Defending champion Sharmal Dissanayaka retained the men’s singles crown beating Dineshkanthan Thangaraja 7/6(4), 6/4 in the final of the Colombo Championship tennis tournament continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association clay courts yesterday.
The men’s singles final turned out to be an exciting battle from the beginning as both players trying to overcome each other.
Both players were on top form and Shramal won the first set after a ding dong battle which ended in a tie breaker. The tense fight between the pair brought much excitement to the spectators as they displayed some superb serves and returns.
Sharmal dominated the second set as Dineshkanthan slowly lost his grip on the match.
Dineshkanthan seemed tired and was unable to maintain consistency. Soon Sharmal took the control of the game and never allowed to Dineshkanthan to pose a threat.
It has been a convincing victory for the defending champion as he sealed his win with a 6/4 second set victory.
The Colombo Championship is one of the prominent clay court annual events and commenced its 104 edition on July 5 at the SLTA courts.
The tournament was initially scheduled to conclude on July 21 but as bad weather interrupted, the organisers will not be able to conclude the tourney as scheduled.
Over 800 entries have been received for 11 open and age category events this year and the tournament is likely to drag until July 27.
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