Chandrakumara wins ‘over-35’ singles

Thushan Jayasuriya

U.V.N. Chandrakumara fought fiercely and clinched the men’s over 35 singles title in the 97th Colombo Tennis Championship beating S.Sudarshana in the final (7/6(6), 6/3) which worked off at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts, Colombo yesterday.

The semi finals of the women’s singles were won by Shankari Thayakaran who beat Roshenka Fernando (7/5, 6/1) and Amritha Muttiah who outplayed Nethmi Waduge (6/2, 6/3).

The semi finals of the boys under-14 mixed doubles won by Viranka Fernando along with Nabeel Sabri by beating Shivanka Silva and Pavan Wickramaratne(6/0,6/3) while Joshua Jayaratne with Krishanthan Rajendransingham entered the finals when they beat Andrew Muttiah and Aadhawan Pushparaj (6/4, 6/4) The tournament started on July 15 and it is sponsored by Bharti Airtel Lanka Ltd.

Results

Mens over 35 singles finals :

U.V.N.Chandrakumara beat S.Sudarshana (7/6, (6), 6/3)

Boys under 14 doubles semi finals :

Viranka Fernando and Nabeel Sabri beat Shivanka Silva with Pavan Wickramaratne (6/0,6/3)

Joshua Jayaratne and Krishanthan Rajendrasingham beat Andrew Muttiah with Aadawan Pushparaj (6/4, 6/4)

Womens singles semi finals :

Shankari Thayakaran beat Roshenka Fernando (7/5, 6/1)

Amritha Muttiah beat Nethmi Waduge(6/2,6/3)

Mixed doubles quarter finals :

Sankha Athukorala and Shalini De Silva beat T.Pahirathan and Kavindya de Silva (walked out of the game)

Mens single quarter finals :

T.Dineshkanthan beat Heera Ashiq (6/1,6/2)

Amresh Jayawickrama beat M.A.Shaakir (6/2,6/0)

Nishangan Nadaraja beat Chinthaka Shaveen (6/3,6/3)

Irfan Hussain beat Aritha Weerasinghe (6/2,6/2)