Doubles for Dinethya, Oshini, Prabuddhi, Janeli, Wenuka
The 3rd Queen’s Open A Grade Tennis Championship organised by the Queen’s Club, the tennis arm of Gymkhana Club held at the Queens Club tennis court at Bauddaloka Mawatha, saw some fancied players being beaten in the junior championship.
Dinethya Dharmaratne
Five players Dinethya Dharmaratne, Oshini Herath, Prabuddhi Perera, Janeli Manamperi and Wenuka Kithnula succeeded in winning two titles each with some of them overcoming the top seeded players.
Dinethya the top seed in the under girls under 10 age group had little difficulty in brushing off the challenge of unseeded Panchali Weerasekera and she kept up to her reputation and went on to win the doubles title partnered by Akithma Dias.
Oshini, seeded fourth, pulled off an upset win over second seed Anjalika Kurera to take the under 14 girl’s title and then partnered by Neyara Weerawansa bagged the doubles title in the same age group.
Oshini Herath
Prabuddhi defeated the top seed Anika Seneviratne to take the under 14 girls title and then with Anika pulled off a double by winning the doubles title but she was unfortunate to miss out a triple as again, partnered by Anika, was beaten in the under 16 girls doubles final.
Janeli, the top seeded player in the under 16 girls singles, had to pull out all her tricks out of the bag to overcome stiff challenge from unseeded Anika Seneviratne before scraping through to win the title.
In the boy’s category Wenuka Kithnula was the only player who was able to clinch a double. The top seeded Wenuka competing in the under 10 age group bagged the singles title defeated Mateesha Nettasinghe and then along with Zaidh Zihar went on clinch the doubles title.
Prabuddhi Perera
There were some upsets in the other final encounters with Avindra Perera (u16 top) being beaten in the semi-final with unseeded Vibuda Wijebandara winning the title.
Thewuni Devaraja toppled the favourite Thisuri Molligoda to lift the girl’s under 18 title while Avindra
Wenuka Kithnula
Perera took the boy’s under 18 title after securing wins against top seed Archana Lokuge and second seeded B. Suren.
The under 16 double final Avindra Perera/ Innthujan Selvaratnarajah and Ravindu Weerasinghe/Vibuda Wijebandara is yet to be played.
Junior Results Singles Finals:
s:
Under 10 – Dinethya Dharmaratne beat Panchali Weerasekera 9/0. Under 12 – Oshini Herath beat Anjalika Kurera 2-0 (7/5, 6/2). Under 14 – Prabuddhi Perera beat Anika Seneviratne 2-0 (6/3, 7/6(6). Under 16 – Janeli Manamperi beat Anika Seneviratne 2-1 (1/6, 6/3, 6/3). Under 18 – Thewuni Devaraja beat Thisuri Molligoda 2-0 (6/1, 6/2).
Boys:
Under 10 – Wenuka Kithnula beat Mateesha Nettasinghe 9/3. Under 12 – Nelaka Dissanayake beat Pesanjith Kannangara 2-0 (6/0, 6/1). Under 14 – Ashen Silva beat Thevan Perera 2-1 (6/2, 5/7, 6/3). Under 16 – Vibuda Wijebandara beat Nadun Senadeera 2-0 (6/2. 6/0). Under 18 – Avindra Perera beat B. Suren 2-1 (3/6, 6/3, 6/2).
Doubles Finals:
Girls:
Janeli Manamperi
Under 10 – Dinethya Dharmaratne/Akithma Dias beat Vishmi Serasinghe/Shenaya Thissera 9/2. Under 12 – Nayana Weerawansa/Oshini Herath beat Anjalika Kurera.Alana Seneviratne 2-0 (6/2, 6/4). Under 14 – Prabuddhi Perera/Anika Seneviratne beat Sethara Ambawatte/Natasha Munaweera 2-0 (6/2, 6/1). Under 16 – Tarah Greig/Janeli Manamperi beat Prabuddhi Perera/Anika Seneviratne 2-0 (6/2, 6/2).
Boys:
Under 10 – Wenuka Kithnula/Zaidh Zihar beat Hesara Kuruppu/Thushan Senanayake 9/4. Under 12 – Sahan Weerasooriya/Thehan Wijemanne beat Yanishka Cooray/Dhilvan Herath 2-0 (6/4, 6/1). Under 14 – Akith Gunawardena/Thevinda Piyadigama beat Ashen Silva/Vinuja Wijebandara 2-0 (6/1, 6/2). Under 18 – Innthujan Selvaratnarajah/Dishanth Udayakumar beat Archana Lokuge/Niroshan Perera 2-0 (6/4, 6/3).