The Janaka Bogollagama Junior Ranking Tennis tournament which commenced on the 7th of December came to a close on the 14th of December.
The tournament which was worked off at the Kurunegala Tennis Club attracted many talented young players from many countries who were eager to finish their respective seasons on a high.
This tournament which has gone onto achieve a B grade status saw contestants participating in a host of events that ranged from the under 7 age group to the under 18 age group.
The experienced Royalist and the number one seed for the under 18 event Dhanushka Abeywardena stole the lime light as he secured convincing victories in the boys under 18 singles and doubles events. Abeywardena’s power and speed was unmatchable as he breezed through all his matches with great poise and confidence. He defeated Joshua Moraes with a scoreline of 6-0 6-1 in the singles finals and went onto partner Moraes to win the doubles with a scoreline of 6-2 6-1.
Pravin Steel who was the number one seed in the under 14 event played exceptionally well throughout the course of the tournament. He won the under 14 boys singles finals against Ravindu Weerasinghe in a very close match that saw both players playing scintillating tennis. He completed a double when he partnered Nadun Senadheera to win the under 14 doubles event. He also competed with his seniors in the u-16 category but he was unfortunate to lose out to Naadir Nazar in the finals.
The final results of all the age groups are as follows.
Boys under 7 singles
Winner- Sanudya bandara
Runner up- Aloka Bandara
Boys under 8 singles
Winner- Wenuka Kithnula
Runner up- Ushira Chandrasoma
Boys under 8 doubles
Winner- Venuk Jayasinghe
Wenuka Kithnula
Runner up- Nikila Hindagolla
Nisal Samarakoon
Boys under 10 singles
Winner- Thehan Wijemanne
Runner up- Sahan Weerasooriya
Boys under 12 singles
Winner- Praneel Jayasinghe
Runner up- Ashen Silva
Boys under 14 singles
Winner- Pravin Steel
Runner up- Ravindu Weerasinghe
Boys under 14 doubles
Winner- Pravin Steel
Nadun Senadheera
Runner up- Ravindu Weerasinghe
Harshana Abeyratne
Boys under 16 singles
Winner- Naadir Nazar
Runner up- Pravin Steel
Boys under 18 singles
Winner- Dhanushka Abeywardena
Runner up- Joshua Moraes
Boys under 18 doubles
Winner- Dhanushka Abeywardena
Joshua Moraes
Runner up- Amandha Gunawardena
Archana Lokuge
Girls under 7 singles
Winner- Liyara Weerawansa
Runner up- Onethra Arachchige
Girls under 8 singles
Winner- Dinethya Dharmaratne
Runner up- Akithma Dias
Girls under 8 doubles
Winner- Shashani Jayakody
Y.M.D. Panchali
Runner up- Akithma Dias
Dinethya Dharmaratne
Girls under 10 singles
Winner- Neyara Weerawansa
Runner up- Oshini Herath
Girls under 12 singles
Winner- Nimmi Bernadette
Runner up- Neyara Weerawansa
Girls under 14 singles
Winner- Dileka Daniel
Runner up- Umeshi Ranaweera
Girls under 16 singles
Winner- Thakshila Ratnayake
Runner up- Nimmi Bernadette
The Papare takes this opportunity to congratulate all the winners and wish all the participants the very best in the years to come.
