Godamanne meets Rajapakse in men’s singles final

Richard Dwight

In the 94th Sri Lanka Tennis Nationals which is moving past the semi-final stage at the SLTA courts - witnessed both Davis Cup players, the last year’s champion and No. 1 seed, Harshana Godamanne and the seeded Rajeev Rajapakse along with T. Dineshkanthan, a promising dominant force to be reckoned with.

All three of them did well to win through their 2nd round and quarter final matches. In the semi-final the defending champion Godamanne had things his way to win easily against Michael Siyaguna whilst in the other semi-final it was a hard fought battle between Dineshkanthan and Rajeev Rajapakse both gave as much as they got and stretched each other to the extent that Rajapakse pulled it through to win.

The finals between the seasoned campaigners Harshana Godamanne and Rajeev Rajapakse will be tense enough to be keenly fought out. The women’s final will be between Amritha Muttiah and Nilupul Gunesekara.

The award ceremony is scheduled for Sunday evening September 13.

Results:

Men’s singles

Quarter finals: H. Godamanne beat G. Weerasekera 6/1, 6/3, 6/3. M. Siyaguna beat A. Weerasinghe 6/1, 6/2, 6/4. R. Rajapakse beat A. Jayawickrema 7/6, 0/6, 6/1, 6/2. T. Dineshkanthan beat S. Atukorale 6/3, 6/1, 7/5.

Semi finals: H. Godamanne beat M. Siyaguna 6/1, 6/1, 6/0. R. Rajapakse beat T. Dineshkanthan 7/6, 6/4, 7/5.

Women’s singles

Semi finals: A. Muttiah beat S. Thayakaran 6/1, 6/1. N. Gunesekara beat K. Herath 6/4, 6/7 (4), 7/5.