A decade of dominance for MAS: Mercantile Tennis champs 10-in-a-row

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MAS Holdings clinched their 10th consecutive Championship Trophy win at the Mercantile Tennis Tournament 2025 which concluded recently at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Green Path Colombo. MAS bagged five championships and five runner-up titles in the tourney.

42 players represented the MAS contingent with Mark Seneviratne leading the victorious outfit as captain. Anjalika Kurera (women’s) and Yasitha De Silva (men’s) bagged major honours in the tourney with their exceptional performances winning multiple events. The champion duo clinched the Mixed Double’s just like they did last year. Yasitha pairing up with skipper Mark also secured the Men’s Double title for MAS.

The Men's Doubles final was tipped to be a cliff-hanger and as predicted it went down to the wire. In a classic clash that has been witnessed for many years, defending champ Yasitha De Silva overcame a spirited Sanka Athukorala (LMC) in a 2-1 nail biter. De Silva had early advantage 6/3 but Athukorala fought back to tie the game and they went into a super tiebreak where De Silva came out victorious 10/8.

In a twist of tales Anjalika Kurera beat Tarah Greig in an all MAS final to win the women’s singles crown and they teamed up together to beat Thilini Leeniyagolla and Natasha Jayesinghe also from MAS in the Women’s Doubles final to showcase a splendid decade of legacy and dominance in the island’s corporate tennis arena. The Mercantile Tennis Tournament was battled out from 1 to 13 November.

Championship points standing (top 5):

MAS Holdings – 62,244
Lanka Minerals & Chemicals – 37,638
Standard Chartered – 28,544
Acuity Knowledge Partners – 27,182
Sysco Labs – 13,988

Trophies:

Championship Trophy – MAS Holdings
Most Outstanding Team Trophy – MAS Holdings

Here are some of the top performances from MAS: