Lithium, Ganuka claim U-14 Tennis Doubles Title
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(From left) Lithium Jayabandu, Ganuka Fernando, Rehan Gunawardhane and Mayanka Perera
Lithium Jayabandu of Ananda College, Colombo and Ganuka Fernando of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya clinched the Boys’ Under-14 Doubles title at the Sri Lanka National Tennis Championships held at the SLTA Courts in Green Path, Colombo.
Jayabandu and Fernando rallied around magnificently and went on to beat the combination of Mayanka Perera of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia and Rehan Gunawardhane of Carey College 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 in a thrilling three-set final encounter.
Meanwhile, Gehansa Methnadi of Musaeus College and Githmi Fernando of Ave Maria Convent, Negombo won the Girls Under-14 Doubles title when they defeated Venuli Jayasinghe of Maliyadeva Girls’ College, Kurunegala and Sandithi Usgodaarachchi of Musaeus College 6-3, 6-1 in straight sets.
The two finals of the Boys’ and Girls’ Under-14 Doubles of the National Tennis Championships were delayed as most of the junior players were on national duty competing at the ITF Junior Tournaments.