Colombo Championships progresses to the third day

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The 100th Colombo Championships started off at the SLTA playing courts on the 12th of June 2015 coinciding with the centenary celebrations of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association.

 

Play began on the 12th with the junior categories on the 12th with the qualifiers for girls and boys taking place in the clay courts for the under 10- under 14 categories.

As the tournament progressed on to its third successive day which was the 14th, top seeds in the age categories of under 10, 12, 14 & 18 were in action at the courts registering victories to progress forward. Top 7 seed Thushan Senanayake of the Under 10 age group registered a clean 9-0 point win against Taariq Farook to move forward in the elimination round and Chehan Fernando, the top 4 seed in the Under 18 group had an easy win in his preliminary.

The notable upsets in day three were the in the girls category where top Under 10 seeds Liyara Weerawamsa and Shashini Jayakody were made to face defeat in the knock out format.

The games did not resume today due to the persistent downpour and will restart tomorrow at 12.00 p.m.

Results of the Third Day:

Boy’s Under 10 Singles – Qualification

Methvan Wijeanne

Aaron Lawrence

4-1

     

 

  

Not before 9:00 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles – Qualification

Minaga Dharmarathne

Rishikesh Brahman

4-0

     

  

Not before 9:30 AM

Girl’s Under 10 Singles

Aisha Appuhami

Ruvi Lewkebandara

9-6

     

  

Not before 10:00 AM

Girl’s Under 10 Singles

Dahami Divayanjali

Nawangi Kulasinghe

9-7

     

  

Not before 10:30 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles – Qualification

Meneshka Ratnasingham

Senadha Weerasooriya

4-2

     

  

Not before 11:00 AM

Girl’s Under 10 Singles

Heshani Imanga

Sinethma Fernando

9-2

     

  

Not before 11:30 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles

Thushan Senanayake [7]

Taariq Farook

9-0

     

  

Not before 12:30 PM

Boy’s Under 10 Doubles

Senuk Herat Gunaratne

Venuk Herat Gunaratne

Ethan Lawrence

Kieran Lawrence

Walkover

     

  

Not before 1:30 PM

Boy’s Under 10 Doubles

Janava De Saram

Lisal Goonetilleke

Christian Perera

Aaryan Weeraratne

9-0

     

  

Not before 2:30 PM

Boy’s Under 18 Singles

Chehan Fernando [4]

Branden De Rose

6-0 6-0

     

  

Not before 3:30 PM

Boy’s Under 18 Singles

Sheal Karunaratne

Devin Wijesinghe

6-0 6-0

     

  

Not before 4:30 PM

Boy’s Under 18 Singles

Chelal Algama

Naveed Mohamed

Walkover

     

  

Starting at 8:30 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles – Qualification

Ashen Wijesuriya

Ransath Peiris

Walkover

     

  

Not before 9:00 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles – Qualification

Avishka Fernando

Shannon Thirimanne

4-0

     

  

Not before 9:30 AM

Girl’s Under 10 Singles

Dinethya Dharmaratne [1]

Ruhini Jayaweera

9-0

     

  

Not before 10:00 AM

Girl’s Under 10 Singles

Panchali Weerasekara [6]

Charunya Kumar

9-0

     

  

Not before 10:30 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles – Qualification

Jaitra De Saram

Vishal Jeyaprakash

4-0

     

  

Not before 11:00 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles

Zaidh Zihar [6]

Raween De Alwis

9-1

     

  

Not before 11:30 AM

Boy’s Under 10 Singles

Poorna Walisundara [8]

Eran Abeyewardene

9-0

     

  

Not before 12:30 PM

Girl’s Under 10 Doubles

Vishmi Serasinghe [3]

Shenaya Thissera

Nesangi Hemakumara

Shalome Soysa

9-2

     

  

Not before 1:30 PM

Boy’s Under 10 Doubles

Raween De Alwis

Ransath Peiris

Nikhil Nanayakkara

Tharen Nanayakkara

9-0

     

  

Not before 2:30 PM

Boy’s Under 16 Singles

Kaveesha Ratnayake

Rusiru Fernando

6-3 6-3

     

  

Not before 3:30 PM

Boy’s Under 16 Singles

Vikum Jayasuriya [5]

Eranga Goonewardena

6-1 6-1

     

  

Not before 4:30 PM

Girl’s Under 16 Singles

Senithi Weerasekera

Vineli Bandara

Walkover