Medhira and Rukshika in 2nd round

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Medhira Samarasinghe and Rukshika Wijesooriya reached second round in the ongoing ITF International Junior Tennis Tournament at the SLTA in Colombo.

Sri Lanka ‘s Thisuri Molligoda and Thewuni Devaraja, though, lost in the first round in Girls’ Singles.

This is a clay court Grade 5 event.

Meanwhile Bottom Seed Nishangan Nadaraja, who reached the semis in the Week 1 event to record the best performance from the host country, and Anish Wijesinghe reached the second round in Boys’ Singles. Dhanushka Abeywardena and Avindra Perera lost their first round encounters

India’s Arjun Ramakrishnan and Zhibek Kulambayeva of Kazakhstan won the Boys’ and Girls’ Singles titles respectively in the Week 1 tournament ended last weekend.