Unseed players Savith Weerasinghe and Aadavan Pushparaj pulled off stunning wins over the fourth and fifth seeded players Akila Vimukthi and Archana Lokuge respectively in the Under-18 Boys Singles encounters played at the SLTA courts in Greenpath, Colombo on Saturday (8). Weerasinghe and Pushparaj had little difficulty in brushing off the challenge put in by the much fancied Vimukthi and Lokuge respectively as they won the game with ease in the three setters. In the other matches that were played for the in the Under-18 boys category saw the second, sixth and eighth seeded players Chehan Fernando, Amandha Gunawardena and Avindra Perera along with Sheal Karunaratne, Vibuda Wijebandara. Isuru Wijeratne, Vikum Jayasuriya, Dinith Wickramanayake, Praveen Steele, Ramith Jayanetti, Inthujan Selvaratnarajah, Rusiru Fernando winning their matches to advance to the next round. In the Under-18 Girls Singles third and fourth seeded players Thisuri Molligoda and Ruskhika Wijesooriya along with Sethara Ambawatte, Pamoda Jayasekera, Janali Manamperi, Tarah Greig qualify to the next stage of the championship. In the Under-18 Boys Singles the top five seeded players are: B. Suren, Anish Wijesinghe, Chehan Fernando, Akila Vimukthi and Amandha Gunawardena while Medhira Samarasinghe, Nethmi Waduge, Thisuri Molligoda and Ruskhika Wijesooriya are top seeded players in the girls’ category. The Junior National Tennis Championship 2015 conducted by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) coincides with centenary celebrations of the SLTA and will run until August 23.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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