Table Tennis: Sri Lanka finish at the bottom at 22nd Asian Junior and Cadet Championship

Sri Lanka Junior Boys and Girls teams and Cadet Boys and Girls teams failed to live up to their billing as South Asia's No.2, at the 22nd Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship 2016 held in Thailand. 

Sri Lanka Junior Boys team lead by Udaya Ranasinghe was ranked 11 out of 14, and the Girls team was ranked 12 out of 12 countries, while the Cadet Boys and Girls teams were both ranked 11 out of 12. 

In the Junior Boys Singles Sri Lanka's main hope Udaya Ranasinghe beat Sirawit of Thailand 3-1, but was beaten by Passara Pattaratom of Thailand 3-1. 

Sri Lanka started the tournament on the wrong foot as they had to give walk-overs on the first day to Japan (Cadet Boys), Chinese Taipei (Cadet Girls), DPR Korea (Junior Girls) Chinese Taipei (Junior Boys) and Kazakhstan (Junior Girls) due to their delayed arrival in Thailand. 

Results: 

Cadet Girls: Lost to Thailand 0-3, Lost to Hong Kong (HK) 0-3, Beat Kazakhstan 3-2, Lost to Iran 0-3, Lost to India 0-3.
 
Cadet Boys: Lost to HK 0-3, Lost to Saudi Arabia (KSA) 2-3, Beat Kazakhstan 3-2.
 
Junior Girls: Lost to Thailand 0-3, Lost to Singapore 0-3, Lost to Kazakhstan 1-3.
 
Junior Boys: Lost to Thailand 1-3, Beat KSA 3-2, Beat Vietnam 3-0.
 
Singles Cadet Boys: Thenuka Ubayasena (SL) lost to Harimoto (Japan) 3-0 (7/11, 4/11, 2/11), Harshana Karandawela (SL) lost to Kang Jinho (Korea) 3-0 (2/11, 7/11, 7/11), Helitha Hendawitharana (SL) lost to Tsang Tsz (HK) 3-1 (6/11, 5/11, 14/12, 8/11).
 
Singles Cadet Girls: Thanushi Rodrigi (SL) lost to Chien Tung (Chinese Taipei) 3-0 (6/11, 6/11, 5/11), Imasha Sobana (SL) lost to Koh Kai (S'pore) 1-3 (3/11, 6/11, 11/9, 5/11), Nathasha Siwrathna (SL) lost to Goi Rui (S'pore) 3-0 (6/11, 9/11, 2/11).
 
Doubles Junior Boys: Udaya Ranasinghe and Krishan Wickremaratne (SL) lost to Passara Pattaratom and Puangthip Sirawit (Thailand) 1-3 (11/6, 7/11, 8/11, 7/11), Supun Warusawithana and Dishanka Tennakoon (SL) lost to Huang Chien and Lin Yun-Ju (Thaipe) 0-3 (6/11, 5/11, 6/11).
 
Doubles Junior Girls: Hansani Kapugeekiyana and Chamathsara Fernando (SL) lost to Calange Ravichandran and Selvakumar Selena (India) 0-3 (8/11, 7/11, 6/11), Muthumali Priyadarshani and Sheshala Bandara (SL) lost to Lou Qi and Flung Wai (HK) 0-3 (7/11, 7/11, 6/11).
 
Mixed Doubles: Harshana Karandawela and Chamathsara Fernando (SL) lost to Tay Ming and Tan En (S'pore) 1-3 (11/9, 5/11, 7/11, 4/11).