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Lisal, Zaidh, Dinethya, Dinara record first round victories
ITF Junior Circuit Week 1 Tennis
Lisal Goonetilleke and Zaidh Zihar won their respective boys’ singles matches for the hosts at the ITF Junior Circuit Week 1 tournament at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Monday.
While Goonetilleke beat India’s Amav Bishoyi, Zaidh Zihar beat Swastik Sharma in their matches.
The other Sri Lankans in the competition, namely, Methan Wijemanne, Thilina Dissanayake, Vichinthya Nilaweera, Nithila Goonetilleke, Aahil Kaleel suffered first round defeats.
In the girls’ competition which commenced on Tuesday Dinethya Dharmaratne and Dinara de Silva won their first-round encounters. While Dharmaratne beat German player Leyla-Esther Knese 6-4, 6-1, de Silva beat India’s Diya Darshini Vivekanandan 6-2, 6-2.
Dinethya Dharmaratne