Dinara de Silva, a student of St. Bridget’s Convent in Colombo became the champion at the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Circuit when she beat top seed Yu Ching Hsieh from Chinese Taipei in straight sets at the SSC courts yesterday.
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Dinara played some excellent tennis and got the better of the top seed after a scare in the first set which she eventually won 7/5. She then won the second set 6/4 as her opponent made every effort to come back but failed in the face of a superior display.
The win by Dinara made her fall into the class of another Sri Lankan to win in the event Angelika Kurera who had won two titles in 2019.
