In a tussle between two Davis Cup players in the final, St. Peter’s College schoolboy Nishangan Nadaraja got the better of top-seed Sankha Atukorale in three sets to win the Men’s Singles plum at this year’s Otter Aquatic Club Open Ranking ‘B’ Grade Tennis Tournament in Colombo this week.
RESULTS
Quarter-finals:
Sanka Atukorale (Seed 1) bt Anish Wijesinghe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Chehan Fernando (3) bt Madusha Wijesuriya 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4)
Prasanna Atauda (4) bt Akila Vimukthi 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Nishangan Nadaraja (2) bt Supun Pathirage 6-2, 6-2
Semi-finals:
Sankha Atukorale bt Chehan Fernando 6-4, 6-2
Nishangan Nadaraja bt Prasanna Atauda 6-2, 6-0
Final:
Nishangan Nadaraja bt Sankha Atukorale 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
