Ravindu and Fathoum clinch top spots at SLS Open Squash
View(s):Ravindu Laksiri and Fathoum Issadeen clinched the top spots winning the Men’s and Women’s Open Championships at the SLS Open Squash Championships 2019 concluded at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash courts last weekend.
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- Ravindu
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- Fathoum
The SLS Open Squash Championship, the first open ranking tournament of the year attracted a large number of young talent islandwide. Conducted with junior events from Under 9 category for boys and girls and all the way to the Over 50 veterans category.
Laksiri rode to glory defeating his doubles partner Shameel Wakeel 3-1 in the Men’s Open finals. Issadeen with a straight set win over 17-year-old schoolmate Sameera Deen was crowned the Women’s Open Champion.
Gihan Swaris won the third spot in the Men’s Open while Yehani Kuruppu trounced Devmini Gallage in the Men’s category to win the 3rd spot.
D. Gallage clinched her maiden title winning the Under 19 Girls event beating Sameera Deen. In the Boys category of the same age group M. Wood defeated D.H.T. Randima to win the championship crown. - Lakshman Ranasinghe
Results final matches:
Under-9: Girls: D.L.S.T. Liyanage beat S. Mendis
Under-9 Boys: M.B. Dissanayake beat A.G.R. Kiran
Under-11 Girls: N.A. Dias beat M.M.B. Samaranayake
Under-11 Boys: M.B.B. Nanayakkara beat P.K.T.N. Dinwattha
Under-13 Girls: R.I. Wood beat D.M.A.D. Samaranayake
Under-13 Boys: H. Coralage beat B.P.D. Nilantha
Under-15 Girls: S.C. Sinaly beat Anargi Perera
Under-15 Boys: A.N. Lakman beat A. Thapathu
Under-17 Girls: Y. Kuruppu beat S. Siriwardana
Under-17 Boys: M.I.F. Asmonet beat E.A.N. Lakman
Under-19 Girls: D. Gallage beat S. Deen
Under-19 Boys: M. Wood beat S. Deen
Men’s Plate: M.I.F. Asmon beat L.A.C. Methsiri
Men’s Over-35: K.G. Prabath beat S.M.J. Samarakoon
Men’s Over-45: S.H.D.D. Thilakaratna beat D. Wijesundera
Men’s Over-50: S.H.D.D. Thilakaratna beat M. Riswan
Women’s Open: Fathoum Issadeen beat Sameera Deen
Men’s Open: Ravindu Laksiri beat Shamil Wakeel