Table Tennis: Krishan and Samadhi take major honours at Junior National Championships

Krishan Wickremaratne from Vidyartha College Kandy and Samadhi Hettiarachchi of Mahamaya Girls School Kandy created the biggest upsets at the Junior National Table Tennis Championships for 2015.   Organised and conducted by the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka this year’s tournament produced a high standard of Table Tennis by this up and coming peddlers as most of the final games went up to the deciding fifth set came to a close at the S. Thomas’ Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia.   Meeting Udaya Ranasinghe, the only Gold Medal winner at the Junior Asian Table Tennis championship 2015, Wickremaratne came out with flying colours to defeat the reigning junior national champion 4-0 in the Boy’s Under-18 final.   Though Udaya gave a tough fight but Krishan on the other hand played a sensible game which never allowed him to play his usual attacking game.   In the Girl’s Under-18 single final Samadhi faced stiff opposition from Sri Lanka National player Ruvini Kannangara to go down fighting winning two games in a five set game.   Kannangara made every effort to maintain the lead after winning the third and fourth sets but failed at the deciding final set surrendering a 3-2 win to the new champion.   In the Boy’s Junior Doubles Krishan partnering Udaya Ranasinghe defeated D. Kavishka and P de Silva combination with ease 3-0.   Hansani Piumila and C. Fernando were given a close call by B. Rajaguru and R. Karandanarachchi combination at the Girl’s Junior Doubles final.   Results:   Boys Finals Under-10: Senura Silva (Ananda College) beat Hasindu Rodrigo (Dharmaraja, Kandy) 3-2 (12/10, 11/9, 10/12, 10/12, 11/6)   Under-12: Dhanushka Wijesinghe (Kingswood, Kandy) beat Chanul Dulsen (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) 3-2 (11/8, 8/11, 11/3, 9/11, 11/4)   Under-15: Dishanka Tennakoon (Dharmaraja, Kandy) beat Chatura Gunasekera (Sussex College) 3-1 (11/6, 11/6, 2/11, 11/8)   Under-18: Krishan Wickremaratne (Vidyartha, Kandy) beat Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha, Kandy) 4-0 (11/7, 15/13, 11/6, 14/12)   Girls Finals   Under-10: Bimandie Bandara (Sussex College) beat Nadithi Rehansa (Prajapathi College) 3-2 (11/7, 4/11, 7/11, 14/12, 11/1)   Under-12: Jithara Warnakulasuriya (Ladies College) beat Kavishka Kavindi (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) 3-0 (11/8, 11/7, 11/7)   Under-15: Imasha de Silva (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) beat Natasha Sadavinee (Visakha Vidyalaya) 3-1 (11/8, 11/5, 5/11, 12/10)   Under-18: Samadhi Hettiarachchi (Mahamaya, Kandy) beat Ruvini Kannangara (Musaeus College) 3-2 (11/6, 11/7, 9/11, 8/11, 11/9)   Junior Doubles Finals   Boys: Udaya Ranasinghe/Krishan Wickremaratne beat D. Kavishka/P. De Silva 3-0 (11/7, 11/6, 11/5)   Girls: Hansani Piumila/C. Fernando beat B. Rajaguru/R. Karandanarachchi 3-1 (12/10, 12/10, 10/12, 11/3)   Mixed Doubles   R. Kannangara/N. Ranchagoda beat K. Ranawaka/V. Hendawitharana 3-0 (11/8, 11/4, 14/12)