Otters Junior Tennis tourney concludes

Anuradha Abeysekara

The eight annual Novices Tennis Tournament organized by Otter Aquatic Club which was postponed from December to January due to bad weather condition prevailed in the country was conducted at the Otter's Tennis Court on Wednesday.

Over 30 Junior tennis players participated in this year's tournament. The matches were conducted under four, age categories for boys and girls (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14).

The results:

Boys U-8: J Niventhan beat A Zuhir 6/2, G Hettiarachchi beat P Dilshan 6/3, N Gammanpila beat S Manulaka 7/5, S Gajadeera beat L Jayatissa 6/1, Y Gamage beat T Jayaratnam 6/1, I Indusara beat M Sharan Raj 6/1, D Kavishka beat R Seneviratne 6/1, A Arukshaks beat J Niventhan 6/2, G Hettiarachchi beat A Sameera 6/1, M Abeywardena beat S Yukesh Haran 6/1, V Weerasinghe beat M Sajith 6/4, N Jayatilleke beat I Nazeer 6/1, A Basnayake beat A David 6/0.

Boys U-10: R Ratnasingham beat S Gajadeera 9/6, K Fernando beat P Arukshaksi 9/1, S Hewapathge beat P Jasinghe 9/6, S Liyanage beat N Tennakoon 9/8 (7/4), T Shivapriyan beat S Amasith 9/6, P Perera beat T Uduwage 9/0, T Shivapriyan beat B Jayawardena 9/3.

Boys U-12: E Lakshan beat S Kirubakaran 9/8 (7/4), E Goonewardane beat P Jasinghe 9/8 (9/7), Y Rajapakse beat T Jayaratnam 9/3, H Abeyaratne beat P Munasinghe 9/3, S Hewapathge beat N Jayasinghe 9/3, P Wickremaratne beat K Sidath Kumar 9/0, T Desanayake beat S Benijerout 9/2.

Girls U-12: S Ratnayake beat M Abeysekera 9/2

Boys U-14: R Thambiah beat S Wickremasinghe 9/0, K Gurunathan beat S Allalgoda 9/4.

Girls U-14: T Jayawardena beat G Gunasekera 9/4, L Jayasekera beat V Katapearachchi 9/4.