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Rukshika, Sankha crowned Otter tennis champs

07 Apr 2019

Sixth seed Rukshika Wijesuriya got the better of 10th seed Tania Doloswala with utmost ease to a score of 6/0, 6/1 to clinch the Women’s Open title while Davis Cup player Sankha Atukorale beat Suren Balachandran 6/1, 7/5 to clinch the corresponding Men’s title at the Otter Aquatic Club annual Open Tennis tournament ended at the club clay courts in Colombo last weekend. Club Coach and former SL national champion Vajira Premaratne led the organising of the vent this year. -- Results Open events Women’s Singles Rukshika Wijesuriya (seed 6) bt. Tania Doloswala (10) 6/0, 6/1 Men’s Singles Sankha Atukorale (2) bt. Suren Balachandran (27) 6/1, 7/5 Men’s Doubles Delwar Hossain/Rostom Ali bt. Jagath Gamage/Suranga Pushpakumara 6/3, 6/2 Junior events Girls U-14 Singles Hasali Gajaba (9) bt. Nishka Vivekanandan (11) 6/2, 6/2 Boys U-14 Singles Vichinthya Nilaweera (4) bt. Thilina Dissanayake 6/4, 6/2 Girls U-16 Singles Heshani Hewa Thalagahage (12) bt. Tania Doloswala (4) 7/6 (9), 6/1 Boys U-16 Singles Nelaka Dissanayake (5) bt. Zaidh Zihar (11) 6/1, 6/4 Girls U-18 Singles Tania Doloswala (10) bt. Preethika Chandramohan (13) 6/2, 6/1 Boys U-18 Singles Luca Knese (1) bt. Anuth Wijesinghe (10) 6/1, 7/6 (8) Girls U-14 Doubles Oneli Samarawickrama/Vishmi Serasinghe bt. Hasali Gajaba/Minuki Wanniarachchi 5/4 (3), 5/3 Boys U-14 Doubles Sandaru Guruge/Ransath Peiris bt. Nithila Goonatilleke/ Thilina Dissanayake 4/2, 4/2 Boys U-18 Doubles Luca Knese/Kavisha Ratnayake bt. Praneela Jayasinghe/Sean Sanderson 4/1, 5/3.


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