Chathurya Nilaweera and Savini Jayasuriya won their respective groups in third round matches and moved into the next stage of the competition on day three of the Sri Lanka Tennis Nationals 2020 played at their hard courts yesterday.
Chathurya put up a belligerent performance to seal a two sets to nil victory over his opponent Luka Knese in the men’s event while Savini had a comfortable two sets to nil win against Sajida Razick in the women’s competition respectively.
The results - Mens’s - Chathurya Nilaweera bt. Luka knese 6 / 4, 6 / 4, Kavisha Rathnayake bt. Sean Senderson 7/5, 6/4, Sanka Athukorala bt. Meshal Sinnen 6/2, 6/2, Shamal Dissanayake bt. Archane Lokuge 6/2, 6/2, Yashita de Silva bt. Prasanna Athuda 6/2, 6/0, Dilvan Herath bt. Thehan Wijemanne 6/2, 5/7,10/7
Women’s - Savini Jayasuriya bt. Sajida Razick 6/2, 6/2, Vonara de Alwis bt. Prabuddhi Perera 4/6, 6/, 10/2, Tuwini de Alwis bt. Thaniya Doloswala 6/4, 6/3 - (AN)
