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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.
Cricket
Sri Lanka ‘A’ Women Cruise Past New Zealand ‘A’ Behind Vishmi, Dewmi Show
Vishmi Gunaratne produced a composed unbeaten half-century while Dewmi Vihanga starred with the ball as Sri Lanka ‘A’ Women secured a dominant 56-run victory over New Zealand ‘A’ Women in the second unofficial ODI at the Dambulla International Stadium on Saturday.
Batting first in the 20-over encounter, the hosts recovered from a few middle-order setbacks to post an imposing 152 for 5, with Vishmi anchoring the innings brilliantly.
Sri Lanka made a lively start through Sanjana Kavindi, who attacked the New Zealand bowlers early with a quickfire 27 off 20 balls, striking six boundaries before falling to Jess Watkin.
Vishmi then took charge of the innings, combining caution with timely aggression to keep the scoreboard moving. The left-hander found strong support from Vimoksha Balasuriya, who added 33 off 27 deliveries with two fours and two sixes during an important middle-order stand.
Although Sri Lanka lost a cluster of wickets late in the innings, Dewmi Vihanga’s explosive finish gave the innings further momentum. Dewmi blasted an unbeaten 14 from only three balls, including a six and two boundaries, helping the hosts finish strongly at the death.
New Zealand ‘A’ began the chase poorly and struggled to recover after losing wickets regularly against disciplined Sri Lankan bowling.
Captain Jess Watkin was dismissed in the opening over before Chamudi Praboda removed both Kate Anderson and JA Watkins to leave the visitors under pressure.
The innings never gained stability as Sri Lanka tightened their grip through the middle overs. Dewmi Vihanga then delivered the decisive blows, dismissing Tash Wakelin, Bella Armstrong and the dangerous Emma Black to effectively end New Zealand’s hopes.
Emma Black provided the lone resistance with an aggressive 28 off 20 balls, but the visitors were eventually bowled out for 96 in 19.5 overs.
Dewmi finished with impressive figures of 3 for 19 while Chamudi Praboda supported well with 2 for 15 as Sri Lanka ‘A’ completed a comprehensive all-round performance.
Cricket
Ex-Selection Head Seeks Written Clarification From Sports Ministry
Former national selector and ex-fast bowler Pramodya Wickramasinghe has sought an official explanation from the Sports Ministry and Sri Lanka Cricket following reports that his tenure as chairman of the national selection panel had been cut short ahead of schedule.
In a letter sent on May 21 to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage, Wickramasinghe said he had only been verbally informed about discussions surrounding a move to end his appointment early and reorganize the Selection Committee structure.
The development comes just a day before the appointment of a new national selection panel by the Sports Ministry on Thursday, effectively replacing the existing committee.
Wickramasinghe stated that his appointment had originally been approved in December 2025 for a fixed two-year term. He noted that, despite widespread reports regarding the restructuring, he had not received any formal written communication confirming the termination of his role.
In his letter, Wickramasinghe requested that either the ministry or Sri Lanka Cricket provide official written notification outlining the decision and the administrative grounds for ending his contract before its expiry.
He stressed that proper communication was essential to maintain transparency and professionalism during the transition process.
“In order to ensure that all administrative transitions are handled with the utmost transparency, adherence to proper protocol, and mutual respect, I kindly and respectfully request that your office or Sri Lanka Cricket provide me with formal, written notification of this decision,” Wickramasinghe stated in the letter.
The former selection chief further said that receiving formal confirmation would allow him to complete his duties in an orderly manner and ensure that official records accurately reflected the end of his tenure.
Cricket
New Sri Lanka Cricket Chiefs Promise Sweeping Reforms
Sri Lanka Cricket’s interim administration has launched a major clean-up operation after uncovering what officials describe as extensive financial mismanagement within the governing body.
Speaking at his first press conference since taking charge last month, interim president Eran Wickramaratne announced that a forensic audit had been ordered to examine the organisation’s accounts in detail.
According to Wickramaratne, the scale of the suspected irregularities exceeded initial expectations, prompting urgent calls for structural reforms and tighter oversight within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
The current administration was appointed by the government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake following the resignation of the previous elected committee in April. The move sparked concerns over possible disciplinary action from the International Cricket Council (ICC), which prohibits political interference in cricket boards.
Sri Lanka Cricket had previously faced a two-month suspension from the ICC in 2023 under similar circumstances.
However, Wickramaratne said discussions with the global governing body had been positive and cooperative.
“Our engagement with the ICC has been constructive from the beginning,” he said. “We have kept the process transparent, and they have encouraged reforms carried out through proper and open procedures.”
The interim administration is now working on introducing a new constitution designed to strengthen governance and prevent individuals or groups from holding influence over the board for extended periods.
The resignation of former SLC president Shammi Silva and his committee cleared the way for the latest restructuring effort, which comes amid wider criticism over the board’s management and the national team’s recent performances.
Sri Lanka’s early exit from this year’s T20 World Cup jointly hosted with India intensified public frustration and added pressure for change within the country’s cricket establishment.
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