107th National Tennis Championship Rain hampers proceedings

By M. Shamil Amit

Rain hampered proceedings of the 107th National Tennis  Championship which got underway at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath,  Colombo.
However, some of the matches in the junior segment were  conducted which has now reached the quarter-final stage.

Results:

Quarter-finals:
Girls Under 12 – Yuhansa Peiris beat Hesandi Mallawaarachchi 2-1 (2/4, 4/2,  11/9), Annaya Norbert beat Gianna Perera 2-0 (4/2, 5/3), Sandathi  Usgododaarachchi beat Oshini Gunaratne 2-0 (4/1, 4/0), Akesha Silva beat  Chara de Zoysa 2-0 (4/0, 4/1); Boys  Under 12 – Rishith Somaratne beat Chamath Dharmaratne 2-0 (4/1, 4/1),  Rahil Rizvie beat Yudeeraya Atapattu 2-0 (4/1, 4/2), Ashin de Silva beat  Ramon Sritharan 2-0 (5/3, 4/2); Girls  Under 16 – Oneli Samarawickrama beat Nelani Jayasuriya 2-1 (7/5, 2/6,  10/5), Dinara de Silva beat Arushi Thomas 2-0 (6/1, 6/3), Ruvi Lewkebandara  beat Senulya Wijayawardena 2-0 (6/3, 6/0), Nesangi Hemakumara beat Anithra  Dharmaratne 2-1 (3/6, 7/6, 10/7)