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Eliza Kahagalla
By M. Shamil Amit
Sri Lanka’s girls and boys tasted success on the opening day of the ITF Asia Under 14 South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia Development Week 1 Tennis Championship at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo.
In the girls category, Annaya Norbert, Sahansa Damsiluni and Eliza Kahagalla won their quarter final matches against Zia Ullat Khan (Pakistan), Gantur Any (Mongolia) and Hajara Sohail (Pakistan) by the identical winning margin of two sets to nil.
In the boys category, Damsath Peiris and Revan Amarasinghe came out on top in the second round matches against Sangay Rokaya (Nepal) and Rashid Ali (Pakistan) to book their berths in the quarter finals.
The championship organised by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association is being contested by ten countries namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and hosts Sri Lanka.
The championship will be continued today.
Results:
Quarter finals:
Girls - Annaya Norbert (Sri Lanka) beat Zia Ullat Khan (Pakistan) 2-0 (6/1 7/6), Sahansa Damsiluni (Sri Lanka) beat Gantur Any (Mongolia) 2-0 (6/1 6/0), Eliza Kahagalla (Sri Lanka) beat Hajara Sohail (Pakistan) 2-0 (6/2 6/0).
Second Round:
Boys - Damsath Peiris (Sri Lanka) beat Sangay Rokaya (Nepal) 2-0 (6/0 6/2), Revan Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka) beat Rashid Ali (Pakistan) 2/1 (5/76/3 6/2).
Revan Amarasinghe