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Apna, Dinethya crown men and women’s champion
Sri Lanka Tennis Association Hard courts national 2023
Apna Perera of Ananda College and Dinethya Dharmarathne of Visakha Vidyalaya walked away with men’s and Women’s titles after high voltage Finals at the SLTA Hard courts national 2023 worked off yesterday at SLTA courts.
In the men’s Category, Apna Perera went head to head against top seed Kiran Viravanathan where the latter sweep away his opponent in a thrilling three-setter (6/3, 7/6, 6/4) to bag the Men’s title.
One of the highlights of the day was the women’s match where Dinethya Dharmarathne got the better of top Seed Janali Manamperi in a thrilling two-setter (7-6, 6-1).
It was a heated clash between Dinethya and Janali, where the latter set the tone from the get-go to frustrate her opponent in the early exchanges. She continued to go for
her shots from the outset, in addition to effectively employing the drop shot, which drew repeated errors from her opponent to wrap up the first set 7-6 and maintain her advantage to nudge in front.
In the second set things were much more competitive, and Dinethya’s experience came into play as she out-manoeuvred Janali to win 6-1 against the top seed, whose frustration began to show early in the second set as she was carted all over the place.
Janali put up a great fight but was unable to match Dinethya’s lethal strokes, taking control most of the time.
Janali committed multiple errors to hand Dinethya the advantage throughout the match but showed flashes of brilliance, Janali gave her level best to take things under control but young Dinethya was a step ahead all the time.
Though Janali look to put up a late fight the early damage was too much for her to handle as she went down fighting.
The win also saw Dinethya’s first Major title in the Local tennis arena. One of the brightest prospects for the future of Sri Lanka Tennis, Dinethya Dharmarathne will no doubt be the torchbearer of Sri Lanka tennis in the future.
අප්නා, දිනෙත්යා පිරිමි සහ කාන්තා ශූරිය බවට පත් විය
ශ්රී ලංකා ටෙනිස් සංගමය දෘඪ පිටියේ ජාතික 2023
SLTA හාඩ් කෝට් ජාතික 2023 හි පැවති අධි වෝල්ටීයතා අවසන් මහා තරඟයෙන් පසු ආනන්ද විද්යාලයේ අප්නා පෙරේරා සහ විශාඛා විද්යාලයේ දිනෙත්යා ධර්මරත්න ඊයේ SLTA උසාවියේ දී වැඩ කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව පිරිමි සහ කාන්තා ශූරතා දිනා ගත්හ.
පිරිමි අංශයේ දී අප්නා පෙරේරා ප්රමුඛ ශ්රේණිගත කිරන් විරවනාදන්ට එරෙහිව මුහුණට මුහුණට මුහුණ දුන් අතර, එහිදී දෙවැන්නා සිය ප්රතිවාදියා ත්රිත්ව ත්රිත්ව පහරකින් (6/3, 7/6, 6/4) පරාජයට පත් කර පිරිමි ශූරතාව දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
දිනේත්යා ධර්මරත්න කාන්තා තරගයේදී පළමු වටයේ ක්රීඩිකාව වන ජනලී මනම්පේරිට එරෙහිව තියුණු තරගයකින් (7-6, 6-1) ජයග්රහණය ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වූවාය.
එය දිනෙත්යා සහ ජනාලි අතර උණුසුම් ගැටුමක් වූ අතර, මුල් හුවමාරු වලදී තම ප්රතිවාදියා කලකිරීමට පත් කිරීමට දෙවැන්නා ආරම්භයේ සිටම ස්වරය සකස් කළේය. ඇය දිගටම යන්න ගියා
ආරම්භයේ සිටම ඇගේ පහරවල්, ඩ්රොප් ෂොට් එක ඵලදායී ලෙස යොදා ගැනීමට අමතරව, ඇගේ ප්රතිවාදියාගෙන් නැවත නැවතත් වැරදි සිදු වූ අතර, පළමු වටය 7-6ක් ලෙස අවසන් කර, ඉදිරියෙන් තල්ලු වීමට ඇගේ වාසිය පවත්වා ගෙන ගියේය.
දෙවන වටයේ දේවල් වඩාත් තරඟකාරී වූ අතර, දිනෙත්යාගේ අත්දැකීම් ක්රියාත්මක වූයේ, ඇය ජනාලි අභිබවා ගොස් 6-1ක් ලෙස මුල් වටයට එරෙහිව ජයග්රහණය කළ අතර, දෙවන කට්ටලය ආරම්භයේදීම ඇයව කරත්තය පුරා ගෙන යන විට ඇගේ කලකිරීම පෙන්නුම් කිරීමට පටන් ගත්තේය. .
ජනාලි විශිෂ්ට සටනක් කළ නමුත් දිනෙත්යාගේ මාරාන්තික පහරවල් සමඟ සම කිරීමට නොහැකි වූයේ බොහෝ විට පාලනය කර ගනිමින්.
තරගය පුරා දිනෙත්යාට වාසිය ලබා දීමට ජනාලි විවිධ වැරදි සිදු කළ නමුත් දීප්තිය පෙන්නුම් කළ අතර, දේවල් පාලනය කර ගැනීමට ජනාලි ඇගේ උපරිමය ලබා දුන් නමුත් තරුණ දිනෙත්ය සෑම විටම පියවරක් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියේය.
ජනාලි ප්රමාද වී සටනක් කිරීමට බලා සිටියද, ඇය සටනට බැස ගිය නිසා මුල් හානිය ඇයට දරාගත නොහැකි විය.
දිනෙත්යා දේශීය ටෙනිස් පිටියේ පළමු ප්රධාන ශූරතාව ද මෙම ජයග්රහණයෙන් දුටුවේය. ශ්රී ලංකා ටෙනිස් ක්රීඩාවේ අනාගතය සඳහා දීප්තිමත්ම අපේක්ෂාවන්ගෙන් එකක් වන දිනෙත්ය ධර්මරත්න අනාගතයේ ශ්රී ලංකා ටෙනිස් පන්දු දරන්නා වනු නොඅනුමානය.
அப்னா, தினேத்யா ஆண்கள் மற்றும் பெண்கள் பிரிவில் சாம்பியன் பட்டம் வென்றனர்
இலங்கை டென்னிஸ் சங்கம் ஹார்ட் கோர்ட்ஸ் தேசிய 2023
SLTA ஹார்ட் கோர்ட்ஸ் நேஷனல் 2023 இல் உயர் மின்னழுத்த இறுதிப் போட்டிகளுக்குப் பிறகு, ஆனந்தா கல்லூரியின் அப்னா பெரேரா மற்றும் விசாகா வித்தியாலயத்தைச் சேர்ந்த தினேத்யா தர்மரத்னே ஆகியோர் ஆண்கள் மற்றும் பெண்கள் பட்டங்களை வென்றனர்.
ஆடவர் பிரிவில், அப்னா பெரேரா முதல் நிலை வீரரான கிரண் விரவநாதனை எதிர்கொண்டார், அங்கு அவர் தனது எதிராளியை பரபரப்பான மூன்று-செட்டர்களில் (6/3, 7/6, 6/4) துடைத்து ஆடவர் பட்டத்தை வென்றார்.
தினேத்திய தர்மரத்னே, பெண்களுக்கான ஆட்டத்தில் முதலிடம் பெற்ற ஜனலி மனம்பேரியை (7-6, 6-1) விறுவிறுப்பான ஆட்டத்தில் வென்றார்.
இது தினேத்யாவிற்கும் ஜனாலிக்கும் இடையே ஒரு சூடான மோதலாக இருந்தது, அங்கு பிந்தையவர் ஆரம்ப பரிமாற்றங்களில் தனது எதிரியை விரக்தியடையச் செய்ததில் இருந்தே தொனியை அமைத்தார். அவள் தொடர்ந்து சென்றாள்
ஆரம்பத்திலிருந்தே அவரது ஷாட்கள், டிராப் ஷாட்டை திறம்பட பயன்படுத்தியதுடன், இது அவரது எதிராளியிடமிருந்து மீண்டும் மீண்டும் பிழைகளை ஈர்த்தது, முதல் செட்டை 7-6 என்ற கணக்கில் முடித்து, தனது சாதகத்தை முன்னிலையில் தள்ளியது.
இரண்டாவது செட்டில் விஷயங்கள் மிகவும் போட்டித்தன்மையுடன் இருந்தன, மேலும் அவர் ஜானலியை 6-1 என்ற கணக்கில் முதலிடத்திற்கு எதிராக வென்றதால் தினேத்யாவின் அனுபவம் செயல்பட்டது, இரண்டாவது செட்டின் ஆரம்பத்தில் அவரது விரக்தி வெளிப்படத் தொடங்கியது. .
ஜனாலி ஒரு சிறந்த சண்டையை நடத்தினார், ஆனால் தினேத்யாவின் கொடிய தாக்குதலுக்கு ஈடுகொடுக்க முடியவில்லை, பெரும்பாலான நேரங்களில் கட்டுப்பாட்டை எடுத்துக்கொண்டார்.
போட்டி முழுவதும் தினேத்யாவுக்கு சாதகமாக கைகொடுக்க ஜனாலி பல தவறுகளைச் செய்தார், ஆனால் புத்திசாலித்தனத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தினார், விஷயங்களைக் கட்டுக்குள் கொண்டு வர ஜனாலி தனது நிலையைச் சிறப்பாகக் கொடுத்தார், ஆனால் இளம் தினேத்யா எல்லா நேரத்திலும் ஒரு படி மேலே இருந்தார்.
தாமதமாக சண்டை போட ஜனலி தோற்றமளித்தாலும், சண்டையில் இறங்கியதால் ஆரம்பகால சேதம் அவளால் சமாளிக்க முடியாத அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக இருந்தது.
இந்த வெற்றியானது உள்ளூர் டென்னிஸ் அரங்கில் தினேத்யாவின் முதல் மேஜர் பட்டத்தையும் கண்டது. இலங்கை டென்னிஸின் எதிர்காலத்திற்கான பிரகாசமான வாய்ப்புகளில் ஒருவரான தினேத்ய தர்மரத்னே, எதிர்காலத்தில் இலங்கை டென்னிஸின் ஜோதியாக இருப்பார் என்பதில் சந்தேகமில்லை.
News
Dinara and Aahil Reach Finals at SSC ITF J30 Week 2
Sri Lanka’s Dinara de Silva and Aahil Kaleel advanced to the girls’ and boys’ singles finals respectively at the ITF J30 Week 2 Junior Tennis Tournament being held at the SSC Courts from 2 to 8 June.
Dinara secured a dominant semifinal victory over the Maldives’ Karin Saizan, while Aahil battled through a tough three-set encounter against India’s Vivaan Mirdha to keep Sri Lankan hopes alive in the boys’ competition.

In the girls’ singles semifinals, Dinara produced an impressive display to defeat Karin Saizan 4-1, 4-0. Fellow Sri Lankan Yuhansa Peiris also booked her place in the final after overcoming India’s Aahida Singh 5-4, 4-0. Their victories set up an all-Sri Lankan championship clash.
The boys’ singles semifinals featured a thrilling contest between Aahil and Vivaan Mirdha. After winning the first set 4-2 and dropping the second 2-4, Aahil held his nerve to claim the match tie-break 10-7. In the other semifinal, India’s Shiok Chauhan defeated compatriot Punith Manchira 5-3, 4-2 to reach the final.

The girls’ final will see Dinara face Yuhansa, while Aahil will take on Chauhan in the boys’ title match.
Dinara enters the final in outstanding form, having won the Week 1 singles title. She also teamed up with Yuhansa to capture the Week 1 girls’ doubles championship. The tournament is particularly significant for Dinara as it marks her final ITF Junior tournament appearance on Sri Lankan soil before embarking on the next stage of her international tennis journey.
Cricket
Cricket Transformation Committee Pledges Greater Support for Women’s Game
Sri Lanka Cricket’s Cricket Transformation Committee recently engaged in a productive dialogue with the country’s leading women cricketers, reaffirming its commitment to elevating the status and development of women’s cricket across all levels.
The meeting brought together players representing the national team, Sri Lanka ‘A’, and the Under-19 women’s squad. It was chaired by Cricket Transformation Committee Chairman Eran Wickramaratne and attended by several prominent figures in Sri Lankan cricket administration and former international stars.
Among those present were Sri Lanka Cricket Honorary Secretary Prakash Schaffter, Cricket Committee Chairman Sidath Wettimuny, former national captains Kumar Sangakkara and Roshan Mahanama, as well as committee members Dinal Phillips PC, Upul Kumarapperuma PC, Avanthi Colombage and Thushira Raddella. Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley De Silva and Sri Lanka Women’s Head Coach Jamie Siddons also participated in the discussions.
Addressing the gathering, Wickramaratne praised the remarkable strides made by Sri Lanka’s women cricketers in recent years, highlighting their historic Asia Cup victory as a defining moment for the sport in the country.
He described the achievement as a milestone that had “rewritten the history of women’s cricket in Sri Lanka” and commended the players for their dedication, discipline and commitment to excellence.
Wickramaratne assured the players that the Cricket Transformation Committee would work towards creating a more equitable cricketing environment, ensuring that women’s cricket receives greater opportunities, recognition and support in line with the men’s game.
Looking ahead, he extended his best wishes to the national women’s team as they prepare for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, expressing confidence in their ability to continue making the nation proud on the international stage.
The session also featured motivational addresses from Sangakkara, Wettimuny and Mahanama, who shared insights from their own distinguished careers. They encouraged the players to remain focused on both their sporting ambitions and personal development while embracing the values of discipline, teamwork and responsibility.
The cricketing legends emphasized that sustained success is built on collective effort, urging every member of the squad to understand and execute their role effectively for the benefit of the team.
The meeting forms part of Sri Lanka Cricket’s broader efforts to strengthen the women’s game and ensure that the country’s emerging female talent is equipped with the resources and guidance needed to thrive at the highest level.
Athletics
Pathirage Rewrites Record Books with Historic 92.62m Throw in Rome
Sri Lankan javelin sensation Rumesh Pathirage produced the performance of a lifetime at the Rome Diamond League, launching the spear an astonishing 92.62 metres to become the second-best javelin thrower in Asian history and move to eighth place on the world all-time rankings.
The 23-year-old delivered the remarkable throw with his second attempt in the men’s javelin competition, sending shockwaves through the athletics world and cementing his place among the sport’s elite.
Pathirage’s record-breaking effort not only shattered his previous personal best but also established a new Sri Lankan national record and the world-leading mark for the 2026 season.
Adding to the significance of the achievement, the Sri Lankan star eclipsed the long-standing Rome Diamond League meet record of 90.34 metres, which had stood for two decades and was set by Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen.
The historic throw marks a major milestone for Sri Lankan athletics, with Pathirage becoming the first athlete from the island nation to surpass the coveted 90-metre barrier in international competition.
His performance places him among the greatest javelin throwers of all time and further strengthens his credentials as a leading contender for major global championships in the years ahead.
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