Sri Lanka’s women’s tennis team did creditably well to finish in third place at the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania group 2 tennis tournament held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan from August 22 to 27.
In their encounter for third place Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan 3-0 in a determined show.
The countries that participated in this tournament were Brunei Darussalam, Guam, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka.
In their opening game Sri Lanka had no difficulty to beat Brunei Darussalam 3-nil with impressive scores.
1st single: Hasali Gajaba beat Tan-Jia Hul 6/0, 6/0.
2nd single: Rukshika Wijesuriya beat Chong Ming Rui 6/0, 6/1.
Doubles: Janali Manamperi and Rukshika Wijesuriya beat Chong Ming Rui and Tan Jia Hui 6/1, 6/1.
In their second game Sri Lanka routed Guam 3-nil to finish on top of their group.
1st single: Angelika Kurera beat Sydney Packbier (Guam) 6/0, 6/1.
2nd single: Rukshika Wijesooriya beat Fremont Gybson 6/0, 6/2.
Doubles: Janali Manamperi and Rukshika Wijesuriya beat Sydney Packbier and Fremont Gybson 6/1, 6/0.
Sri Lanka went down to Uzbekistan by two matches to one in their match in the second round.
1st single: Ominahon Valihanova (Uzbekistan) beat Anjelika Kurera 6/2, 6/1.
2nd single: Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) beat Rukshika Wijesuriya (Sri Lanka) 6/3, 6/2.
In the doubles match Janali Manamperi and Rukshika Wijesuriya (Sri Lanka) beat Nasiba Espolova and Maftunabonu Kahramonova (Uzbekistan) 6/4, 6/4.
1st single: Anjelika Kurera (Sri Lanka) beat Suhali Ushan (Pakistan) 4/6, 6/3, 7/5.
2nd single: Rukshika Wijesuriya (Sri Lanka) beat Mahboob Khan 6/0, 6/1.
Doubles: Neyara Weerawansa and Hasali Gajaba (Sri Lanka) beat Khokhar Meheq and Maliknoor (Pakistan) 6/1, 6/2. (TBR)