Ranasinghe and Fernando bag double TT crowns
Young table tennis prodigies Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College and Chamathsara Fernando of Visakha Vidyalaya bagged double crowns at
the Chrys Gunaratne Memorial Open All-Island Ranking Table Tennis Championship held at the Lumbini College Indoor Complex in Colombo recently.
Udaya won the Men’s Open Singles and Under-18 Boys’ Singles while Chamathsara went on to secure the championship titles of Under-18 and Under-15 Girls’ Singles events.
Udaya beat top ranked Rohan Sirisena of Stag Table Tennis Academy by 4 sets to 3 in a thrilling final in the Men’s Open Singles final after recording a comfortable 3-1 win against 
schoolmate Krishan Wickramaratne in the Under-18 Boy’s Singles final.
Air Force SC’s Ishara Madurangi, one of the firm favourites, beat Erandi Warusawithana of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda by 5-2 to bag the Women’s Open Singles championship. Chameera Ginige of University of Sri Jayewardenepura recorded a comfortable 3-1 victory against Chinthaka Ekanayake of Vidyartha College in the Under-21 Boy’s Singles final. The Under-21 Girl’s Singles title was won by Ruvini Kannangara of Musaeus College who recorded an effortless 3-0 victory against Muthumali Priyadarshani of Sri Devananda College Ambalangoda.
Chamathsara bagged her double by beating Sheshala Bandara of Mahamaya Girls’ School by 3-1 in the Under-18 Girls’ Singles final while she
went on to easily defeat Imasha de Silva of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda by 3-0 in the Under-15 Girls’ Singles final. Dinesh Kavishka of Vidyartha College Kandy beat P.D.U. Tennekoon of Dharmaraja College Kandy in straight sets to win the Under-15 Boy’s Singles title.
Udaya Ranasinghe
Dewmith Weerasena of Lyceum International School Nugegoda humbled Veron de Silva of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda by 3-0 to bag the Under-12 Boys’ Singles championship while the Girls’ Singles title of the same age category was snatched by Sanduni Prabuddhika of Prajapathi Gothami Balika Vidyalaya who recorded a spectacular 3-2 victory against teammate D.H. Kolambage, to win her second title of the competition. Chanuka Sri Bandara of St. Mary’s College Kegalle had the honour of winning the Under-10 Boy’s Single championship beating Dhanushka Wijesinghe of Kingswood College Kandy by 3-1 while Sanduni Prabuddhika’s first title came after she defeated Chathuni Yoveena of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda in straight sets in the Under-10 Girls’ Singles final. The two-day tournament, organised by the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka, was held on October 4 and 5.
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