Udaya Ranasinghe bags triple crown
South Asian Games participants Udaya Ranasinghe and Hansani Piumila Kapugeekiyana won the men’s and women’s titles and the Most Outstanding Player awards respectively at the 73rd National Table Tennis Championship 2019 held at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium last weekend.
A total number of 227 men and women participated in the event which was worked off in Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Consolation Men and Women events.
Ranasinghe made it a remarkable tournament by winning a triple crown in emerging winner in Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles (partnered by Nirmala Jayasinghe) and the Mixed Doubles (with Bimandi Bandara) events.
Final results:
- Men’s Singles: Udaya Ransinghe (Vidyartha College Old Boys TT Club) beat Supuna Warusawithana (University of Moratuwa) 4-0 (11/7, 11/7, 11/ 7, 12/10)
- Women’s Singles: Hansani Piumila Kapugeekiyana (Sri Lanka Navy) beat Jithara Warnakulasuriya (Ladies College, Colombo) 4-2 (11/6, 11/9, 11/9, 8/11, 8/11, 11/ 9)
- Men’s Doubles: Udaya Ransinghe (Vidyartha College Old Boys TT Club) /Nirmala Jayasinghe (MAS Intimates) beat Rohan Sirisena ( STAG Table Tennis Academy) and Chameera Ginige (University of Sri Jayewardenepura) 3-1 (11/5, 13/11, 6/11, 16/14)
- Women’s Doubles: Ishara Madurangi (Sri Lanka Ports Authority) / Nuwani Nawodya (Army) beat Bimandi Bandara ( Hillwood College – Kandy) / Ayla Chitty ( Ladies College, Colombo) 3-2 (5/11, 11/7 ,11/7, 4/11, 11/6)
- Mixed Doubles: Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha Old Boys TT Club) / Bimandi Bandara (Hillwood College Kandy) beat Sajith Kavinda/Nuwani Navodya (Army) 3-0 (11/7, 11/9.11/8)
- Consolation Men’s Singles: Vinuka Gunawardena (Royal College, Colombo) beat Kasun Nilanga (Army) 2-0 (11/8, 11/5)
- Consolation Women’s Singles: Sandinthie Jayasinghe (Musaeus College, Colombo) beat Tharidi Thamasha (Vihara Maha Devi B.M.V, Kiribathgoda) 2-0 (11/4, 11/9)
- The most outstanding Players of the tournament:
- Men: Udaya Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College Old Boys TT Club
- Women: Hansani Piumila Kapugeekiyana of Sri Lanka Navy.