Medhira enters final in ITF U14 Championship 2013

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Medhira Samarasinghe ranked first in Sri Lanka Girls team and seeded two in the championships and entered the final on the third day, beating Vietnam’s No. 2 ranked Nguyen Thuphuong 6-3, 6-1. Earlier she defeated Cam Nhung (Vietnam) 4-2, 4-0 and Al Olifi (Yemen) 7-6, 6-0.

She will be meeting Vietnam and compete top seed Tiffany Liun in the finals on Saturday. For ITF Under14 Asian Division 2 Tennis Championship held in Vietnam - Sri Lanka is fielding 3 girls and 3 boys.

Other countries taking part in the competition are Singapore, Bhutan, Pakistan, Iran, Maldives, Yemen, UAE, Indonesia and host Vietnam along with touring ITF contingent.