Tennis: GSTC successfully conducts mega prize money tournament

The Government Servants Tennis Club, popularly known as GSTC, has successfully completed a ranking tournament with mega prize money, while strictly following all COVID-19 protocols. 

The GSTC Prestige Prize Money All-Island Doubles Tournament attracted a record number of entries in the Men’s as well as the Women’s categories.

The prize money was the biggest ever in the history of Sri Lankan tennis for a Doubles tournament. 

The Men’s as well as the Women’s Doubles champions were given an attractive cash prize of Rs 100,000 each while the runners-up pairs in both categories got Rs 50,000 each. 

They also received trophies and a gift pack from YETI.

After the finals, the four finalists were invited to plant Mahogany tree saplings along the boundary of the club premises as a gesture to support the environment.

GSTC has three regularly maintained clay courts and has recently installed floodlights to all the courts. 

GSTC is nearly a century old tennis club and attracts juniors, veterans and the budding youngsters too into its membership fold.

The results of the final matches were as follows:

Men’s Doubles:
Champions: Yasitha de Silva and Sankha Atukorale
Runners-up: Savit Weerasinghe and Archana Lokuge
Score: 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Doubles:
Champions: Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi
Runners-up: Amritha Muttiah and Kemalie Herath
Score: 6-3, 6-0