COLOMBO, February 3 (ePRESS) – Zacharia Akbar and Thishya Banagala produced fine performances to win the Boys’ and Girls’ Under-12 singles titles at the YETI SSC Open Tennis Championship 2026, played at the SSC Tennis Courts, Maitland Place, Colombo. In the Boys’ Under-12 final, Zacharia Akbar of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, defeated Kashya Seneviratne…
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COLOMBO, Feb 3 (ePRESS) – SES Engineering Pvt Ltd and Cavani Clothing Pvt Ltd have come forward to support two of Sri Lanka’s most promising young tennis players, Ganuka Fernando and Mayooran Kubherane of St Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, by providing long-term sponsorship at a ceremony held at the BRC Grounds Hall in Colombo recently. SES…
COLOMBO, February 2 (ePRESS) – Yuhansa Peiris of Bishop’s College produced a fine all-round display to win the Girls’ Under-18 Singles title at the YETI SSC Open Tennis Championships, played at the SSC Tennis Courts in Colombo. In the final, Yuhansa beat Annaya Norbert of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya, in straight sets. She won 6/3, 6/2…
COLOMBO, February 2 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Saha Kapilasena produced a fighting performance to record a hard-earned victory in the first round of the ITF J30 Colombo Sri Lanka Week 2, held at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo. In the Boys’ Singles first round, Saha Kapilasena defeated Abbi Yadya Misa of…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Janauary 28 (ePRESS) – Brothers Thehan Wijemanne and Methvan Wijemanne continued their impressive rise in Sri Lankan tennis by winning the Men’s Doubles title at the YETI SSC Open Tennis Championships 2026, worked off at the SSC Tennis Courts, Maitland Place, Colombo. Displaying calm teamwork, quick movement and sharp control at the…
COLOMBO, January 26 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Saha Kapilasena and Gehansa Methnadi recorded impressive first-round victories at the ITF Junior World Tennis J30 Colombo – Week One, played at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) clay courts in Colombo. Saha Kapilasena produced a dominant performance in the boys’ first round, defeating Paul Jason Sutisna of Indonesia…
COLOMBO, January 21 (ePRESS) — Mayooran Kubherane of St Peter’s College and Sahansa Damsiluni of Visakha Vidyalaya showed maturity beyond their years to win the Boys’ and Girls’ Under-16 singles titles at the YETI SSC Open Tennis Championship 2026, concluded at the SSC Tennis Courts in Maitland Place, Colombo. In the Boys’ Under-16 final, Mayooran…
COLOMBO, Saturday, January 17 (ePRESS) – Davis Cup player and former national champion Thehan Wijemanne and his younger brother Methvan Wijemanne produced dominant performances to book their places in the men’s singles semi-finals of the YETI SSC Open Tennis Championship, played at the SSC Courts in Colombo. They were joined in the last four by…
COLOMBO, January 12, Monday (ePRESS) – Grassroots tennis in Sri Lanka received a major boost as the Janaka Bogollagama Memorial Cool Tennis All Island Inter-School Kids Play Day 2025, organised by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association, got strong corporate backing at the SLTA Headquarters in Colombo, bringing together more than 1,100 young players from 215 school…
COLOMBO, Nov 8 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Under-18 tennis team left the island on Friday aiming to chase their Australian dream when they compete in the 2026 Dunlop Road to the Australian Open Junior Tennis Championship from November 10 to 14 in Yokkaichi, Japan. The most attractive fact for Sri Lanka is that the winners…