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…
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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…
SLTA, Colombo: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s junior tennis stars Annaya Norbert, Sahansa Damsiluni, Eliza Kahagalla, Damsath Peiris, and Revaan Amarasinghe advanced confidently in their respective categories on day two of the ITF Asia Under-14 and Development Championship. The tournament, featuring players from 10 countries across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, runs from January…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – At just 14 years old, Yuhansa Peiris has already made a name for herself in Sri Lanka’s tennis court, proving that age is no barrier to achieving greatness. A student of Bishop’s College, Yuhansa has become one of the youngest players to claim top honours in Grade 1 tournaments and Super Series events,…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Rehan Gunawardena clinched the Under-16 Singles title at the ATF Under-16 Tennis Tournament after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Ashlin de Silva in an all-Sri Lankan final at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts in Colombo. The match was an intense battle that saw both players display grit and technical prowess. Gunawardena, who…
COLOMBO: (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s Bovindi Jithsara and India’s Ungrish Divya advanced to the finals of the Girls’ Singles at the ATF Under-16 Tennis Tournament, which continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts in Colombo yesterday. Jithsara, a student of Bishop’s College, defeated India’s Tejasvi Kotti 6-0, 6-2 to secure her place in the final….