Sri Lanka juniors record back to back wins

By M. Shamil Amit

Sri Lanka junior tennis players recorded back-to-back wins in the ITF Davis Cup Juniors tennis tournament played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.
On the first day of the tournament hampered by rain, Sri Lanka’s juniors overcame Iraq by winning the two singles encounters won by Sandas Usgodaarachchi and Methvan Wijemanne while the doubles encounter was rescheduled due to rain. 

In their second match against Turkmenistan yesterday, the second day of the tournament, Sri Lanka’s juniors won both singles matches, again courtesy Usgodaarachchi and Wijemanne, to jump to a 2-0 lead before Usgodaarachchi partnered with Dhanushka Dias to complete a 3-0 win. 

The tournament will be continued today.

Results

Sri Lanka beat Iraq 2-0– Sandas Usgodaarachchi (Sri Lanka) beat Akam Dlzar (Iraq) 2-1 (4/6, 6/4, 6/0), Methvan Wijemanne (Sri Lanka) beat Mohammed Karo (Iraq) 2-0 (6/0, 6/1)

 Singles 

Sri Lanka beat Turkmenistan 3-0– Sandas Usgodaarachchi (Sri Lanka) beat Resul Atayev (Turkmenistan) 2-0 (6/1, 6/0), Methvan Wijemanne (Sri Lanka) beat Selim Pirijkov (Turkmenistan) 2-0 (6/2, 7/6(5)) 

 Singles 

Doubles – Dhanushka Dias/Sandas Usgodaarachchi (Sri Lanka) beat Imran Ahundov/Resul Atayev (Turkmenistan) 2-0 (6/2, 6/2)