Asian Junior Tennis semis today

Richard DWIGHT

It was most unfortunate that the semi-finals of the Under-14 ITF Asian Tennis Championship which was scheduled to take place yesterday at Sarawak, Malaysia had to be put off for today due to inclement weather. The boys representing Sri Lanka are Shamal Dissanayake, Nishangan Nadaraja, Alex Fairbanks with Sanjeev Mohankumar as reserve, whilst the girls representing Sri Lanka are Kavindhya de Silva, Thisuni Molligoda, Nethmi Waduge with Thiruni Devaraj as reserve.

The International Tennis Federation Under-14 Asian Championship 2010 Group II is being held in conjunction with the Asian Tennis Federation at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

The significant thing about this current tournament is that ITF will choose the best four girls/boys to the ITF team to play in the Zone I in China this year. From the Zone I ITF Tournament, the ITF will choose the best girls/boys in the Asian team who will tour Europe for six weeks during the course of the year.

Results

Boys First Round

S. Dissanayake (SL) bt Khapasith (LAO) 6/0, 6/0. N. Nadaraja (SL) bt A. Feez (MAL) 7/5, 6/0. A. Fairbanks (SL) bt Mamum (BAN) 6/1, 6/2.

Pre quarters

S. Dissanayake (SL) bt Chang (MAS) 6/0, 6/1. A. Fairbanks (SL) bt Thabit (YEM) 6/0, 6/3. Khamphoumy (LAO) bt N. Nadaraja (SL) 7/6, 2/6, 6/0.

Girls First Round

T. Molligoda (SL) bt Sheema (YEM) 6/1, 6/1. K. de Silva (SL) bt Kinaly (LAO) 6/2, 6/1. N. Waduge (SL) bt Emily (MAL) 6/3, 6/1.

Prequarters

Choo (MAL) bt T. Molligoda (SL) 6/0, 6/2. Archana (MAL) bt K. de Silva (SL) 6/1, 6/1. bt N. Waduge (SL) 6/0, 6/2.