Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- Top seed Viren Nettasinghe secured a two-straight-sets win over Malaysian Tae Ern Ong to advance to the second round while Buwaneka Goonatilleka had to play a three-set game to beat Indian shuttler Sankar Saraswat on the second day of the the Li Ning Sri Lanka International Series Badminton Tournament played at Dadalla Indoor stadium in Galle yesterday.
After the successful qualification round first round of the main draw commenced yesterday while leading Sri Lankan shuttle duo Viren Nettasinghe and Buwaneka Goonatilleka once again put up a good display to enter second round. Viren Nettasinghe made 21-11,21-16 over Malaysian opponent while Goonatilleka who lost the first set 16-21 came back strongly to beat his Indian...