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 [...]
Sri Lanka tennis players predict the future
Sri Lanka’s tennis team that finished unbeaten during the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania zone group III tennis tie that was played in Colombo will be good role models for future tennis players to follow in Sri Lanka. With this kind of achievement at the top level, future stars of Sri Lanka will be working hard on [...]
Sri Lanka finish on top after thumping Lebanon
Sri Lanka tennis reached their pinnacle when they finished on top with an unbeaten record and assured themselves of being promoted to group II next year, when they trounced Lebanon 3-nil in a promotion group match at the SLTA hard courts at Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha on Sunday, June 19. Lebanon had brought a strong [...]
Oshada and Harshana seal Sri Lanka’s promotion
Sri Lanka accomplished its mission of fighting back into Group II of the Asia/Oceanic Davis Cup tournament when they defeated Malaysia 2-1 in a deciding match of Group III against Malaysia played at the SLTA courts, Colombo on Saturday. [Oshadha Wijemanne (L) and Harsha Godamanne (R)] Though the doubles match was due to be played [...]
Sri Lanka stun Kuwait to lead Group A
Sri Lanka defeated Kuwait 2-1 to take the top spot in Group 'A' on the third day of the Asia/Oceania Group III, Davis Cup tennis tournament continued at the SLTA courts at Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha Friday. The team could not think of a better present to celebrate the birthday of non-playing captain Aasiri Iddamalgoda [...]
Aasiri Iddamalgoda – Non Playing Captain
Born : June 13, 1973 Height : 5’ 9’ School : DS Senanayake Back Hand : Single – Handed Started Tennis : At the age of 10 Racket : Wilson Coaches : Nevil Senarathna Achievements National Level: Junior national champion 1988 /1989, National Champion in 1998. DavisCup: First appearance in 1999. Total won 5 matches [...]
Harshana Godamanna
Born : October 31st 1985 Height : 180cm School : RoyalCollege, Colombo Back Hand : Single – Handed Started Tennis : At the age of 3 Racket : Wilson K-Factor Tour Coaches : Sylvester Francis and Dominik Utzinger Achievements National Level : Two national triple crowns (men’s singles, and mixed doubles) 2005 /2006 Sri [...]
Oshada Wijemanne
Born : 27 July 1987 Height : 6’4” School : StaffordInternational Back Hand : Double – Handed Started Tennis : At the age of 5 Racket : Babolat Coaches : Sylvester Francis Achievements Francis Marian University, USA College ranked number 8 inSingles up to date. DavisCup: DavisCup 2002 / DavisCup 2003
Rajeev Rajapakse
Born : May 11th 1980 Height : 6ft School : RoyalCollege, Colombo Back Hand : Single – Handed Started Tennis : At the age of 9 Racket : Wilson Prostaff Coaches : Sudantha Soysa and Dominik Utzinger Achievements National Level: Sri Lankamen’s singles runner-up 2002,2005,2006 and 2007. Sri Lankamen’s doubles winner 2003 (with [...]
Vimuktha De Alwis
Born : 18 April 1994 Height : 169 cm School : Jakarta International School, Indonesia Back Hand : Double handed Started Tennis : At the age of 4 years. Racket : Babolat Coaches : Jeff Landau and Kemal Mawira Achievements National Level : Sri Lanka Nationals 18 and Under Singles 2010 [...]
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah
Born : January 5th 1991 Height : 5’ 10” School :St. Micheal’s College Batticoloa, St.Peters College Back Hand : Double – Handed Started Tennis : At the age of 7 Racket : Head Speed Coaches : Dinith Pathiraja Achievements National Level: Junior national champion from years 2001-2009 inthe under 10/12/14/18 age groups. 2011 National Men's [...]
Sri Lanka’s confidence grow on day two
Despite shifting to hard courts, Sri Lanka continued to dominate at the Asia/Oceania Group III Davis Cup Tournament and defeated Myanmar 3-0 in the second tie that was completed just before dusk at the SLTA courts at Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha on Thursday. Once again it was Oshada Wijemanne who took the court for the [...]
Sri Lanka makes winning start at Davis Cup
Sri Lanka made a good start in their bid for promotion to group II by defeating Vietnam by three matches to nil on the first day of the Asia/Oceania Group III Davis Cup tournament held at the SLTA clay courts at Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha yesterday. Sri Lanka began the tie with Oshada Wijemanne taking [...]
Wijemanne to boost Sri Lanka’s chances
Sri Lanka’s Davis Cup team has been boosted by the inclusion of Oshada Wijemanne this time as he has been playing top class tennis for a university team in the USA for some time now. Aasiri Iddamalgoda, the non-playing captain of the team, said that it is a great chance for Sri Lanka to find [...]
