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Vishmi stuns Oneli to reach U18 quarter-finals
Clay Court Nationals
Fifteen-year-old Vishmi Serasinghe ousted top seed Oneli Perera to advance to the quarter-finals of the Under-18 girls’ singles of the ongoing Clay Court Nationals at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts on Tuesday.
Serasinghe beat Perera 6-2, 6-2 to secure her place in the quarter-final where she will meet the winner of the match between Melasha Randini and Saajida Razick.
Second seed Tania Doloswala and fourth seed Dahamna Methsandi are the others to have secured their quarter-final places with victories recorded on Tuesday.
Under-18 Girls match results
Vishmi Serasinghe beat Oneli Perera 6-2, 6-2
Tania Doloswala beat Senulya Wijayawardane 6-0, 6-4
Saajida Razick beat Nishka Vivekanandan 6-0, 6-1
Dahamna Methsandi beat Nilasi de Silva 6-1, 7-5
Ashanthi Seneviratne beat Nesangi Hemakumara 6-1, 6-4
Nelini Jayasuriya beat Pasadni Weerasekera 6-0, 6-0
Zeenath Zihar beat A. Vairavanathan 6-1, 6-0