J5 ITF Junior Circuit Week 2 Anjalika, Saajida, Vishmi and Dinara enter second round

By M. Shamil Amit

Four Sri Lankans yesterday advanced to the second round of the girls’ J5 ITF Junior Circuit Week 2 tennis tournament conducted by the ITF and played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.

Reigning national champion Anjalika Kurera, Saajida Razick, Vishmi Serasinghe and Dinara de Silva tasted success to move on in the competition. 

Viktoria Veleva of Bulgaria who won the first tournament along with Ji Hyum Kang (Korea), Jo-Leen Saw (Malaysia), Saanvi Gaarg (India), Diana Smolinska (Uruguay), Camille Fisette (Belgium), Jolene Fernandez (Canada), Madina Omarova (Kazakhastan), Yevhenila Zelenska (Ukraine), Sohini Sanjay Mohanty (India), Rishitha Reddy Basireddy (India) and Sowkhya Gaddam (India) were the others to advance to the second round.

The tournament will be continued today.

Results
Girls: First Round – Anjalika Kurera (Sri Lanka) beat Meher Mishra (India) 2-0 (6/2, 6/0), Saajida Razick (Sri Lanka) beat Vanshika Maria Vaiz Vasanth (India) 2-0 (6/3, 6/0), Vishmi Serasinghe (Sri Lanka) beat Athmika Chaitanya Sreenivas (India) 2-0 (6/2, 6/1), Dinara de Silva (Sri Lanka) beat Jin Sol Yang (Korea) 2-0 (6/3, 6/4), Jo-Leen Saw (Malaysia) beat Dinethya Dharmaratne (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/4, 6/0), Saanvi Gaarg (India) beat Inuki Jayaweera (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/3, 6/2), Diana Smolinska (Uruguay) beat Sameeksha Annem (USA) 2-0 (6/4, 6/3), Camille Fisette (Belgium) beat Vihana Shresta Manikanti (India) 2-0 (7/5, 6/1), Jolene Fernandez (Canada) beat Raja Sarvagnya Kilaru (India) 2-0 (6/4, 6/3), Madina Omarova (Kazakhastan) beat Dahamna Methsandi (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/0), Yevhenila Zelenska (Ukraine) beat Dulkini Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/0, 6/1), Ji Hyum Kang (Korea) beat Sahana Sanjeev (USA) 2-1 (2/6, 6/0, 6/3), Sohini Sanjay Mohanty (India) beat Sahana Sanjeev (USA) 2-1 (7/6,(2), 2/6, 6/1), Rishitha Reddy Basireddy (India) beat Nesangi Hemakumara (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/1, 6/3), Sowkhya Gaddam (India) beat Oneli Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka) 2-0 (6/4, 6/1), Viktoria Veleva (Bulgaria) beat Maria Fedenko (Ukraine) 2-0 (7/5, 6/1)