KARACHI, Feb 17 National Bank for the first time swept the team event titles in the 52nd National Badminton Championship, beating Wapda in the men`s as well as women`s finals in contrasting styles at the PSB Coaching Centre on Monday night.

The bankers dethroned top seed and holders Wapda in five agonising sets to claim the men`s crown after a lapse of some 15 years.

Contrary to the men`s, the women`s faced no difficulty in getting the better of Wapda straight.

Meanwhile, the first round matches of men`s and women`s singles commenced on Tuesday.

Results

Men`s team event final

National Bank bt Wapda 3-2 (Murad Ali bt Umer Zeeshan 21-15, 21-18; Ijaz and Harrison Brent lost to Wajid Ali and Rizwan Rana 13-21, 19-21; Rizwan Azam lost to Wajid Ali 21-18, 9-21, 16-21; Rizwan Azam and Kashif Sulheri bt Atiq and Waqas 21-11, 21-11; Atif Nadeem bt Hashir Bashir 21-19; 21-17).

Women`s team event final

National Bank bt Wapda 3-0 (Ayesha Akram bt Farzana Ali 20-22, 21-19, 22-20; Ayesha Akram and Palwashah Bashir bt Aneeqa Rana and Sadia Arshad 21-10, 21-9; Palwashah Bashir bt Uzma Butt 21-15, 21-18).

Men`s singles first round

Aamir Islam (Wapda) bt Zeeshan 15-21,

21-12, 21-8; Ahsan Qamar (PIA) bt Jansher (NWFP) 21-12, 21-14; Zafar Tasneem (Wapda) bt Imran (Sindh) 21-3, 21-15; Ejaz (NBP) bt Muneer Akram (Wapda) 23-25, 21-11, 21-18; Sabir Hanif (NBP) bt Kashif Majeed (Islamabad) 21-16, 21-19; Ashraf Masih (New Khan) bt Adnan Siddiqui (Railways) 21-7, 18-21, 21-11; Taimoor Arif (Railways) bt Adeel Siddiqui (KPT) 21-8, 21-5; Atif Nadeem (NBP) bt Hayatullah (NWFP) 22-20, 19-21, 21-14; Chaudhary Atiq (Wapda) bt Ahmed (HEC) 21-14, 21-15; Waqas Ahmad (Wapda) bt Shoaib (Railways) 21-12, 21-10; Kashif Sulheri (NBP) bt Faisal Afzal (Wapda) 21-18, 21-12; Murad Ali (NBP) bt Amir (Balochistan) 21-19, 21-16; Ali Mehdi (KPT) walkover Nadeem Zafar (Wapda); Shabbir Hussain (Wapda) bt Hasan Zaidi (Sindh) 21-13, 21-4; Waqas zahid (Railways) bt Shoaib (HEC) 21-23, 21-16, 24-22; Harrison Brent (NBP) bt Nabeel (Railways) 20-22, 21-9, 24-22; Umer Zeeshan (Wapda) bt Danish (Wapda) 21-13, 21-12; Rizwan Azam (NBP) bt M. Ali (PMAD) 21-9, 21-8.

Women`s singles first round

Sadia Arshad (Wapda) bt Yusra (Sindh) 21-3, 21-5; Shagufta Ahmed (Sindh) bt Aiman (Wapda) 21-11, 21-14; Nadia (Islamabad) bt Mobin Akhter (Sindh) 21-8, 21-4; Warda Zafar (Sindh) walkover Farukh (NWFP); Shehnaz Shah (Wapda) bt Humera Raees (Sindh) 21-3, 21-2; Anila Rasheed (Wapda) bt Zahida (Railways) 21-10, 21-8; Aneeqa Rana (Wapda) bt Sofia Mughal (Sindh) 21-7, 21-8; Ayesha Akram (NBP) bt Nida (HEC) 21-1, 21-2; Farzana (Wapda) bt Nadia (Islamabad) 21-1, 21-2, Saira Razaq (Wapda) walkover Ambreen (Sindh); Sara Momand (NBP) bt Saleema (Wapda) 21-8, 21-9.

Wednesday`s fixtures

Men`s singles, women`s singles 9.00am; men`s doubles, women`s doubles 3.00pm; veteran`s singles 7.00pm.