Two youngsters, Ganuka Fernando of St. Peter’s College and Lithum Jayabandu of Ananda College, advanced to the men’s singles final of the Yeti Hard Courts National Tennis Championship after winning their respective semi-final encounters at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Greenpath, Colombo, yesterday. However, both matches ended prematurely, with their opponents retiring [...]
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Two youngsters, Ganuka Fernando of St. Peter’s College and Lithum Jayabandu of Ananda College, advanced to the men’s singles final of the Yeti Hard Courts National Tennis Championship after winning their respective semi-final encounters at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Greenpath, Colombo, yesterday.
However, both matches ended prematurely, with their opponents retiring after the completion of two sets.
Ganuka and Lithum bounced back after losing the opening sets to Nevan Kannangara and Rehan Gunawardena respectively, winning the second sets before their opponents retired in the deciding sets.
Earlier, in the quarter-finals, Ganuka overcame Ashlin de Silva, while Lithum got the better of Dehan Wickramasinghe, both recording straight-set victories.
Meanwhile, in the women’s open singles event, Janali Manamperi and Hasali Gajaba booked their places in the final with straight-set victories over Jennifer Mercy and Diyansa de Silva respectively.
Both finals are scheduled to be played today.
Ganuka Fernando beat Nevan Kannangara 2-1 (5/7, 6/1, 4/1 retired).
Lithum Jayabandu beat Rehan Gunawardena 2-1 (2/6, 6/1, retired).
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