Sisters Anika and Alana Seneviratne retained their Women’s Doubles Hard Court title at the 104th National Tennis Championships defeating Anjalika Kurera and Rukshika Wijesooriya 6/0 7/6 (8/6) with a solid display of power hitting.
The first set was over in 25 minutes but in the second set their opponents put on a better display to take the set to a tie breaker and also saved five match points in the process.
In the final rounds, the defending champions had little opposition with wins against Janali Manamperi and Oshini Herath 6/3 6/2 (quarterfinal) and sisters Senuri and T Alexander 6/1 6/1. Anjalika and Rukshika beat Yasodara Koralege and Shehara Medawela 6/0 6/ 0 before wining a tense semi final against Nehara Weerawansa and Hasini Lokuge 6/3 3/6 10/8.
Weerawansa and Lokuge had previously created a major upset when they beat the number two seeds Oneli Perera and Sethmi Sumanaweera 6/4 6/3.
Anika and Alana have now won all the four major Women’s Open doubles tournaments namely the Clay Court Nationals, SSC Open, Colombo Championships and the Hard Court Nationals this year.
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