The Women’s top seed stood no chance against this year’s newly crowned Women’s champion and runner-up as the battle crowned Kurera, the 2018 Women’s Champ of the Colombo Championship Tennis Tournament, last evening. (18th)
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The Colombo Championship Tennis tournament is the first major tournament the Sri Lanka Tennis Association initiated and 103 years later, it is considered to be the best in quality and otherwise. All top-ranking players from around the island participate along with sometimes international appearances.
Janali Manamperi of Holy Family Convent and Savini Jayasuriya of Bishop’s College went into the tournament as the top 2 seeds (1st & 2nd). However, Anjalika Kurera and Anika Seneviratne toppled the Women’s draw and stormed their way into the final for an epic battle.
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Anika Seneviratne, the third seed, made her way to face Janali Manamperi gathering easy wins in the first few rounds. She defeated Dinisha Bopitiya and Nathasha Munaweera on her way to the semifinal where she beat Janali in straight sets, 6/2, 61.
Recently crowned SSC Open Women’s Champion, young Anjalika Kurera of Ave Maria Convent started her journey to the final with a walkover in the first round. She then went on to beat Savini Jayasuriya in the Quaterfinal and Oneli Perera in the Semis to reach the final.
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An enthralling first set with the girls not letting up till it was dragged to a tie breaker saw the scores tied at 5-5 in the seven-point game when Anjalika Kurera found a breakthrough point in Anika’s serve and took the advantage to serve out the first set.
It was too high a hill for a desperate Anika to climb in the second set as Anjalika dominated from the get go. Conceding just 2 games, Anjalika went on to finish off a clean set with two breaks, 6/2. Final score read 7/6 (5), 6/2 in favor of the Negombo queen.
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