Government Servants’ Tennis Club successfully conducts mega prize money tournament

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Yasitha De Silva and Sankha Atukorale

Savit Weerasinghe and Archana Lokuge

Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi

Amritha Muttiah and Kemalie Herath

The Government Servants’ Tennis Club, popularly known as GSTC, successfully completed a mega prize money ranking tournament recently, while strictly following all COVID protocols.

The GSTC Prestige prize money all-island double’s tournament attracted a record number of entries in the Men’s as well as the Women’s categories.

The prize money was the biggest-ever in the history of Sri Lankan tennis for a double’s tournament. The Men’s as well as the Women’s doubles Champions were given an attractive cash prize of Rs. 100,000 each while the Runners-up pairs in both categories got Rs. 50,000 each. They also got trophies and a gift pack from Yeti.

After the finals, the four finalists were invited to plant four mahogany tree saplings along the boundary of the club premises as a gesture to support the environment.

GSTC has three regularly maintained clay courts and has recently floodlit all the courts too.

The Government Servants’ Tennis Club is nearly a century-old tennis club and attracts juniors, veterans and the budding youngsters too into its membership fold.

The results of the final matches were as follows:

Men’s Doubles:

Champions: Yasitha De Silva and Sankha Atukorale

Runner’s up: Savit Weerasinghe and Archana Lokuge

Score: 6-2 6-1

Women’s Doubles:

Champions: Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi

Runner’s up: Amritha Muttiah M. and Kemalie Herath

Score: 6-3 6-0