Savinaka Weerasekera and Ranithma Liyanage won the men’s and women’s Open singles titles at the MBA Open Badminton Championship held at the Mercantile and Lumbini College courts in Colombo.
Organised by the Mercantile Badminton Association under the auspices of Sri Lanka Badminton the Championship also made Ranithma claim a double by winning the mixed Open doubles title along with Alan Dharmasaputra.
Savinaka defeated Lochana de Silva 21-17, 8-21, 21-14 in the men’s Open singles final while Ranithma defeated Warangana Jayawardene 21-12, 21-14 to win the women’s singles title.
Oshamika Karunaratne and Tulith Palliaguru won the men’s Open doubles title by defeating Dinuru Rashmika Priyashantha and Siyath Dulneth Senaratne in a thrilling three-setter 21-17, 18-21 and 21-17 while Anurangi Hansamala Maskorala and Vidara Suhasni Vidanage won the women’s Open doubles title by defeating Rashmi Bhagya and Warangana 21-19 and 21-18.
In the Open mixed doubles final, Marcelo Vittorio and Praveena Jayasundara lost to Ranithma and Dharmasaputra 21-15, 21-14.
In the under-19 boys’ singles final, Shenuk Samararatne won by defeating Thilina Rajakaruna 21-19, 21-10 while the girls’ singles title in the same age group was won by Amantha Thathsarani who defeated Rukshika Baskaran 21-16, 20-22, 21-16 in the final.
The boys’ doubles title in the same age group was won by Rithira Sendhil Abeygunawardena and Thenul Ransaja Ganewatta who defeated Sanjula Handapangodage and Shenuk Samararatne 21-16, 8-21, 21-19 in another thriller.
According to the organisers, the Mercantile Open Badminton Championship was a level-one ranking tournament.
