Former Sri Lanka captain and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed head coach of a little-known club in Australia on Friday, joining two fellow countrymen at the ambitious side. Mulgrave Cricket Club, which plays in Victorias Eastern Cricket Association, said the 110-Test veteran
SSC Open Ranking Tennis
National champions Janali Manamperi and Savini Jayasuriya claimed the women’s doubles title of the SSC Open Ranking Tennis tournament concluded in Colombo on Friday.
Manamperi and Jayasuriya beat Dinethya Dharmaratne and Anitra Dharmaratne 6-0, 6-3 in the final. Dinethya and Anitra were also the runners up in the Under-16 girls’ doubles final where Ave Maria Convent player Vishmi Serasinghe partnered Nesangi Hemakumara of Bishop’s College to win the title.
Chathurya Nilaweera and his brother Vichinthya of Stafford International School won the brothers’ battle in the Under-18 boys’ doubles. They beat Thehan Wijemanne and his brother Methwan.
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Top seeds Luka Knese and Thehan Wijemanne advanced to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles, while Anika Seneviratne, the top seed in the women’s singles and her sister Alana gave walk overs to their opponents in the women’s singles of the Clay Court Nationals continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Tuesday.
In the women’s singles, Nelini Jayasuriya (bt. Vonara de Alwis 6-0, 6-1) and Savini Jayasuriya (bt. Arella de Zoysa 6-1, 6-0), Hasali Gajaba (bt. Tania Doloswala 6-2, 6-2), Sethmi Sumanaweera (bt. Zeenath Zihar 6-1, 6-1), Janali Manamperi (bt. Saajida Razick 7-5, 6-4) and Oneli Perera (bt. Dinethya Dharmaratne 6-4, 6-4) won their matches to reach the quarter-finals.