SSC Open Tennis Championship:

Dineshkanthan wins a triple crown

Anuradha ABEYSEKERA

T Dineshkanthan bagged a triple crown winning three Open event championships, singles, doubles and mixed doubles in the SSC Open Tennis Championship concluded at the SSC tennis courts recently.

Meanwhile Amritha Muttiah clinched a double. She emerged winner in women's open singles and wone the open doubles title partnered by Shalani De Silva. Amritha with Rajeev Rajapakshe shared second place in the open mixed doubles event.

Top seed Dineshkanthan beat Tanveer Ashiq in the open singles final (6/4, 6/4, 6/3) and won the open doubles crown with Rajeev Rajapakshe beating Heera Ashiq and Tanveer Ashiq in a keenly contested final (5/7, 6/4, 6/2, 6/4).

Dineshkanthan and Roshenka Fernando won the mixed double final against Rajeev Rajapakshe and Amritha Muttiah (6/7(4), 6/4, 6/3).

In the women's open singles final, third seed Amritha created a major upset in her quest for victory beating second seed Nethmi Waduge in easy straight sets (6/4, 6/2). Amritha and Shalani De Silva overcame a first set defeat (3/6) in the women's doubles final and bagged the title by winning the following two sets against Nethmi Waduge and Vinuri Wickramaratne without much trouble (6/2, 6/1).

The tournament was sponsored by Perera and Sons Bakers and continued for two weeks at the SSC clay courts.

[Winners]

Men's Open Singles:
T Dineshkanthan, 2 Tanveer Ashiq

Men's Open Doubles:
T Dineshkanthan and Rajeev Rajapakshe, 2 Heera Ashiq and Tanveer Ashiq

Women's Open Singles:
Amritha Muttiah, 2 Nethmi Waduge

Women's Doubles:
Shalini De Silva and Amritha Muttiah, 2 Nethmi Waduge and Vinuri Wickramaratne

Mixed Doubles:
T Dineshkanthan and Roshenka Fernando, 2 Rajeev Rajapakshe and Amritha Muttiah

Boy's Under 12 Singles:
Nuwantha Dissanayake, 2 Yasith Rathnayake

Boy's Under 14 Singles:
Joshua Jayaratne, 2 Aadawan Pushparaj

Boy's Under 16 Singles:
Chehan Fernando, 2 Joshua Jayaratne

Boy's Under 18 Singles:
Aritha Weerasinghe, 2 Chehan Fernando

Boy's Under 14 Doubles:
Joshua Jayaratne and Krishanthan Rajendrasingam, 2 Andrew Muttiah and Aadawan Pushparaj

Boy's Under 16 Doubles:
Chehan Fernando and Nabeel Sabri, 2 B Suren and Akila Vimukthi

Boy's Under 18 Doubles:
Supun Pathirage and Madusha Wijesuriya, 2 Dhanushka Abeywardena and Aritha Weerasinghe

Girl's Under 12 Singles:
Umeshi Ranaweera, 2 Piyumi Wickramasinghe

Girl's Under 14 Singles
Nethmi Waduge, 2 Rukshika Wijesooriya

Girl's Under 16 Singles:
Nethmi Waduge, 2 Hasindhi Lokuge

Girl's Under 18 Singles:
Kavindya De Silva, 2 Thewuni Devaraja

Girl's Under 14 Doubles:
Medhira Samarasinghe and Rukshika Wijesooriya, 2 Shenara David and Serena Madanayake

Girl's Under 16 Doubles:
Rukshana Abdeen and Oshani Wickramasinghe, 2 Chalani Gunathilaka and Hasindhi Lokuge