Australia easily beat Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Men's Team Table Tennis Round of 16 match at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (6).
In the first tie, Australian Heming Hu beat Rohan Sirisena in straight sets 3-0 -- 13-11, 11-2 and 11-5.
Sri Lanka sensed of a bounce-back when Udaya Ranasinghe won the first two sets against Xin Yan, who snatched the tie 3-2.
Yan beat Ranasinghe 8-11, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6 and 11-6.
In the third tie, Aussies David Powell and Heming Hu paired up to beat Rohan Sirisena and Buwaneka Jayasinghe in a five-setter thriller 3-2.
The Australian duo won with scores of 6-11, 11-3, 11-5, 10-12 and 11-2.
The Singles ties of Buwaneka Jayasinghe vs Xin Yan and Udaya Ranasinghe vs David Powell were not played after Australia bagged the match 3-0.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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