ITF junior tennis C'ship:

Boys Singles semi-finalists found

Richard DWIGHT

The International Tennis Federation Under 18 championship 2009 which began on Monday 23 at the SSC Courts, has in the girls singles got pass the second round stage yesterday with the quarter-finals to be worked off today - whilst in the Boys Singles the semi-final stage has been reached. There are around 80 juniors from eight countries inclusive of Sri Lanka vying for championship honours.

Results :

Girls Singles:

J. Jayawickreme (SL) bt: S. Thayakaran (SL) 6/0, 6/2

M. Sehrawat (Ind) bt : U. Suhail (Pak) 7/6, 6/2

A. Bhatia (Ind) bt: S. Pahakmad (Thai) 6/2, 7/5

K. Higashihara (Jap) bt: T. Kusube 6/1, 6/0

A. Muttiah (SL) bt: H. de Cesare 6/4, 7/6.

Girls Singles Contd:

K. Tsuji (Jap) bt: M. Khokhar (Pak) 6/0, 6/3

Emi Okazaki (Jap) bt: S. Sherif (Canada) 6/4, 2/6, 6/2

Y. Nagai (Jap) bt: S. Vasupongchai (Thai) 6/4, 5/7, 6/2.

The boys singles have progressed to the semi-final stage and the quarter-final results are as follows.

R. Tachi (Jap) bt: V. de Alwis (SL) 6/2, 6/1

G. Weerasekera (SL) bt: S. Kato (Jap) 6/0, 6/0

A. Jayawickrema (SL) bt: N. Luesantia (Thai) 7/6, 7/5

P. Sornjaratsuwan (Thai) bt: R. Kishi (Jap) 6/3, 6/4.