Dinara advance to ITF quarter-finals

By M. Shamil Amit

Sri Lanka’s Dinara de Silva advanced to the Girls’ Singles quarter-final of the ITF World Junior J60 Tennis Tournament when she recorded a hard fought 2-1 win over Sama Jayesh of Singapore in the second-round match played at the SLTA Courts in Green Path, Colombo yesterday.

Although bad weather hampered proceedings on day three the organisers managed to conduct six more second-round matches with Stern Aludo of the Philippines, Su Been Lee of South Korea, Phorthum Sriwaong of Thailand, Priyanka Rana of the USA, Tenelle Madis of the Philippines, Prisha Shinde of India and Yasmin Vavrova of Slovakia winning their respective matches to book their berths to the quarter-finals.

However, Sandithi Usgodaarachchi and Gehansa Methnadi bowed out of contention and in the Boys’ category Lithum Jayabandu came out on top in the first-round match with a 2-1 win against Pujith Sukaji of Thailand.

Dinara will meet Prisha Shinde of India in the quarter-final encounter.

Results: 

Girls’ Singles:

Dinara de Silva (Sri Lanka) beat Sama Jayesh (Singapore) 6-7, 6-3, 3-0 and rtd). Stern Aludo (Philippines) beat Sandithi Usgodaarachchi (Sri Lanka) 6-1, 6-0. Su Been Lee (South Korea) beat Gehansa Methnadi (Sri Lanka) 6-0, 6-0. Phorthum Sriwaong (Thailand) beat Kuan Hsien Yu (Chinese Taipei) 7-5, 6-2. Priyanka Rana (USA) beat Savitha Bhuvaneswaran (India) 6-3, 6-3. Tenelle Madis (Philippines) beat Sohini Mohanty (India) 6-2, 6-2. Prisha Shinde (India) beat Yucheng Tian (China) 6-2, 7-6(4). Yasmin Vavrova (Slovakia) beat Hima Fernando (Great Britain) 6-3, 6-3.

Boys’ Singles: Lithum Jayabandu (Sri Lanka) beat Pujith Sukaji (Thailand) 2-6, 6-4, 2-0 and rtd)