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ITF Junior Tennis in Colombo
China’s Siyu Qin clinches girls’ singles title
The 15-year-old Peoples Republic of China player Siyu Qin, who is ranked 779 in the world at present, won the coveted girls’ singles title of the Week-1 segment in the two-week long ITF Under-18 Tennis at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association hard courts, Colombo.
Qin, the seventh seed of Week-1, beat bottom seeded Indian lass, Tarrannum Handa, 14, in a three-set final on Friday.
Sri Lankan boys’ pair of Thangarajah Dineshkanthan and Amresh Jayawickrema meanwhile won the Week-1 doubles title thrashing strong favourites, Zhaoyi Cao and Jun Nan Tao, in straight sets.
Results –
Girls’ Singles:
Final-
Siyu Qin (Seed 7) (ITF World Junior Rank of 779) (China) bt Tarrannum Handa (Seed 2) (ITF 599) (Ind) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
Girls’ Doubles:
Semi-finals –
Rui Wang & Yan Wang bt Tyra Kotuwattegedera & Amreetha Muttiah 6-1, 5-7, 10(6)
Divija Mandava & Spurti Shivalingaiah (Seed 3) bt Sohinee Ghosh & Parminder Kaur (2) 2-6, 6-4, 10(7)
Final –
R. Wang & Y. Wang vs. D. Mandava & S. Shivalingaiah (today morning)
Boys’ Singles:
Final -
Thangarajah Dineshkanthan (Seed 4) (ITF 782) (SL) vs. Jun Nan Tao (3) (ITF 619) (China) (today afternoon)
Boys’ Doubles:
Semi-finals -
Zhaoyi Cao & Jun Nan Tao (Seed 1) bt Shehan Gomesz & Rajat Maheshwari (4) 6-4, 6-4, Thangarajah Dineshkanthan & Amresh Jayawickrema (3) bt Sai Teja Pladugu & Sidharth Sivakumar (2) 7-5, 6-4
Final –
T. Dineshkanthan & A. Jayawickrema bt Z. Cao & J.N. Tao 6-4, 7-6 (6).
