SL arrive late, give 5 Walk-overs, finish at the bottom
The young paddlers landed late in Bangkok only to experience one of the disastrous international competitions lately
Sri Lanka (SL) Junior Boys and Girls teams and Cadet Boys and Girls teams failed to live up to their billing as South Asia’s No.2, at the 22nd Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship 2016 held in Thailand last week. SL’s Junior Boys team lead by Udaya Ranasinghe was ranked 11 out of 14, and the Girls team was ranked 12 out of 12 countries, while the Cadet Boys and Girls teams were both ranked 11 out of 12.
In the Junior Boys Singles SL’s main hope Udaya Ranasinghe beat Sirawit of Thailand 3-1, but was beaten by Passara Pattaratom of Thailand 3-1. SL started the tournament on the wrong foot as they had to give walk-overs on the 1st day to Japan (Cadet Boys), Chinese Taipei (Cadet Girls), DPR Korea (Junior Girls) Chinese Taipei (Junior Boys) and Kazakhstan (Junior Girls) due to their delayed arrival in Thailand.
Results:
Cadet Girls – Lost to Thailand 0-3, Lost to Hong Kong (HK) 0-3, Beat Kazakhstan 3-2, Lost to Iran 0-3, Lost to India 0-3
Cadet Boys – Lost to HK 0-3, Lost to Saudi Arabia (KSA) 2-3, Beat Kazakhstan 3-2
Junior Girls – Lost to Thailand 0-3, Lost to Singapore (S’pore) 0-3, Lost to Kazakhstan 1-3
Junior Boys – Lost to Thailand 1-3, Beat KSA 3-2, Beat Vietnam 3-0
Singles: Cadet Boys – Thenuka Ubayasena (SL) lost to Harimoto (Japan) 3-0 (7/11, 4/11, 2/11)
Harshana Karandawela (SL) lost to Kang Jinho (Korea) 3-0 (2/11, 7/11, 7/11)
Helitha Hendawitharana (SL) lost to Tsang Tsz (HK) 3-1 (6/11, 5/11, 14/12, 8/11)
Cadet Girls – Thanushi Rodrigi (SL) lost to Chien Tung (Chinese Taipei) 3-0 (6/11, 6/11, 5/11)
Imasha Sobana (SL) lost to Koh Kai (S’pore) 1-3 (3/11, 6/11, 11/9, 5/11)
Nathasha Siwrathna (SL) lost to Goi Rui (S’pore) 3-0 (6/11, 9/11, 2/11)
Doubles: Junior Boys – Udaya Ranasinghe-Krishan Wickremaratne (SL) lost to Passara Pattaratom-Puangthip Sirawit (Thailand) 1-3 (11/6, 7/11, 8/11, 7/11)
Supun Warusawithana-Dishanka Tennakoon (SL) lost to Huang Chien/Lin Yun-Ju (Thaipe) 0-3 (6/11, 5/11, 6/11)
Junior Girls – Hansani Kapugeekiyana-Chamathsara Fernando (SL) lost to Calange Ravichandran-Selvakumar Selena (India) 0-3 (8/11, 7/11, 6/11)
Muthumali Priyadarshani-Sheshala Bandara (SL) lost to Lou Qi/Flung Wai (HK) 0-3 (7/11, 7/11, 6/11)
Mixed Doubles: Harshana Karandawela-Chamathsara Fernando (SL) lost to Tay Ming/Tan En (S’pore) 1-3 (11/9, 5/11, 7/11, 4/11)