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Janali sets up final clash with Dinethya

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Sri Lanka Tennis Association Hard courts national 2023 tournament

Janali Manamperi set up a final clash with Dinethya Dharmarathne in the women’s singles at the ongoing SLTA Hard courts national 2023 tournament.

In the first semi-finals, Janali got the better of Saajida Razick quite comfortably in two straight sets (6/3, 6/4).

Saajida got off to a sluggish start and the experienced Janali took full advantage, wrapping up the first set quite comfortably.
Saajida responded with more aggressive play in the second set, which resulted in an early lead, but Janali weathered the storm and battled back to walk out the winner.

The other semi-final between Dinethya Dharmarathne and Tuwini de Alwis turned out to be a one-sided affair with Dinethya dominating from the word go to eventually wrap up the match 2-0.

Meanwhile, in the boys’ semis, Kiran Virawanathan stunned Gayanga Weerasekara (6/2, 6/2), while Apna Perera beat Dinesh Kanthan Thangaraja in a thrilling three-setter (6/2, 3/6, 6/3)

Both semi-finals will be staged on 5 April.

ජනාලි දිනෙත්‍යා සමඟ අවසන් ගැටුමක් ඇති කරයි

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ටෙනිස් සංගමය හාඩ් කෝට් ජාතික 2023 තරඟාවලිය

ජනලී මනම්පේරි දැනට පැවැත්වෙන SLTA Hard courts ජාතික 2023 තරඟාවලියේ කාන්තා කේවල තරඟයේදී දිනෙත්‍යා ධර්මරත්න සමග අවසන් ගැටුමක් පිහිටුවූවාය.

පළමු අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේ දී ජනාලි, සාජිදා රාසික්ට එරෙහිව කෙළින්ම සූත්‍ර දෙකකදී (6/3, 6/4) තරමක් පහසු ලෙස ජය ලබා ගත්තාය.

සාජිදා මන්දගාමී ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත් අතර පළපුරුදු ජනාලි එහි උපරිම ප්‍රයෝජන ගත් අතර පළමු වටය තරමක් සුවපහසු ලෙස අවසන් කළාය.
දෙවන වටයේදී සාජිදා වඩාත් ආක්‍රමණශීලී ක්‍රීඩාවකින් ප්‍රතිචාර දැක්වූ අතර, එහි ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස කලින් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියද, ජනාලි කුණාටුවෙන් මිදී ජයග්‍රාහකයා ඉවත් කිරීමට සටන් කළේය.

දිනෙත්‍යා ධර්මරත්න සහ ටුවිනි ද අල්විස් අතර පැවති අනෙක් අවසන් පූර්ව තරගය ඒක පාර්ශවීය තරගයක් බවට පත් වූ අතර දිනෙත්‍ය වචනයෙන් ආධිපත්‍යය දැරූ අතර අවසානයේ තරගය 2-0ක් ලෙස අවසන් විය.

මේ අතර, බාලක අවසන් පූර්ව වටයේදී කිරන් විරවනාදන් විසින් ගයංග වීරසේකර (6/2, 6/2) පරාජයට පත් කළ අතර, අප්නා පෙරේරා දිනේෂ් කාන්තන් තංගරාජා පරාජය කරන ලද්දේ තියුණු තරග තුනකින් (6/2, 3/6, 6/3) ය.

අර්ධ අවසන් පූර්ව තරග දෙකම අප්‍රේල් 5 වේදිකාගත කෙරේ.

ஜனாலி தினேத்யாவுடன் இறுதி மோதலை அமைக்கிறார்

இலங்கை டென்னிஸ் சங்கம் ஹார்ட் கோர்ட்ஸ் தேசிய 2023 போட்டி

நடைபெற்று வரும் SLTA ஹார்ட் கோர்ட்ஸ் தேசிய 2023 போட்டியில் பெண்கள் ஒற்றையர் பிரிவில் தினேத்யா தர்மரத்னவுடன் ஜனாலி மனம்பேரி இறுதி மோதலை அமைத்தார்.

முதல் அரையிறுதியில், ஜனாலி இரண்டு நேர் செட்களில் (6/3, 6/4) சாஜிதா ரசிக்கை மிகவும் வசதியாக வென்றார்.

சாஜிதா ஒரு மந்தமான தொடக்கத்தில் இறங்கினார் மற்றும் அனுபவம் வாய்ந்த ஜனாலி முதல் செட்டை மிகவும் வசதியாக முடித்தார்.
சாஜிதா இரண்டாவது செட்டில் மிகவும் ஆக்ரோஷமான ஆட்டத்தால் பதிலளித்தார், இதன் விளைவாக ஆரம்பகால முன்னிலை கிடைத்தது, ஆனால் ஜனாலி புயலை எதிர்கொண்டு வெற்றியாளரை வெளியேற்ற மீண்டும் போராடினார்.

தினெத்ய தர்மரத்ன மற்றும் துவினி டி அல்விஸ் இடையேயான மற்றைய அரையிறுதி ஆட்டம் ஒருதலைப்பட்சமாக மாறியது, தினெத்யா ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தி இறுதியில் போட்டியை 2-0 என்ற கணக்கில் முடித்தார்.

இதேவேளை, சிறுவர்களுக்கான அரையிறுதியில், கிரண் விரவநாதன் கயங்கா வீரசேகரவை (6/2, 6/2) அதிர்ச்சியடையச் செய்த அதேவேளை, அப்னா பெரேரா, தினேஷ் காந்தன் தங்கராஜாவை த்ரில் மூன்று செட் கணக்கில் (6/2, 3/6, 6/3) வீழ்த்தினார்.

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Dilshan Madushanka Earns IPL Opportunity with Sunrisers Hyderabad

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Madushanka, known for his sharp left-arm pace and ability to swing the ball early, joins the squad as a like-for-like replacement. His addition comes at a crucial stage in the tournament, where teams are looking to fine-tune their combinations for a strong finish.

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The incident occurred in a match of the National Super League held from April 6 to 9, where the Dambulla side faced Colombo. Wickramasinghe, representing Dambulla, drew attention from match officials, prompting concerns over the legality of his action.

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Following the report, the matter has been referred to the Sri Lanka Cricket High Performance Unit for further assessment. Wickramasinghe may now be required to undergo biomechanical testing to determine whether his bowling action complies with the laws of the game.

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