Savini and Janali to clash in Women’s final

Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi set up a final showdown in the Women’s Open Singles when they won their respective semi-finals on the penultimate day of the SSC Open Tennis Tournament, which continued at the SSC Courts at Maitland Place yesterday.

Savini defeated Tanya Doloswala in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 while Janali had the better of Denethya Dharmarathne even more convincingly 6-0, 6-0 in the semi-finals.

In the Men’s Open Singles semi-finals Luca Knese beat Kiran Vairawanathan 6-2, 6-1 and Vibuda Wijebandara beat Sankha Athukorala 6-4, 0-6, 6-4.