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
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