Nethmi Waduge clinches triple tennis crowns
Nethmi Waduge, thirteen year old student of Visakha Vidyalaya, Bambalapitiya stole the limelight by clinching triple tennis crowns at Bandarawela annual open all island Ranking (B.grade) tennis tournament 2012 concluded at the Bandarawela Tennis club Courts Last Saturday. Nethmi Waduge, the top need in the girls under 14 category continued her top from to annex [...]
Range Rover to serve Hill Club tennis as Sponsor
Range Rover, the iconic British motoring brand will add verve and style to the forthcoming holiday season in ‘Little England’ by sponsoring the 2012 edition of the annual ranking tennis tournament of the Hill Club, Nuwara Eliya. The tournament is to be worked off from April 11 to 15 at the club courts in partnership [...]
AIS to host International Schools Tennis
Asian International School will host the International Schools Tennis tournament on March 31 and April 1 at the SLTA courts from 9.00 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both days. The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 1, at 2.00 p.m. at the SSC Tennis Pavilion.the following schools have confirmed their participation. Colombo International, [...]
SLTA Boss’s request turned down
The Minister of Sports has turned down the request made by the incumbent president of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association ,Maxwell de Silva, to contest its presidency for a third term. Maxwell de Silva who has served the Association for four consecutive years is also the Secretary of the National Olympic Committee. According to reliable [...]
Gamini Wheel Chair Tennis champ
The Wheel Chair ranking tennis tournament held in Negombo recently saw a new champion emerge when Gamini Dissanayake ranked 90th won the title. He defeated South Africa’s Robson Mendasa 6-1, 6-2. Gamini beat M. Basnayake in the semi-final while Robson defeated Mendasa and overcame Marifa Evans to reach the final. The biggest upset of the [...]
Otters open tennis championships start on Feb 25
The annual open ranking tennis tournament of the The Otter Aquatic Club will be held from February 25th to March 5th at the club premises. There will be 14 Junior events and 5 open events in addition to the doubles event for veterans. The Junior events are singles for Boys & Girls under 10,12,14,16 & [...]
Sri Lanka beaten 3/2 by Thailand in Davis Cup tie
Sri Lanka fought hard but the two seasoned campaigners from Thailand, Sanchai Ratiwatana and Weerapat Doakmaiklee defeated Thangarajah Dineshkanthan and Amresh Jayawickrema in the doubles to seal an early win in the Group Two Asia Oceania Davis Cup tennis first round tie conducted at the SLTA courts over the weekend. The Sri Lankan pair produced [...]
Sri Lanka brush shoulders with experience Thailand
Sri Lanka will brush shoulders with the experienced Thailand team in the Round 1 Davis Cup BNP Paribas Asia-oceanic Zone Group II which is scheduled to be worked off from today at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo. The three day five match contest which is due to end on February 12 [...]
Cosmo Open Ranking Tennis Tournament on February 16
The Cosmo 2012 Open Ranking Tennis tournament will be held on February 16. The draw will take place on February 13 at the Club Premises. Entries are accepted until February 10. The event is sponsored by Dunlop Events are as follows Men’s singles/doubles, men’s over 45 doubles, Women’s singles, boys’/girls’ under 12/14/16/18 singles. Certificates will [...]
Nethmi Waduge picked for ITF Asia tennis championship
Nethmi Waduge of Visaka Vidyalaya, Bambalapitiya, the Sri Lanka’s under 14 champion has been selected to International Tennis Federation touring team to contest in the forthcoming ITF Asia under 14 Division one Tennis championship 2012 scheduled to be held from March 4 to 17 in Manila, Philippines. Out of the six Sri Lanka participants (three [...]
Asgiri and Thivumi clinch tennis titles
Asgiri Iddamalgoda and Thivumi Abeysinghe both from HSBC won the tennis titles in the Mercantile Tennis Tournament 2011, in progress at the SLTA hard courts, Colombo. Asgiri Iddamalgoda (HSBC) beat Yasas Dewage (PWHC) 26, 6-3, 7-5 in the Division one men’s singles final while Thivumi Abeysinghe (HSBC) outplayed Nimala Fernando (DFCC) 6-0, 6-0 in the [...]
Suren, Thakshila win open Junior Ranking Tennis
Balachandran Suren and Thakshila Ratnayake won the under 14 boys and girls singles titles respectively in the Janaka Bogollagama Memorial Open Junior Ranking Tennis tournament held at the Kurunegala Club Court recently. This tournament was conducted by the Janaka Bogollagama (Pvt) Ltd in association with Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) in memory of late Janaka [...]
Eighty seven teams in fray for ITF 10
Eighty seven teams have confirmed participation for the ITF under 10 tennis tournament to be conducted by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association from today, (Friday September 30) to October 2. Tennis l0’s is an effective programme introduced by the ITF for players under the age of 10 who have played with modified equipment. SLTA has [...]
Chandraguptha stretched by Lokuge at Tennis Gala
Gamithra Chandraguptha was stretched to three sets by Archana Lokuge before posting a 2/6, 6/4, 6/4 win in their boys under 16 tennis fixture at the ongoing 9th Annual Hilton Colombo Residence Tennis Gala that is now on at their sports centre and the SLTA courts. Results: Boys u16 singles: G: Chandraguptha beat A. Lokuge [...]
Sethum Manulaka wins over Sachintha Appuhamy
Sethum Nanulaka defeated Sachintha Appuhamy 9/8 (6) in boy's under 10 tennis fixture at the ongoing 9th Hilton Colombo Residence Tennis Gala. The tournament is being worked off at the Sports Centre of the Hilton Colombo Residence and the SLTA courts, Colombo 7. Results Boys under 10 singles: Sethum Manulka beat Sachintha Appuhamy 9/8 (6). [...]
Prabudhi, Rukshika and Jayathma win tennis titles
Prabudhi Perera (Negombo), Rukshika Wijesooriya and Jayathma Nawaragodagedara (Colombo) walked away with Tennis Single crowns at the SLTA conducted all island junior ranking (C grade) tennis tournament – 2011 held at the Matale District Tennis Club Courts last Week. Prabudhi Perera of Newstead Girls School Negombo outplayed Nimmi Bernadette (Bandarawela) 9-2 in the girls under [...]
Nethmi Waduge steals the show
Nethmi Waduge, a twelve-year-old student from Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo stole the show by winning a tennis double at the Kandy Garden club all island open tennis ranking tournament – 2011 held in Kandy recently. Nethmi, top seed in the girls under 14 Category beat Gaveshini Abeygunawardane 6-0, 6-0, in straight sets to annex the under [...]
Hilton Tennis Gala from Sept 17 to 25
Hilton Colombo Residence will be conducting their 9th Annual Tennis Gala from September 17 to 25. This is an event where true competitive spirit is combined by eager tennis enthusiasts. During the month of September, the Tennis Gala will unveil a new platform for tennis lovers. It is well known from previous years, that this [...]
Amritha Muttiah wins women’s crown for third year
Amritha Muttiah cleared another hurdle to win the women’s open singles crown for the third successive year at the 96th National Tennis Championship continued at the SLTA hard courts Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha yesterday. Muttiah faced stiff challenge by Nilushi Fernando who tried hard to snatch her first title but the seasoned Muttiah knew exactly [...]
Amritha Muttiah overcomes strong challenge
Top seed Amritha Muttiah was given a strong challenge by Thisuri Molligoda in the semi-final of the Women’s Open singles event at the 96th National Tennis Championship continued at the SLTA hard courts at Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha yesterday. The late afternoon game saw the young and talented Molligoda win the first set 6/4 with [...]
