The Sri Lanka Women’s Tennis Team of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) secured third place at the Billie Jean King Cup BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Group-2 Tennis Tournament, held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The Sri Lanka Team, which had partnered with Yeti as the official drinks partner, performed well in the third-place playoff as they routed Pakistan 3-0 while claiming the two Singles and the Doubles in style.
Sri Lanka got off to a flying start with the promising Anjalika Kurera recording a thrilling three-set 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Suhali Ushan in the opening Singles match.
Thereafter, in the second Singles tie, Rukshika Wijesuriya had things easy with a comfortable 6-0, 6-1 straight set win over Mahbob Khan. In the deciding Doubles encounter, the experienced Sri Lankan pair of Neyara Weerawansa teamed-up with Hasali Gajaba to beat the combination of
Khokhar Meheq and Malik Noor convincingly 6-1, 6-2.