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Anika Seneviratne of Ladies College won the Girls Under 10 Tennis Women’s International Championship played recently.
She defeated Nimna Fernando 7-1 to win the contest. Anika also emerged as the semi finalist in the Under 12 competition in the tournament conducted under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association.
Last year Anika won crowned the unbeaten champion at the Colombo Regional Tennis Tournament (Under 10). She won the tournament after defeating Kaumini Nawaragodagedara of Visaka Vidiyalaya (All Island Ranked No 2) in a tense final.
Semifinalists and finalists of WIC tournament
Boys under 10
Winner- Lehan Koswatte
Runner up- Chanith de Silva
Semi finalists- Nelaka Dissanayake/ Shehan Perera
Girls under 10
Winner- Anika Seneviratne
Runner up- Nimna Fernando
Semi finalists- Neyara Weerawanse/ Anjelica Curera
Boys under 12
Winner- Nuwantha Dissanayake
Runner up- Innthujan Selvaratnarajah
Semi finalists- Tasith Rathnayake/ Deelaka Ranasinghe
Girls under 12
Winner- Janali Manamperi
Runner up- Prabuddhi Perera
Semi finalists- Anika Seneviratne/ Paboda Jayasekara
Boys under 14
Winner- Avindra Perera
Runner up- Anarga Peiris
Semi finalists- Amandha Guawardena/ Andrew Muttiah
Girls under 14
Winner- Hasindi Lokuge
Runner up- Gaveshini Abeygunawardena
Semi finalists- Amali Wijeratne/ Thakshila Rathnayake
Boys under 14 doubles
Winners- Archana Lokuge & Shivanka Silva
Runners up- Anarga Peiris & Jerique Rajapakse
Semi finalists- Kavinka Fernando & Naweed nazeel/ Akshath Perera & Sebastian Sansoni
