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Sahansa, Annaya book semi-final berths
Sahansa Damsiluni and Annaya Norbert reached the girls’ singles semi-finals of the ITF Asia 14 and Under Development Championship (South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia) week two event at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Tuesday.
Sahansa beat Mongolian Adama Macono in her quarter-final while Annaya beat Howladcr Jannat from Bangladesh in her match.
Sohail Hajira of Pakistan and Gurung Shivali of Nepal were the winners of the other two quarter-final matches.
Annaya Norbert
Results
GirlGirls’ quarter-finals
Sahansa Damsiluni (Sri Lanka) beat Adama Macono (Mongolia) 6-4, 6-3
Annaya Norbert (Sri Lanka) beat Howladcr Jannat (Bangladesh) 6-3, 6-1
Sohail Hajira (Pakistan) beat Eliza Kahagalla (Sri Lanka) 6-4, 3-1 (Eliza retired)
Gurung Shivali (Nepal ) beat Zia Ullah Khan (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-1.