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Mercantile Tennis
Arjan has not lost his touch
By Bilal Yusuf
Veteran Arjan Perera proved that he has not lost any of his old touch when he took the division one title at the annual Mercantile Tennis Tournament, which is currently being conducted at SLTA, courts.

However National Development Bank was all set to maintain their stranglehold on the tournament. NDB who are the defending champions have a earned 133 points in the tournament so far, with the Men's division 2 and 3, Women's singles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles yet to be completed.

DFCC are way behind the leaders, and have scored 40 points so far. Unichela are placed 3rd with 29 points. The tournament has been badly affected due to the current weather conditions prevailing in Colombo with only the division 1 tournament in the men's tournament being completed.

Arjan Perera emerged victorious in the division 1 category securing 15 points for NDB. Gazali Ghouse of Nations Trust Bank finished 2nd with 10 points and P. Musthapha was placed 3rd(5 points).

In the men's division 2 semifinals D.Gajanayake (UCL) had it easy against I.Majid (SCH) winning in straight sets 6-3, 6-0, Gajanayake will meet K.Wickrema (UCL) in the finals. Wickrema received a walkover in his semi final match.

The division 3 semifinals saw H.Chandrasekera (Trans Asia) emerge victorious over K.A.Sudarshana (Trans Asia) 6-4,6-4. In the other semifinal K de Soyza (NDB) beat L.Jayasekera (Brandex) 7-6,6-3.

In the Women's singles Tournament R.Kulasuriya of Seylan Bank will meet M.Liyanage of DFCC in the first semifinal and in the second semifinal, S.Silva will play the winner of the quarterfinal match between H.Fernando and S.Abeygunawardene. R. Kulasuriya beat S.Sethwela 6-1, 6-0, M.Liyanage beat K.Dias 6-1,6-1, S.Silva beat A.Perera in their quarterfinal matches.

The women's doubles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and over 35 category men's are still in its early stages and would be completed during the week.

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