Sri Lanka Women finish third at BNP Tennis Tourney

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.