Upali Rajakaruna reigned supreme in local wheelchair tennis, sans a close second for him in the local circuit, as he clinched the second back-to-back title for Men’s Singles on Wed. (9) at this year’s SL Tennis Nationals continued at the SLTA hard courts in Colombo. He cruised pass Gamini Dissanayake 6-1, 6-0.

‘Raja’ then joined Mahanama Basnayake to topple the combination of Dissanayake – Sunil Perera to win the Doubles final too with a score of 6-4, 6-1.

Other Results Sep. 9 (Wed) –

Mixed Doubles (8 pairs):

Straight Quarter-finals:

Roshenka Fernando & Sankha Atukorale (Seed 3) bt Vinuri Wickremaratne & Ashan Dep 6-1, 6-1

Nilushi Fernando & Rohan de Silva bt Kemali Herath & Yasas Dewage 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

Amritha Muttiah & Rajeev Rajapakse (2) bt Dhanya Madugalle & Amresh Jayawickrema 6-2, 6-3.

Men’s Singles (27 players):

Semi-finals on Tue:

Harshana Godamanna (1) bt Michael Siyaguna 6-1, 6-1, 6-0

Rajeev Rajapakse bt Thangarajah Dineshkanthan (2) 7-6(6), 6-4, 7-5.