating Vibusitha Divyanjala and Gayanath Senadheera in an easy straight set final (6/0, 7/5) as the SSC Open tennis tournament continued at the SSC playing section courts yesterday. Both rival pairs had a hard day as they had to play the finals following the semi final battles on the same day. Ashen and Vinuja beat Ravindu Palliyaguru and Deelaka Ranasinghe (7-5, 6-4) while Vibusith and Gayanath defeated Chetan Perera and Tarik Perera 6/4, 4/6, 10/6 in semi final battles.
Meanwhile top seed Heera Ashiq and second seed Yasith De Silva booked their final berths in the men’s open singles event. Yasith beat Mufazal Hossain 6/3, 6/1 in the first semi final and Heera had the better of Sankha Athukorala after a tough battle in the other men’s single semi final (6/3, 5/7, 7/6(3).
Rukshika Wijesooriya and Roshenka Fernando have qualified for the women’s singles final following easy semi final victories. Rukshika beat Senuri Alexander 6/0, 6/1 while Roshenka defeated Nimna Fernando 6/2, 6/3 to enter the final.
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