Second seed Nilaweera advances in men’s singles  

Second seed Chathurya Nilaweera commenced his men’s singles open campaign with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Srinath Udayachandran and former champion Thangarajah Dineshkanthan advanced from the first round with an easy straight set win over youngster Ramith Herath as the HNB Clay Court Championship continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Friday.

Match Results

Men’s Singles

Chathurya Nilaweera beat Srinath Udayachandran 6-3, 6-2

Kumara Hettiarachchi beat Bashitha Maduka 7-5, 6-3

Minaga Dharmarathne beat Lakmal Madusanka 6-1, 6-0

Meneshka Rathnasingham beat Naveen Suranga 6-1, 6,1

Hesara Kuruppu beat Manjula Samaraweera 6-1, 6-1

Zahid Zihar beat Saahil Fazlin 6-1, 6-1

Nuwan Kandegedara beat Nuwan Samaraweera 6-4, 6-4

Talal Sabry beat Roshan Senanayake 6-7(1), 7-6(5), 10-8

Vibuda Wijebandara beat Dinuka Sandaruwan 6-2, 6-1

Nimalraj Thatheuraj beat Inuka Algama 6-2, 6-1

Meshal Sinnen beat Madawa Gallage 6-3, 6-0

Isuru Peiris beat Hasal Salwathura 6-0, 6-0

Thangarajah Dineshkanthan beat Ramith Herath 6-0, 6-0

 Women’s Singles  

Vishmi Serasinghe beat Nesangi Hemakumara 6-3, 4-6, 10-3

Inuki Jayaweera beat Vinethya Dharmarathne 6-1, 6-2

Thuvini de Alwis beat Ivanka Samarasinghe 6-2, 7-5

Dinethya Dharmarathne beat Thania Doloswala 6-3, 6-2

Ruvi Lewkebandara beat Melesa Kavindi 7-5, 6-2

Dewmini Warasuriya beat Senulya Wijewardane 6-2, 6-2

Hasali Gajaba beat Binudi Wijewardane 6-2, 6-1

Saajida Razick beat Supeshala Colombathanthri 6-0, 6-0

Dahamna Methsandi received a walkover from Zeenath Zihar

Nishka Vivekanandan received a walkover from Yesali Jayakody

Nelini Jayasuriya received a walkover from Anitra Dharmaratne