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…
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COLOMBO, Nov 7 (ePRESS) – Singles champion Yashita de Silva continued his outstanding form as he teamed up with Mark Seneviratne to win the Men’s Doubles final of the Mercantile Tennis Tournament 2025, played at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo. The pair representing MAS Holdings produced a dominant performance to defeat…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, October 22 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Nuren Wevita and Navya Banagala produced strong victories as the ATF Under-14 C2 Colombo Week 1 Tennis Tournament continued at the SLTA hard courts in Colombo, organized by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA). Wevita, displaying solid baseline control and confidence, swept past Finland’s Tiltus Murto…
COLOMBO, October 10 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Mayooran Kubherane captured the Boys’ Singles title at the ATF Under-16 C2 Colombo Week 1 Tournament, defeating compatriot Ashlin de Silva in an all-Sri Lankan final at the SLTA courts in Colombo. Top-seeded Kubherane produced another strong performance to overcome second seed and Sri Lanka’s top-ranked Under-16 player,…
COLOMBO, Sunday August 31, (ePRESS) – Royal College Colombo regained the prestigious EFC Pereira Challenge Trophy after defeating traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia 3-1 in the 20th annual tennis encounter played under floodlights at the P. Nagendran Tennis Complex, Royal College, on Saturday night. The Royalists, playing with sharp strokes and strong court…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, August 24, Monday (ePRESS) – Aahil Kaleel of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia produced a gritty performance to clinch the Boys’ Under-16 Singles title at the YETI-SLTA 111th National Tennis Championship, organised by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association and played at the SLTA Courts in Colombo on Saturday. Kaleel fought back after…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, August 16, 2025 (ePRESS) – Royal College’s Methvan Wijemanne and St. Bridget’s Convent star Dinara de Silva once again proved that they are head and shoulders above the rest, defending their crowns at the 111th National Tennis Championship, organized by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA), powered by YETI, and staged at…
SLTA, Colombo: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Under-16 Junior Davis Cup team is set to compete in the prestigious International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior team competition for 2025, traveling to Kuching, Malaysia tonight (Friday). The tournament, which will run from March 10 to 16, is a crucial Asia/Oceania Prequalifying event for the Davis Cup Juniors by…
SSC, Colombo: (ePRESS) – Gehansa Methnadi and Venuli Jayasinghe stole the spotlight in the girls’ Under-18 quarterfinals of the C L Synergy SSC Open 2025 Tennis Championship played at the SSC courts in Colombo. Methnadi fought through a tough three-set match to defeat Vinethya Dharmarathne 6/2, 6/7, 10/7, while Jayasinghe dominated her opponent, Sanuthi Wong, with…
SSC, Colombo: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s premier freight forwarding and logistics company, CL Synergy Limited, has stepped forward as the principal sponsor of the CL Synergy SSC Open 2025 Tennis Championships, organized by SSC Tennis House Committee in collaboration with Sri Lanka Tennis Association. This fortnight-long tournament, a Category 1 open ranking event, will run from…