
Sri Lanka girls arose champions of the Billie Jean Cup – Asia Oceania Group 3 tennis tournament when they recorded a at ease 2-0 win over Turkmenistan in the final played at the SLTA tennis courts in Greenpath, Colombo yesterday.
The match came to a end after the Sri Lankan girls gained the two single matches achieved by Akesha Silva and Dinara de Silva who secured easy wins against Aynur Movlyanova and Illima Guseynova by the identical winning margins of two sets to nil. The win saw Sri Lanka girls earning the promotion to the Group 2 Asia Oceania Group 2.
Results
Sri Lanka beat Turkmenistan 2-0
Akesha Silva (Sri Lanka) beat Aynur Movlyanova (Turkmenistan) 2-0 (6/0, 6/2), Dinara de Silva (Sri Lanka) beat Illima Guseynova (Turkmenistan) 2-0 (6/2, 6/0).