SL beat Croatia at wheelchair tennis World Team Cup

Sri Lanka wheelchair tennis team participating at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey registered their first victory against Croatia on May 20 beating them by three games to nill (3-0) in a men's group II pool ‘A’ tie.Sri Lanka made a clean sweep as they won both singles and the doubles match in the tie.

World number 85 Upali Rajakaruna had no trouble in taming Croatia's Drazen Miksic in easy straight sets in the first singles (6/1, 6/3) followed by world number 77 D.M. Gamini beating his Croatian opponent Anto Joskic in the other singles match where Gamini too made a straight set win (6/1, 6/2).

Croatian pair Anto Joskic and Miksic Drazen were not able to perform well against strong Sri Lankan duo Gamini and Upali in the doubles match as they went down in straight sets (2/6, 3/6) conceding an easy win to Sri Lanka.

Both Gamini and Raja are in very good form and tipped to pose a tough challenge to big manes in the top international wheelchair tennis scene during the tournament.

Results -

Sri Lanka beat Croatia - 3-0
Upali Rajakaruna (SRI) beat Drazen Miksic (CRO) - 6/1, 6/3
Gamini Dissanayake (SRI) beat Anto Joskic (CRO) - 6/1, 6/2
Gamini Dissanayake/Upali Rajakaruna (SRI) beat Anto Joskic/Miksic Drazen (CRO) - 6/2, 6/3