Sri Lanka to take part in Asian Junior under 16 Tennis C'ships

Sanjaya Ariyaratne

Sri Lanka is to take part in the Asian Junior Under 16 Tennis Mixed Championships which will be worked off in Bangkok, Thailand for the first time from November 29 to December 3.

Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Mongolia are the other countries who vie for honours in this tournament. This is the first time that Sri Lanka is going to take part in this event.

Singapore is the highest ranked team in the boys section while Vietnam are the top in the girls side but Korea are the favourites to win the title. Korea are the ranked two and three teams respectively in this event.

As Sri Lanka are making their debut in this championship they will face a tough challenge. Two players have been selected after the selection trials held early November at Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts, Green Path, Colombo.

The players are Shenelle Abeysekara of Bishop College and Sehan Gomez of Royal College while Diana Alles will accompany the team as non playing captain. Owing to the O/L examination many of the top players in the island were reluctant to take part in play trials for selection.