Thehan bows out of contention
Sri Lanka’s Thehan Wijemanne who put up a spirited performance in the early stages of the ITF Junior Circuit Week 4 tennis tournament bowed out of contention losing to eighth seeded Hyeoung Jin Kim of Korea in the quarter-final encounter played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday morning. Thehan Wijemanne cruised through to the quarter-finals with a convincing two sets to nil win over fourth seeded player Leroy Yong of Malaysia on Friday.
Meanwhile after the completion of the quarter-finals, the semi final encounters of the two categories were played.
In the girls semi-finals the fifth and seventh seeded players Ya Chi Hsu and Yi Chin Wu both of Chinese Taipei qualified to the final. In the boys semi-final fifth and eight seeded players – Nauvaldo Jati Agatra of Indonesia and Uddayvir Singh of India entered the final. The two finals will be worked-off this morning.
| Results Singles | |
| Quarter-finals: Girls: Hsing Ju Sing (Chinese Taipei) beat Chioe Chong Jing (Malaysia) 2-0 (4/1, 4/1); Jesse Wirahadipoernomo (Indonesia) beat Yuyun Chen (Chinese Taipei) 2-0 (4/1, 5/3); Ya Chi Hsu (Chinese Taipei) beat Carmencita Isabela Carlos (Philippines) 2-0 (4/1, 5/3); Yi Chin Wu (Chinese Taipei) beat Vidisha Pallamreddy (India) 2-0 (4/0, 4/0). Boys: Rui ning Huang (China) beat Subash Paramasivam (India) 2-0 (4/1, 5/3); Hyeoung Jin Kim (Korea) beat Thehan Wijemanne (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (4/1, 4/0); Nauvaldo Jati Agatra (Indonesia) beat Udit Gogoi (India) 2-0 (5/3, 4/2); Uddayvir Singh (India) beat Dhruv Hirpara (India) 2-0 (4/0, 4/1). Semi-finals: Girls: Yi Chin Wu (Chinese Taipei) beat Hsing Ju Sing (Chinese Taipei) 2-1 (3/5, 5/4(2), 4/2); Ya Chi Hsu (Chinese Taipei) beat Jesse Wirahadipoernomo (Indonesia) 2-0 (4/1, 5/3). Boys: Nauvaldo Jati Agatra (Indonesia) beat Rui ning Huang (China) 2-0 (4/1, 5/3); Uddayvir Singh (India) beat Hyeoung Jin Kim (Korea) 2-0 (4/0, 4/1). |