Former national TT champ Tamara Hewage wins Bronze medal

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Tamara Hewage with her Bronze medal won at the ITTF World Masters Championships in Gangneung

ITTF World Masters Championships in Gangneung

Former Sri Lanka player and national women’s table tennis champion Tamara Hewage continued to showcase her skills defying her age when she won a Bronze medal in the Women’s Over 65 category of the ITTF World Masters Championships held in Gangneung, South Korea.

Tamara won all three matches in her group in the singles event before losing to a Japanese contestant in the last 64.

In the women’s doubles and mixed doubles events too she won all three matches in her group. Partnered by a Japanese, Tamara reached the last 32 of the mixed doubles before losing narrowly to the USA.

In the women’s doubles, partnered by a Belgium player, Tamara reached the semi-finals beating China in the last 32, Germany in the last 16 and Korea in the last 8 before losing to another Korean pair in the semi-finals.