Rukshika bags SSC Tennis treble
Rukshika Wijesooriya, former student of Asian School Colombo excelled to clinch triple crown at the S.S.C open tennis championship 2017 concluded recently in Colombo.
Rukshika was the winner in the girls U/18 singles, women’s open singles as well as open doubles events.
She beat Neyara Weerawansa 6-2, 6-1 in the girls U/18 singles final and then went on to annex the women’s open singles title by defeating Roshenka Fernando 6-4,6-3. Rukshika pairing with Roshenka Fernando beat Nimmna Fernando and Janali Manamperi 6-0, 6-1 to win the women’s open doubles title.
Rukshika started playing tennis at the age of 8 when she was a student of Sri Lankan School Muscat in Oman. Later, as a student of Asian School Colombo she participated in several ranking tennis tournaments conducted by Sri Lanka tennis association.
Presently, she is attached to a tennis academy in Florida, USA. She was in Sri Lanka for two months on a holiday and during that period she took part in the S.S.C open tennis championship and Colombo championship 2017.
