Seeded players advance to U-18 quarter-finals
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Thehan and Chathurya won the Men's Doubles title last week
Top and bottom seeded players in the Boys Under-18 singles Luca Knese and Thehan Wijemanne along with Jaitra de Saram, Hesara Kuruppu, Chathurya Nilaweera, Janith Munasinghe and Dhilvan Herath advanced to the quarter finals easing past the opposition in the pre-quarter finals of the 105th National Tennis Championship at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday.
Meanwhile, the 16 players to qualify to the pre-quarter finals of the Boys Under-14 singles were found after the completion of the second round matches that were played concurrently. The championship will be continued today.
Results
Boys Under-18 Singles Pre-quarter-finals:
Luca Knese beat Harieshwar
Parameshwaran 2-0 (6/0, 6/0)
Jaitra de Saram beat Rakesh
Ratnasingham 2-0 (6/1, 6/4)
Hesara Kuruppu beat
Ranmith Herath 2-0 (6/1, 6/4)
Chathurya Nilaweera beat
Hasal Ahangama 2-0 (6/2, 6/4)
Janith Munasinghe beat
Heshikia Perera 2-1 (1/6, 6/1, 10/6)
Thehan Wijemanne beat
Zaidh Zihar 2-0 (6/2, 6/2)
Dhilvan Herath received walkover
Boys Under-14 Singles:
Vichithrya Nilaweera beat
Aahil Kaleel 2-0 (6/2, 6/0)
Janava de Saram beat
Sandas Uggodaarachchi 2-1 (6/3, 1/6, 10/6)
Tharuk Marasinghe beat
Rimitha Perera 2-0 (6/0, 6/3)
Lisal Goonetileke beat
Raveen Akurettyagama 2-0 (6/2, 6/3)
Matheesha Nettasinghe beat
Kavindu Sathsara 2-0 6/0, 6/0)
Mohamed Nishad beat
Jamal Sabry 2-0 (7/5, 7/5)
Roshith Abeysundara beat
Nadith de Silva 2-0 (6/1, 6/0)
Nithila Goonetileke beat
Gehash Tissera 2-0 (6/2, 6/4)
Thisanda Bellanaarachchi beat
Karthi Udayachandran 2-0 (7/5, 6/3)
Methvan Wijemanne beat
Ganuka Fernando 2-0 (Rtd, 5/0)
Dhanushka Dias beat
Aveesh Ganegoda 2-0 (6/0, 6/2)
Ransaith Peiris beat
Amrik Wettumuny 2-0 (6/2, 6/0)
Manesh Kajan beat
Louis Knese 2-0 (7/6(1), 6/1)
Yonal Ariyananda beat
Yuthila Hettiarachchi 2-1 (7/5, 0/6, 16/14)
Senuk Gunaratne beat
Abdul Baasith 2-0 (7/5, 6/3)
Thilina Dissanayake beat
Lithum Jayabandu 2-0 (6/0, 6/0)