Achini Ratnasiri wins a Double Crown
Achini Ratnasiri (L) continues to be in perfect form
Achini Ratnasiri won a Double Crown at the Sri Lanka Open Badminton Championship 2019, organised by the Nationalised Badminton Association, which concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium courts recently.
Over 1,200 Men, Women and Schoolchildren participated in the championship, which had over Rs. 500,000 disbursed among the winners.
Achini won the Open Women’s Singles event with a 2-0 win over Kavindika De Silva and went on to win the Women’s Doubles 2-0, partnering Upuli Samanthika.
In the Open Men’s event, Lochana De Silva defeated Maduka Dulanjana 2-0 to
win the championship, and the youngster went on to win
the Boys’ Under-19 Singles
and Doubles events to win a Triple Crown.
Results of the Final matches
- Open:
Men’s Singles: Lochana De Silva beat Maduka Dulanjana 2-0 (21/15, 21/12)
Women’s Singles: Achini Ratnasiri beat Kavindika De Silva 2-0 (21/7, 21/6)
Men’s Doubles: Chiran Sudeera/Lahiru Wickremasinghe beat Hasitha Chanaka/Thulith Palliyaguruge 2-1 (19/21, 21/19, 21/9)
Women’s Doubles: Achini Ratnasiri/Upuli Weerasinghe beat Kavindika De Silva/Dilmi Dias 2-0 (21/5, 21/12)
Mixed Doubles: Hasitha Chanaka/Upuli Weerasinghe beat Muhammath/Chandrika De Silva 2-1 (21/17, 21/23, 21/18)
- Boys Open:
Under-11 Singles: Senuth Sethmika beat Chenal Devshan 2-0 (15/12, 15/11)
Under-13 Singles: Akindu Jayatilleke beat Ranthuka Rupasinghe 2-0 (15/11, 15/9)
Under-13 Doubles: Akindu Jayatilleke/Mihila Jayaweera beat Sanuda Ariyasinghe/Ranthuka Rupathunga 2-0 (15/12, 15/12)
Under-15 Singles: Ashinsa Herath beat Luwin Koddippili 2-0 (21/17, 23/21)
Under-15 Doubles: Manthuka Rupasinghe/Santhosh Tharaneesparan beat Luwin Koddippli/Vidush Sumanadasa 2-1 (23/21, 18/21, 21/11)
Under-17 Singles: Saveenaka Weerasekera beat Kavindu Salgado 2-1 (11/21, 21/7, 21/8)
Under-17 Doubles: Thenuka De Silva/Viren Neththasinghe beat Jason Homer/Manuth Pelawatta 2-0 (21/18, 21/19)
Under-19 Singles: Lochana De Silva beat Venura Pelawatta 2-0 (21/12, 21/12)
Under-19 Doubles: Lochana De Silva/Thulith Palliyaguru beat Digayu Kahatapitiya/Lakindu Ranaweera 2-0 (21/19, 22/20)
- Open Girls:
Under-11 Singles: Sandaruvi Jayalath beat Isuri Attanayake 2-0 (15/13, 15/9)
Under-13 Singles: Nethmi Ratnayake beat Komuthu Kumarapperuma 2-1 (12/15, 15/10, 15/11)
Under-13 Doubles: Thiseja Herath/Runumi Manage beat Dilshi Dissanayake/Lorani Weerasinghe 2-0 (15/9, 21/19)
Under-15 Singles: Varangana Jayawardene beat Praveena Wijesundera 2-0 (21/15, 22/20)
Under-15 Doubles: Irushi Amandi/Nethanga Palliyaguru beat Denethya Jayandi/Devni Ubesiriwardene 2-0 (21/7, 21/15)
Under-17 Singles: Sasani Hansamali beat Chanushi Jayodha 2-0 (21/7, 21/21/10)
Under-17 Doubles: Panchali Adhikari/Manudhi Mithara beat Chanushi Jayodha/Pankaji Wickremasinghe 2-0 (21/12, 21/16)
Under-19 Singles: Dilmi Dias beat Anurangi Maskorala 2-0 (21/18, 21/12)
Under-19 Doubles: Dilmi Dias/Anurangi Maskorala received a walk-over
- Open Veterans:
Over-35 Men’s Singles: Muhammud beat Amila Yatapana 2-0 (21/13, 21/19)
Over-40 Men’s Singles: Hiruna Dissanayake beat Conrad De Silva 2-1 (21/19, 19/21, 21/19)
Over-40 Women’s Singles: Vipuli Abeysekera received a walk-over
Over-40 Men’s Doubles: Clarence Homer/Upendra Jayawardene beat Randika Peiris/Nihan Ranasinghe 2-0 (21/10, 21/18)
Over-40 Women’s Doubles: Vipuli Abeysekera/Kaushali Dissanayake beat A.U. Gamage/Ramani Gunasekera 2-0 (21/9, 21/10)
Over-50 Men’s Singles: Dharshana Senaratne beat Tyrone Peiris 2-0 (21/15, 21/19)
Over-50 Men’s Doubles: R. Pathirana/Niroshan Wijekoon beat Mangala Gamage/Kamal Gamlath 2-0 (21/19, 21/14)
Over-60 Men’s Singles: W.M. Ariyasena beat Parakrama Basnayake 2-0 (21/9, 21/10)
Over-60 Men’s Doubles: Rohan De Silva/Luvie Karunaratne beat W.M. Ariyasena/Parakrama Basnayake 2-1 (21/13, 19/21, 21/11)