ITF Junior Circuit Tennis Week-2 Methwan, Ivanka bow out of contention

Seo Yun Choi of Korea in action

Dong Hyeon Euom of Korea in action

By M. Shamil Amit  

Sri Lanka’s Methwan Wijemanne and Ivanka Samarasinghe bowed out of contention of the ongoing ITF Junior Circuit Tennis Week 2 tournament when they were beaten in the quarter finals in the girls’ and boys’ singles segment played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday.  

The pair lost to Korean opponents by identical margins of two sets to nil with Wijemanne going down to Dong Hyeon Euom and Samarasinghe going down to Seo Yun Choi.  
Meanwhile apart from Seo Yun Choi and Dong Hyeon Euom the others to book the semi final berths were Felitsata Dorofeeva-Rybas (Russia), Siyoen Sim (Korea) and Julian Cai (China) in the girls’ category and Riku Hiqashi (Japan), Kevin Titus Suresh (India) and Jahfal Muna Kanahaya (Indonesia) in the Boys’ category.  

The semi finals are scheduled to be worked off today.

Result

Quarter Finals:

Girls’ – Seo Yun Choi (Korea) beat Ivanka Samarasinghe (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/4, 6/3). Felitsata Dorofeeva-Rybas (Russia) beat Yan Rong Tzeng (Taipei) 2-0 (6/0, 6/2). Siyoen Sim (Korea) beat Nonoka Shimizu (Japan) 2-0 (6/1, 6/3). Julian Cai (China) beat Rei Miyamora (Japan) 2-0 (6/4, 6/4).  
Boys’ – Riku Hiqashi (Japan) beat Matthew Goh (Malaysia) 2-1 (6/2, 2/6, 6/3). Kevin Titus Suresh (India) beat Ivan Timofeev (Russia) 2-0 (6/4, 6/0). Dong Hyeon Euom (Korea) beat Methwan Wijemanne (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/4, 6/0). Jahfal Muna Kanahaya (Indonesia) beat Hung-Jui Cheng (Taipei) 2-1 (5/7, 6/2, 7/6).