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.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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