Sankha Atukorale (left) and Yasitha De Silva, the men's doubles champions at GSTC 2021 Tournament[/caption]
The Government Servants Tennis club, popularly known as GSTC, has successfully completed a mega prize money ranking tournament recently, while strictly following all Covid-19 protocols. The GSTC prestige prize money all-island doubles tournament attracted a record number of entries in the men’s as well as the women’s categories.
The prize money is said to the biggest ever in the history of Sri Lankan tennis for a doubles tournament.
The men’s as well as the women’s doubles champions were given an attractive cash prize of Rs. 100,000 each while the runners-up pairs in both categories got Rs. 50,000 each. They also got trophies and a gift pack from sponsors Yeti energy drinks.
GSTC has three regularly maintained clay courts and has recently floodlit all the courts too. GSTC is nearly a century-old club and attracts juniors, veterans, and the budding youngsters too into its membership fold.
The results of the final matches were as follows:
Men’s Doubles:
Champions: Yasitha De Silva and Sankha Atukorale
Runners-up: Savit Weerasinghe and Archana Lokuge
Scores in the final: 6/2, 6/1
Women’s doubles:
Champions: Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi
Runner-up: Amritha Muttiah and Kemalie Herath
Scores in the final: 6/3, 6/0