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Janali sets up final clash with Dinethya
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.
இரண்டு அரையிறுதிப் போட்டிகளும் ஏப்ரல் 5
Cricket
Sunil Kumara Gamage Accepts SLC Resignations, Ministry Steps In
Sri Lanka’s cricket administration has entered a period of transition after the government stepped in to take temporary control of the sport’s governing body.
Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has accepted the resignation of Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, marking a significant shift in leadership.
Following the resignations, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that it would assume oversight of cricket administration under the authority granted by the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973. The decision places all operational and administrative matters of SLC under ministerial supervision with immediate effect.
Authorities indicated that the arrangement is temporary and part of a broader effort to stabilise the sport’s administration. A new committee is expected to be appointed in the coming days to examine existing issues and propose structural reforms aimed at improving governance and accountability.
The leadership’s decision to step down was communicated to the government earlier, prompting swift action to ensure continuity in the management of Sri Lanka’s most prominent sport.
Cricket
SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.
This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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