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Sanaya from SL selected to Aussie table tennis team
Sri Lankan table tennis player Sanaya Buddhadasa has won a place in the Australian youth team to play in the World Youth Table Tennis Championship scheduled to be held in Tunisia from December 4 to 11.
She will represent Australia in the Under-19 singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the meet in Tunisia.
Sanaya represented Sri Lanka in the Under-15 category at the age of 12 before moving over to Australia for higher studies at the Maribyrnong High School in Melbourne.
“When I came to Australia I wanted to become a national champion here and my dream is to represent Australia in the Olympics. I am happy to be the number one ranked player in the Under-17 and 19 categories at the moment,” Sanaya said.
She is currently the number one ranked player in the Under-17 and 19 age groups in Australia and ninth in the Open category.
Before moving to Australia, she studied at Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo and is currently training abroad with the Australia Youth Table Tennis Team.
