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Five Sri Lankan junior players four in the boys’ category and one in the girls’ segment succeeded in their first round matches played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday to advance to the second round of the ATF Under 16 Tennis Week I tournament.
The four boys to come out on top were Yonal Dankumbura, Damsath Peiris, Sanuja Wijesooriya and Jayan Sebastian while the solitary winner in the girls’ category was Methuli Naotunne.
In the matches that were played in the girls’ category the Indian girls dominated and had four winners in Yashmitha Santhosh, Druti Penmetsa, Insiyah Kamal and Lehkhisha Pacha.
The tournament will be continued today.
Girls - Methuli Naotunne (Sri Lanka) beat Yoneli Senadheera (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/2). Yashmitha Santhosh (India) beat Sahansa Perera (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/2, 6/0). Druti Penmetsa (India) beat Siheli Wijesinghe (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/2). Insiyah Kamal (India) beat Shakuni Jayasooriya (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/0, 6/2). Lehkhisha Pacha (India) beat Aadya Wijegunawardena (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/4, 6/0).
Boys - Yonal Dankumbura (Sri Lanka) beat Yejoon Tak (India) 2-0 (6/0, 6/1). Damsath Peiris (Sri Lanka) beat Kumuditha Dalpathado (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/2, 7/6). Raj Malhotra (Singapore) beat Seelan Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/0). Sanuja Wijesooriya (Sri Lanka) beat Chanakya Manoharan (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/3). Gurshaan Chahal (India) beat Dellon Fernando (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/0). Jayan Sebastian (Sri Lanka) beat Nileish Brahman (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/3). Siddharth Kandukuri (India) beat Minidu Pathiratne (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (7/5, 6/2).
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