102nd Tennis Nationals and Junior Nationals:
Top seed Anika Senevirathne proved her excellence once again by bagging the girls' under-18 singles crown beating fourth seed Anya Gunawardane in an easy straight set final, 6/1, 6/2 to clinch her third title in the 102nd Tennis Nationals and Junior Nationals continued at the Sri Lanka tennis Association (SLTA) courts yesterday. Anika earlier won women's doubles crown partnered by Jithmie Jayawickrema and mixed doubles title partnered by T Dineshkanthan in this year's Tennis Nationals.
Prasanjith Kannangara clinched the boys' under-16 singles title when he defeated Nenuka Jayathilaka 6/3 6/4 in the final while Perumal Ganesh edged out T. A. Dissanayaka 6/3, 6/3, to win the men's over-35 singles final.
Anika maintained a superb record through out the tournament and beat Savini Jayasuriya 6/3, 6/2 in singles semis and edged out Peheni Perera 6/1, 6/1 in quarters. The other finalist Anya who is also an experienced player cleared her way to final defeating second seed Janali Manamperi 6/1, 5/0Ret in semis. Anya had the better of Oshini Herath 6/4, 6/0, in quarters.
Fifth seed Prasanjith defeated seventh seed Kavisha Ratnayaka 6/1, 6/2, in U-16 singles semis and went on to beat fourth seed Luca Knese 6/4, 6/3 in quarters. His rival at the title clash, second seed Nenuka booked his final berth by downing Chathurya Nilaweera 7/5, 6/3 in semi finals and edging out sixth seed Vimalshanth Chandramohan 7/5, 6/2 in quarters.
The men's over-35 singles champ Perumal Ganesh entered the final after receiving a walkover from his semi final opponent Monir Hossain while the other finalist Dissanayaka also received a free entry to the final. The tournament will continue today at the SLTA courts.
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