Chandrika bags treble as Lankan shuttlers shine at Ceylon Masters

Gold - Renu Chandrika (SRI), Silver - Vipuli Abeyesekara (SRI) and Bronze - Deepali Joshi (IND)

Chandrika bags a treble as Lankan shuttlers shine at Ceylon Masters

Rohan De Silva 

Sri Lanka’s shuttlers excelled by winning 10 gold and 12 silver medals as the inaugural Ceylon Masters International Badminton Tournament came to a conclusion following three days of quality action at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Wednesday (28 November).

Chief Guest Commander of the Sri lanka Army, Lieutenant General N.U.M.M.W. Senanayake

Rohan Fernando

Muhammed (INA) vs. Hemantha Kodithuwakku (SRI)

The country’s first ever international masters badminton event, organised by the Ceylon Masters Badminton Association (CMBA), saw 23 finals being conducted on the final day and the local stars featured in 17 of them.

Masters players from India won six finals and the other wins were shared between China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Macau in different age classes.

Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong China and Taipei too fared well but were not able to win any events and had to be content with silver medals in the men’s and women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles categories.

Former national champion Chandrika de Silva was the centre of attention as she displayed her class by winning a triple crown.

De Silva, teaming up with Kaushali Dissanayake in the Women’s Over 40 category, defeated compatriot Priyanka Abeyratne and her Indian partner Arati Patwardhna in straight sets. De Silva and her Indonesian partner Muhammed defeated Indonesia’s Bayu Cahyono and Arti Patwardhna of India in straight sets to secure the Over 35 Mixed Doubles title and later outplayed Vipuli Abeysekera in the singles to make it a treble as the veteran star with an illustrious record added one more title to her international achievements.   

Janath Rohan Fernando won two gold medals, becoming the second most successful Sri Lankan contender on the final day.

The number one seeded Janath won the Over 55 Men’s Singles title by outplaying Nepal’s Bishnu Lal Shrestha and later bagged the doubles, teaming up with Indonesia’s Ertanto Kuriniawan. The duo overcame their Nepali counterparts Ramesh Bahadur Bhattachan Shrestha in straight sets. 

A key figure behind the successful organisation of the tournament, veteran player Rohan de Silva partnered Indonesia’s Frits Mainaky in the Over 65 Mixed Doubles and was stretched to the full three sets by Indian duo of Vijayakumar Krishnamoorthy and Sommasherappa before winning 2-1 (15-13, 15-8, 15-8). 

The tournament saw more than 270 local and foreign shuttlers vying for top honours and the podium winners in each category were awarded medals and certificates. The total prize money bagged by the winners crossed $ 7,500.

Sri Lanka Army Commander Lt. General Mahesh Senanayake was the Chief Guest at the awards ceremony.

Finals results:

Over 35 Men’s Doubles: Muhammed/Amila Kumara Yatapana (INA/SRI) [1] beat C. Niroshan Jude John/Hemantha Kodithuwakku (SRI)[2] 15-13, 15-9

Over 40 Men’s Singles: Aneefa Aneesh Kannangayath (IND)[1] beat Fernando Manjula Sampath (SRI)[2] 15-13, 10-15, 15-10

Over 60 Men’s Singles: Arnold Dendeng (INA)[1] beat Philip Bency (IND) 15-6, 15-5

Over 50 Mixed Doubles: Naik K.P. Naidu, Suzanne Venglet (IND)[2] beat Ertanto Kuriniawan, W. Sriyani Deepika Peiris (INA/SRI)[1] 15-8, 15-6

Over 55 Men’s Singles: Janath Rohan Fernando (SRI)[1] beat Bishnu Lal Shrestha (NEP) 15-9, 13-15, 15-10

Over 40 Mixed Doubles: Senthilvelan Kaliappan, Lavete Sunitha Raj (IND) beat Deepak Patwardhan, Deepali Joshi (IND)[1] 15-13, 16-14

Over 45 Mixed Doubles: Marlev Mario Mainaky, Kaushali Dissanayake (INA/SRI)[1] beat Subash Janaka De Silva, Vipuli Abeysekara (SRI)[2] 15-7, 15-10

Over 35 Mixed Doubles: Muhammed, H. Renu Chandrika De Silva (INA/SRI)[2] beat Sri Haritoko Bayu Cahyono, Arati Patwardhna (INA/IND)[1] 15-8, 15-13

Over 70 Men’s Doubles: Kooinyean Chong, Yang Xiang Gu (MAS/CHN) beat Angus Husein, Bin Abdullah Dave (NZL/MAS)[1] 9-15, 15-11, 15-8

Over 40 Men’s Doubles: Biju Mohan Babu, Aneefa Aneesh Kannangayath (IND)[1] beat Fernando Manjula Sampath, Clarance Homer (SRI)[2] 19-17, 15-10

Over 50 Men’s Doubles: Naik K.P. Naidu, Maran Thangavelu (IND)[1] beat Dev Senthiya, Niroshan Wijekoon (NZL/SRI)[2] 15-13, 15-11

Over 60 Men’s Doubles: Philip Bency, Kattapuram Oommen George (IND) beat Jeffrey Jamin Zee, Boon S. Teoh (HKG/AUS) 15-11, 15-8

Over 45 Men’s Singles: Marlev Mario Mainaky (INA)[2] beat Ajith Upendra Jayawardena (SRI)[1] 15-2, 15-8

Over 65 Men’s Singles: Luddy Budiman (INA) beat Yowsong Lim (MAS) 15-10, 15-12

Over 70 Men’s Singles: Anthony Lourdes (AUS)[1] beat Bin Abdullah Dave (MAS)[2] 19-17, 10-15, 15-8

Over 60 and 65 XD: Arnold Dendeng, Wijayalakshmi G. Punchihewa (INA/SRI)[1] beat Jeffrey Jamin Zee, Irene Wood (HKG/AUS) 15-12, 15-9

Over 35 Men’s Singles: Muhammed (INA)[1] beat Hemantha Kodithuwakku (SRI)[2] 15-6, 15-2

Over 50 Men’s Singles: Niroshan Wijekoon (SRI)[1] beat Maran Thangavelu (IND)[2] 15-8, 15-4

Over 50 and over 55 Women’s Singles: W. Sriyani Deepika Peiris (SRI)[1] beat Sangeetha Rajagopal (IND)[2] 15-13, 15-13

Over 65 Men’s Doubles: Rohan De Silva, Frits Mainaky (SRI/INA)[1] Vijayakumar Krishnamoorthy, Sommashekarappa Puttaraj (IND)[2] 15-10, 14-16, 15-12

Over 55 Men’s Doubles: Janath Rohan Fernando, Ertanto Kuriniawan (SRI/INA)[1] beat Ramesh Bahadur Bhattachan, Bishnu Lal Shrestha (NEP)[2] 15-10, 15-11

Over 45 Men’s Doubles: Clarance Homer, Ajith Upendra Jayawardena (SRI)[1] beat Subash Janaka De Silva, Duminda Jayakodi (SRI)[2] 15-10, 15-10