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 [[Image:Harshan Lamabadusuriya.jpg|thumb|right|Harshan Lamabadusuriya]]
-'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his nameplate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an A-level student at Steyning Grammar School from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, but originally from Sri Lanka.
+'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his nameplate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an A-level student at {{w|Steyning Grammar School}} from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, but originally from Sri Lanka.
 Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the [[Episode 1908|first heat game of the series]], comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].
-Lamabadusuriya returned for the finals as number five seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the [[Episode 1969|quarter-final]] with a score of 72 – the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]] – following a commanding performance, and missing out on a [[max game]] by just one point. He then pulled off a minor upset by beating number one seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the [[Episode 1970|semi-final]] the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the conundrum. In [[Episode 1972|the grand final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]'' that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}} at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back – however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
+Lamabadusuriya returned for the finals as number five seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the [[Episode 1969|quarter-final]] with a score of 72 – the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]] – following a commanding performance, and missing out on a [[max game]] by just one point. He then pulled off a minor upset by beating number one seed [[James Martin (Series 34)|James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the [[Episode 1970|semi-final]] the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the conundrum. In [[Episode 1972|the grand final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]'' that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}} at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back – however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
 Lamabadusuriya returned for Championship of Champions IX, beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the [[Episode 2164|first round]] before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the [[Episode 2172|quarter-final]].
-Lamabadusuriya is also a ''[[Scrabble]]'' grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National ''Scrabble'' Champion}} and finished runner-up in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2017|2017 World ''Scrabble'' Championship}}, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian {{w|David Eldar}}.
+Lamabadusuriya is also a ''[[Scrabble]]'' grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] record for the highest score in one move – 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National ''Scrabble'' Champion}} and finished runner-up in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2017|2017 World ''Scrabble'' Championship}}, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian {{w|David Eldar}}.
 Lamabadusuriya returned to ''[[Countdown]]'' for a [[special episode]] against fellow ''Scrabble'' grandmaster [[Brett Smitheram]] which he won {{score|101|87|Episode S7}}, but should have been {{score|101|95}} due to the wrongful disallowance of {{word|MUSTERER}}.
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 {{ep | 1911 | 02/01/1997 | P |[[Paul Wells]]| 54 – 36 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|Sheridan Morley|Rob Scriven|72}}
 {{ep | 1969 | 25/03/1997 | QF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 72 – 30 |[[Peter Sampson]]|[[Richard Digance]]|Rob Scriven|73}}
-{{ep | 1970 | 26/03/1997 | SF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 48 – 31 |[[James Martin]]|Richard Digance|Rob Scriven|71}}
+{{ep | 1970 | 26/03/1997 | SF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 48 – 31 |[[James Martin (Series 34)|James Martin]]|Richard Digance|Rob Scriven|71}}
 {{ep | 1972 | 28/03/1997 | GF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 65 – 79 |[[Huw Morgan]]|Richard Digance|Rob Scriven|116}}
 {{ep | 2164 | 30/12/1997 | CP |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 44 – 34 |[[Kate Surtees]]|[[Denis Norden]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|72}}

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 [[Image:Harshan Lamabadusuriya.jpg|thumb|right|Harshan Lamabadusuriya]]
-'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his nameplate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an A-level student at {{w|Steyning Grammar School}} in {{w|West Sussex}}.
+'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his nameplate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an A-level student at Steyning Grammar School from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, but originally from Sri Lanka.
-Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the first heat game of the series, comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].
+Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the [[Episode 1908|first heat game of the series]], comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].
-Lamabadusuriya returned for the finals as No. 5 seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the quarter-final with a score of 72 – the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]] – following a commanding performance, and then pulled off a minor upset by beating No. 1 seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the semi-final the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the [[conundrum]]. In [[Episode 1972|the final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the dictionaries that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}}, at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back; however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
+Lamabadusuriya returned for the finals as number five seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the [[Episode 1969|quarter-final]] with a score of 72 – the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]] – following a commanding performance, and missing out on a [[max game]] by just one point. He then pulled off a minor upset by beating number one seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the [[Episode 1970|semi-final]] the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the conundrum. In [[Episode 1972|the grand final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]'' that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}} at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back – however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
-Lamabadusuriya returned for Championship of Champions IX, beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the first round before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the quarter-final.
+Lamabadusuriya returned for Championship of Champions IX, beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the [[Episode 2164|first round]] before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the [[Episode 2172|quarter-final]].
-Lamabadusuriya is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Champion}} and finished runner-up in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2017|2017 World Scrabble Championship}}, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian {{w|David Eldar}}.
+Lamabadusuriya is also a ''[[Scrabble]]'' grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National ''Scrabble'' Champion}} and finished runner-up in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2017|2017 World ''Scrabble'' Championship}}, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian {{w|David Eldar}}.
-Lamabadusuriya returned to ''[[Countdown]]'' for a [[special episode]] against fellow Scrabble Grandmaster [[Brett Smitheram]] which he won {{score|101|87}}.
+Lamabadusuriya returned to ''[[Countdown]]'' for a [[special episode]] against fellow ''Scrabble'' grandmaster [[Brett Smitheram]] which he won {{score|101|87|Episode S7}}, but should have been {{score|101|95}} due to the wrongful disallowance of {{word|MUSTERER}}.
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Allan Saldanha|series=34|followed_by=Dag Griffiths}}
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 {{ep | 1908 | 30/12/1996 | P |[[Bob Edwards]]| 44 – 55 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|[[Sheridan Morley]]|[[Rob Scriven]]|85}}
 {{ep | 1909 | 31/12/1996 | P |[[Sandra Verhiest]]| 12 – 50 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|Sheridan Morley|Rob Scriven|70}}
-{{ep | 1910 | 1/01/1997 | P |[[John Verhiest]]| 40 – 66 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|Sheridan Morley|Rob Scriven|72}}
+{{ep | 1910 | 01/01/1997 | P |[[John Verhiest]]| 40 – 66 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|Sheridan Morley|Rob Scriven|72}}
-{{ep | 1911 | 2/01/1997 | P |[[Paul Wells]]| 54 – 36 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|Sheridan Morley|Rob Scriven|72}}
+{{ep | 1911 | 02/01/1997 | P |[[Paul Wells]]| 54 – 36 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|Sheridan Morley|Rob Scriven|72}}
 {{ep | 1969 | 25/03/1997 | QF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 72 – 30 |[[Peter Sampson]]|[[Richard Digance]]|Rob Scriven|73}}
 {{ep | 1970 | 26/03/1997 | SF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 48 – 31 |[[James Martin]]|Richard Digance|Rob Scriven|71}}
 {{ep | 1972 | 28/03/1997 | GF |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 65 – 79 |[[Huw Morgan]]|Richard Digance|Rob Scriven|116}}
 {{ep | 2164 | 30/12/1997 | CP |Harshan Lamabadusuriya| 44 – 34 |[[Kate Surtees]]|[[Denis Norden]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|72}}
-{{ep | 2172 | 9/01/1998 | CQF |[[Pete Cashmore]]| 65 – 52 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|[[Gloria Hunniford]]|Mark Nyman|85}}
+{{ep | 2172 | 09/01/1998 | CQF |[[Pete Cashmore]]| 65 – 52 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|[[Gloria Hunniford]]|Mark Nyman|85}}
-{{ep | S7 | 3/09/2003 | S |[[Brett Smitheram]]| 87 – 101 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|[[Richard Stilgoe]]|[[Damian Eadie]]|118}}
+{{ep | S7 | 03/09/2003 | S |[[Brett Smitheram]]| 87 – 101 |Harshan Lamabadusuriya|[[Richard Stilgoe]]|[[Damian Eadie]]|119}}
 {{episode table end}}

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 [[Image:Harshan Lamabadusuriya.jpg|thumb|right|Harshan Lamabadusuriya]]
-'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his name plate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an 'A'-level student at Steyning Grammar School in Sussex.
+'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his nameplate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an A-level student at {{w|Steyning Grammar School}} in {{w|West Sussex}}.
-Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the first heat game of the series, comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].
+Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the first heat game of the series, comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].
-Lamabadusuriya returned for the final rounds as #5 seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the quarter-final with a score of 72 - the highest of the series - following a commanding performance, and then pulled off a minor upset by beating #1 seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the semi-final the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the Conundrum. In [[episode 1972|the final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the dictionaries that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}}, at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back; however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
+Lamabadusuriya returned for the finals as No. 5 seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the quarter-final with a score of 72 – the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]] – following a commanding performance, and then pulled off a minor upset by beating No. 1 seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the semi-final the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the [[conundrum]]. In [[Episode 1972|the final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the dictionaries that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}}, at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back; however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
-Lamabadusuriya returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the first round before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the quarter-final.
+Lamabadusuriya returned for Championship of Champions IX, beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the first round before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the quarter-final.
-Lamabadusuriya is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing ABSP record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 National Scrabble Champion and finished runner-up in 2017 World Scrabble Championship, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian David Eldar.
+Lamabadusuriya is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Champion}} and finished runner-up in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2017|2017 World Scrabble Championship}}, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian {{w|David Eldar}}.
-Lamabadusuriya returned to Countdown for a [[special episode]] against fellow [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster [[Brett Smitheram]] which he won {{score|101|87}}.
+Lamabadusuriya returned to ''[[Countdown]]'' for a [[special episode]] against fellow Scrabble Grandmaster [[Brett Smitheram]] which he won {{score|101|87}}.
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Allan Saldanha|series=34|followed_by=Dag Griffiths}}

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 Lamabadusuriya returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the first round before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the quarter-final.
-Lamabadusuriya is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing ABSP record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 National Scrabble Champion and finished runner-up in 2017 World Scrabble Championship, where he lost {{score|3|0}} to Australian David Eldar.
+Lamabadusuriya is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster and, in March 2017, he broke a short-standing ABSP record for the highest score in one move: 329 for the word {{word|KREUZERS}}, which was later broken by Piotr Andronowski's 347-pointer {{word|ADEQUACY}} in September 2017. Lamabadusuriya is the 2003 National Scrabble Champion and finished runner-up in 2017 World Scrabble Championship, where he lost the final {{score|3|0}} to Australian David Eldar.
 Lamabadusuriya returned to Countdown for a [[special episode]] against fellow [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster [[Brett Smitheram]] which he won {{score|101|87}}.

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 [[Image:Harshan Lamabadusuriya.jpg|thumb|right|Harshan Lamabadusuriya]]
-'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his name plate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Chanpions IX]]. He was an 'A'-level student at Steyning Grammar School in Sussex.
+'''Harshan Lamabadusuriya''' (stylised on his name plate as '''Harshan L'Suriya''') was the runner-up of [[Series 34]] and a quarter-finalist in [[Championship of Champions IX]]. He was an 'A'-level student at Steyning Grammar School in Sussex.
 Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the first heat game of the series, comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].

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 He was an 'A'-level student at Steyning Grammar School in Sussex. Lamabadusuriya made his debut in the first heat game of the series, comfortably beating [[Bob Edwards]] {{score|55|44}}, and thus became the first new champion of the show following the [[Supreme Championship]]. Lamabadusuriya won another two games without facing a crucial [[conundrum]] before losing at the hands of [[Paul Wells]].
-Lamabadusuriya returned for the final rounds as #5 seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the quarter-final with a score of 72 — the highest of the series - following a commanding performance, and then pulled off a minor upset by beating #1 seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the semi-final the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the Conundrum. In [[episode 1972|the final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the dictionaries that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}}, at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back; however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
+Lamabadusuriya returned for the final rounds as #5 seed. He beat [[Peter Sampson]] in the quarter-final with a score of 72 - the highest of the series - following a commanding performance, and then pulled off a minor upset by beating #1 seed [[James Martin]] {{score|48|31}} in the semi-final the very next day, with the outcome already decided before the Conundrum. In [[episode 1972|the final]] against [[Huw Morgan]], however, Lamabadusuriya suffered a dramatic loss of form, struggling for points in the early rounds, and was ultimately beaten {{score|79|65}} despite staging a minor comeback towards the end. Notably, Lamabadusuriya admitted at the presentation of the dictionaries that it was Morgan narrowly beating him to the buzzer on the first conundrum that really did the damage, as this put Morgan 24 points ahead, by {{score|47|23}}, at half time, effectively leaving Lamabadusuriya no way back; however, had Lamabadusuriya got to the buzzer first, the final result would in fact have eventually gone in his favour by {{score|75|69}}.
 Lamabadusuriya returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], beating [[Kate Surtees]] in the first round before losing to [[Pete Cashmore]] in the quarter-final.