The Mercantile Tennis Tournament which was conducted at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association came to a close on the 16th of December.
This year’s tournament featured the likes of the Sri Lankan Tennis great Arjun Fernando as well as the past women’s singles and doubles nationals champion Thiyumi Abeysinghe.
Participants from a total of 27 companies such as DFCC, Dialog, HSBC, Aitken Spence and Nations Trust bank took part in this year’s tournament in an attempt to bring glory to their respective institutions.
Hamza Hussein who represented Idea Hub put on a stunning display of Tennis in order to win the all important Men’s Division 1 title. He defeated the top seed Ashan Dep in the semi finals and went on to defeat his team mate from Idea Hub A. Ratnakumar with a scoreline of 6-3 6-2.
The women’s segment of the tournament was dominated by the talented and experienced Thiyumi Abeysinghe. She beat Nirmala Fernando in straight sets to win the women’s singles title and she partnered Druvinka Moraes to win the women’s doubles title. She went onto to win her third title of the tournament when she partnered Guyanga Weerasekera to clinch the Mixed Doubles Title.
Tournament Results
Men’s Division I
H. Hussein (Ideahub) beat A. Ratnakumar (Ideahub) 6/3, 6/2
Men’s Division II
Revatha Silva (Upali Group) beat Supun Gunasekara (Techwell Engineering) 6/1 6/1
Men’s Divisioin III
Ajith Liyanarachchi (Ernst & Young) beat Lakmal Gunawardana (Dialog) 7/5, 2/6, 6/1
Women’s Open Singles
Thiyumi Abeysinghe beat Niamarla Fernando (DFCC) 6/1 6/1
Men’s Open Doubles
Arjun Fernando (DFCC) and Guyanga Weerasekera (Coca Cola) beat K. Abarayithan and Hari Prashanth (Hit Tenniz) 6/0 6/2
Women’s Open Doubles
Thiyumi Abyesinghe and Druvinka Moraes (Bates Strategic Alliance) beat Nimarkla Fernando and Manouri Liyanage (DFCC) 6/0 6/1
Mixed Doubles
Guyanga Weerasekera (Coca Cola) and Thiyumi Abeysinghe beat Niroshana Jayasundera (Livinro) and Gayathri Fernando (Shore to Shore) 6/2 6/3
Senior Over 35 Singles
Kelum Gunaratne (Ernst & Young) beat Ajith Liyanarachchi (Ernest & Young) 6/4 7/5
Senior Over 35 Doubles
Chammika De Silva (Heladiv) and Jayantha Kelegama (LOLC) beat Irshard Othman and Gazaali Ghouse (Amana) 6/7(6) 7/5 10/7
Senior Over 45 Singles
Arjun Fernando (DFCC) beat Nihal Fonseka (DFCC) 6/0 6/1
Senior Over 45 Doubles
Irshard Othman (Amana) and CHammika De Silva (Heladiv Tea) beat Nihal Fonseka and Arjun Fernando (DFCC)
Senior Over 55 Singles
Jurgen Morhard (German Embassy) beat Nihal Fonseka (DFCC) 6/3 6/3
Senior Over 55 Doubles
Jurgen Morhard (German Embassy) and Ravi Perera beat Nihal Fonseka and Asoka Abeywardene (DFCC) 6/2 6/2
DFCC emerged as the overall champions with a total point haul of 108. Dialog secured second place with a total of 45 points and Ernst & Young came third with 44 points.
