Dineshkanthan, Amritha and Nethmi shine at SSC Open
View(s):Dineshkanthan Thangarajah, Amritha Muttiah and Nethmi Waduge shone at the SSC Open SSC Tennis Championships that was concluded recently.
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah the men’s top seed won a triple by winning the men’s singles, the men’s open doubles with Rajeev Rajapakse and the mixed doubles with Kemali Herath.
Amritha Muttiah the women’s bottom seed completed a double when she won the women’s open singles and the doubles with veteran Shalini De Silva.
Nethmi Waduge ranked number three won a double beating Kavindya De Silva the top seed in the girls under 18 singles and a double beating Thewuni Devaraja in the girls under 16 singles.
The tournament was sponsored by Etisalat, Hatton National Bank and Dimo, while the balls were sponsored by 3 G Sports.
Results: Men’s open singles: D. Thangarajah beat T. Ashiq 7/5, 7/6, (4), 6/4. Men’s open doubles: D. Thangarajah and R. Rajapakse beat t. Ashiq and H. Ashiq 6/3, 6/1, 6/3. Mixed doubles: D. Thangarajah and Kemali Herath beat Heera Ashiq and Roshenka Fernando 5/7, 7/5, 7/5. Women’s open singles: Amritha Muttiah beat Nethmi Waduge 6/3, 3/6, 7/5. Women’s open doubles: Amritha Muttiah and Shalini De Silva beat Roshenka Fernando and Nethmi Waduge 6/7, (3), 6/3, 6/4. Veterans over 35 doubles: S. Francis and P. Ganeshan beat D. Fernando and A.W. Khan 6/0, 6/0: Veterans open doubles: K .A R. L. Kuruppuarachchi and S.M.A. Samarakoon beat S.Dissanayaka and G. Indrakumar 6/1, 6/2:. Boys under 18 singles: Shanushka Abeywardena beat Yasitha De Silva 6/7, (5), 7/6, (6), 7/6, (5). Boys under 18 doubles: Chehan Fernando and Avishka Perera beat Dhanushka Abeywardena and Venuka Hulangamuwa 2/6, 7/6, (8), 10/4. Girls under 18 singles: Nethmi Waduge beat Kavindya De Silva 6/3, 6/4. Boys under 16 singles: Nabeel Sabri beat Nadir Naazar 6/2, 1/6, 6/2. Boys under 16 doubles: N. Sabri and K. Rajendrasingham beat N. Nazar and Amandha Gunawardena 6/1, 6/3.Girls under 16 singles: Nethmi Waduge beat Thewuni Devaraja 7/6, (5), 6/3. Boys under 14 singles: Aadawan Pushparaj beat Isuru Wijeratne 6/4, 6/4. Boys under 14 doubles: A. Pushparaj and Andrew Muttiah beat Isuru Wijeratne and Udayachandran Srinath 6/4, 7/6, (4). Girls under 14 singles: Rukshika Wijesooriya beat Medhira Samarasinghe 6/4, 4/6, 6/2. Girls under 14 doubles: Medhira Samarasinghe and Rukshia Wijesooriya beat Asalya Bandara and T. Sahashrika 6/2, 6/0. Boys under 12 singles: Nelaka Dissanayake beat Ashen Silva 6/2, 6/3. Girls under 12 singles: Prabuddhi Perera beat Natasha Munaweera 1/6, 7/5, 6/2. – BM
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