Badminton: Niluka dominates 63rd National Championship

Niluka Karunaratne dominated the 63rd National Badminton Championship, with a double crown to his credit, winning the Men’s Open Singles and Men’s Open Double at Anuradhapura on Tuesday (27).   Niluka beat his sibling Dinuka to win the Men’s Open after winning the Open Double event earlier on.   But he missed a well deserved triple crown when Buwanela Bunathilake and Kavindi Sirimannage defeated Niluka and his Mixed Doubles partner Nadeesha Gayanathi in the final.   Thilini Hendahewa won the Women’s Open Singles beating Kavindi Sirimannage as the Women’s Open Doubles was claimed by Achini and Ruvini Ratnasiri, who paired up to beat Thilini and Chandrika de Silva.   Results   Open Men’s Singles: Niluka Karunaratne beat Dinuka Karunaratne   Open Women’s Singles: Thilini Hendahewa beat Kavindi Sirimannage   Open Men’s Doubles: Niluka Karunaratne and Dinuka Karunaratne beat Buwaneka Gunatilleke and Sachin Dias   Open Women’s Doubles: Achini Ratnasiri and Upuli Samanmthika beat Chandrika de Silva and Thilini Hendahewa   Open Mixed Doubles: Buwaneka Gunatilleke and Kavindi Sirimannage beat Niluka Karunaratne and Nadeesha Gayanthi   Under-19 Boys Singles: Resintha Ridma beat Maduka Dulanjana   Under-19 Boys Doubles: Nadith Anushka and Resintha Ridma beat Umindu Liyanage and Pasindu Palliyaguru   Under-19 Girls Singles: Kavindika de Silva beat Inuri Kuruppu   Under-19 Girls Doubles: Kavindika de Silva and Nilmithra Hettiarachchi beat Udana de Alwis and Dakshina Rajaratne   Under-17 Boys Singles: Tharin Punchihewa beat Kasun Amarasena   Under-17 Boys Doubles: Tharindu Ambegoda and Tharin Punchihewa beat Kasun Amarasena and Venu Pathirana   Under-17 Girls Singles: Hashini Ambalangodage beat Hasara Wijeyaratne   Under-17 Girls Doubles: Bethmee Galagamage and Thanushi Ratnayake beat Hasini Ambalangodage and Hasara Wijayaratne   Under-15 Boys Singles: Chamath Dias beat Janishka Perera   Under-15 Boys Doubles: Bhanuka Abeysinghe and Janishka Perera beat Chamath Dias and Chirath Illeperumachchi   Under-15 Girls Singles: Dilmi Dias beat Anurangi Masakorala   Under-15 Girls Doubles: Dilmi Dias and Anuragi Masakorala beat Irushi Perera and Bimanka Gunatilleke   Under-13 Boys Singles: Duminda Abeywickrema beat Chaniru Manthika   Under-11 Boys Singles: Manthuka Rupatunga beat Sanjana Devasurendra   Under-11 Girls Singles: Dewmi Mithara beat Senuji Umagiliyage