Nevan, Akesha cruise into ATF Tennis Finals

Sri Lanka’s Nevan Kannangara and Akesha Silva secured their final spots in the ATF Under-14 Junior Week-1 Tennis Tournament, continued at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) Courts in Green Path, Colombo yesterday.

Kannangara staged a fine comeback to beat the more experienced David Avayou from Canada in a rain-curtailed three-setter in the Boys’ Under-14 semi-finals.

Kannangara dropped the opening set 0-4 but he recovered immediately and avenged that defeat to blank his opponent 4-0 in the second set before adding the finishing touches with a 4-1 triumph in the decider.

Kannangara will now meet Calvin Jonathan in the Boys’ Under-14 final after the Indonesian defeated Lem Hao Greth of Malaysia in straight sets in the other semi-final.

Meanwhile, Akesha Silva cruised into the Girls’ Under-14 final with a straight set win over her teammate Eliza Kahagalla in the semi-finals. She set up a final meeting with Aishath Karin of the Maldives, who had the better of Sri Lankan Diyana Vithanage in the other semi-final.

Results:

(Girls’ Under-14 Singles semi-finals): Aishath Karin (Maldives) beat Diyana Vithanage (Sri Lanka) 4-1, 4-1. Akesha Silva (Sri Lanka) beat Eliza Kahagalla (Sri Lanka) 5-3, 4-1.

(Boys’ Under-14 Singles semi-finals): Calvin Jonatan (Indonesia) beat Lem Hao Greth (Malaysia) 4-1, 4-0. Nevan Kannangara (Sri Lanka) beat David Avayou (Canada) 0-4, 4-0, 4-1.

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