Semi-finalists found in SSC Tennis Tourney

By M. Shamil Amit

Gehansa Methnadi along with Venuli Jayasinghe, Dulkini Ranasinghe and Sandithi Usgodaarachchi secured their Girls’ Under-18 semi-final spots in the CL Synergy SSC Open Tennis Championship played at the SSC Courts in Maitland Place yesterday.

In the Men’s Open Doubles, the pair of Dhilvan Herath/Apna Perera, Dumindu Dilum/Chehan Fernando, Beeshwaran Balaratnarajah/Jagath Gamage and Methika Wickramasinghe/Ruwan Gunawardena won their respective quarter-final matches. 

Results:
Girls Under-18 Singles (quarter-finals): Gehansa Methnadi beat Vinethya Dharmaratne 6-2, 6-7, 10-7. Venuli Jayasinghe beat Sanuthi Wong 6-0, 6-0. Dulkini Ranasinghe beat Githmi Fernando 2-6, 7-5, 10-6. Sandithi Usgodaarachchi beat Diyana de Silva 6-3, 6-1. Men’s Open Doubles (quarter-finals): Dhilvan Herath/Apna Perera beat Alexan Yogebdra/Kavin Fernando 6-2, 6-0. Dumindu Dilum/Chehan Fernando beat Matheesha Nettasinghe/Sandas Usgodaarachchi 6-3, 6-2. Beeshwaran Balaratnarajah/Jagath Gamage beat Ashaml Mohamed/Ranida Ranaweera 6-1, 6-2. Methika Wickramasinghe/Ruwan Gunawardena received a walkover.