Anandians under-19 tennis champions

The under-19 inter-schools tennis champions Ananda College team (Seated from left) Anupa Mattemegoda (Head Coach), Supun Pathirage (Vice Captain), Navindra Liyanarachchi (Captain), L. M. D. Dharmasena (Principal), Madusha Wijesuriya, Kumara Rodrigo (Deputy Principal), Ms. Ramya Samaradiwakara (Teacher-in-charge), Yasitha Rangana De Silva (Vice Captain); (Standing from left) Lakshitha Edirisinghe, Chamode Wijayasekara, Warna Geeshan, Anjana Rajaguru, Narain Weerasinghe

Ananda College tennis team emerged champions in the Under-19 Inter-schools Tennis Championship after a lapse of 16 years, when they beat St.Peter’s College 3-1. In the group stages they beat St.Sebestian's College 5-0, Trinity Kandy 5-0, Maliyadeva Kurunegala 5-0, Lyceum International School 4-1 and S Thomas’ Mt.Lavinia 4-1.

They beat D.S. Senanayake College 3-0 in the semis to reach the final. In the final, Madusha Wijesuriya beat Chinthaka Shaveen 6/3, 7/6 in the first singles match which was the decider of the final. Continuing the winning journey Navindra Liyanarachchi and Supun Pathirage won the first doubles match 6/3, 6/3 making the tie 2-0.

Chamode Wijayasekara gave a good fight but unfortunately lost the second singles 6/2, 6/3.

In the second doubles, Yasitha Rangana De Silva and Narain Weerasinghe won the match being 3/6 down in the first set.

They played very well in the second and the third sets winning the match 6/4 6/1. The team is trained under the watchful eye of the head coach Anupa Mattemegoda, under-19 coach Dinusha Wijesuriy and Teacher-in-charge Ms. Ramya Samaradiwakara.