Sisters Alana and Anika Seneviratne swept to victory in straight sets to be crowned National Women’s Doubles Champions at the Sri Lanka Tennis Nationals at SLTA courts yesterday.
The sisters seeded 2 beat top seeded Janali Manamperi and Savini Jayasuriya 7/5 4/2 (retired).
Alana and Anika led 5/2 and 0/40 in the first set but a brief lack of concentration saw them having to work harder to finish the set. The highlight of their win was that they didn’t drop a set on their way to the national title. This was Anika’s 3rd senior doubles final and she defended the title she won last year with Jithmie Jayawickrema successfully this year.
Alana won her 2nd major Super A women’s doubles title after winning the same event with her sister at the recently concluded Colombo Championships.
She has also won all the junior doubles events (under 10-16) at the Nationals in the past.
The Nationals finishes on Sunday with the mixed doubles finals.
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