Tennis: Two Sri Lankans crash out of ITF F1 Men's Singles

Sri Lankan players Shamal Dissanayake and Yasitha de Silva were eliminated from the ongoing ITF F1 Futures Men's Singles Tournament after suffering defeats in their second round games played on Wednesday (21).

Dissanayake who recorded a stunning win against France's Francois Arthur Vibert on Tuesday (20) was defeated by Russian Mikhail Korovin on Wednesday (21) 7-6, 6-0.

De Silva, who was impressive in the first round, had to suffer a 6-1, 6-2 defeat against Italian Davide Galoppini. 

The seven-day tournament which began on Monday (19) will end on Sunday (25) at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association clay courts at Greenpath in Colombo.

Results of Men's Singles 2nd round matches played on Wednesday:

Sumit Nagal (IND) beat Manish Sureshkumar (IND) 6/0, 6/1

Davide Galoppin (ITA) beat Yasitha de Silva (SRI) 6/1, 6/2

Fabrizio Ornago (ITA) beat Yuri Dzhavakian (UKR) 6/3, 6/1

Mikhail Korovin (RUS) beat Sharmal Dissanayake (SRI) 7/6(6), 6/0

Alexander Zhurbin (RUS) beat Nino Portales (FRA) 6/4, 6/4

Pierre Faivre (FRA) beat Nicholas Bybel (USA) 6/1, 6/3

Prjwal Dev (IND) beat Peter Goldsteiner (ITA) 3/6, 7/5, 6/3

Carlos Boluda (ESP) beat Philip Bachmaier (AUT) 6/2, 6/0