Sindh ‘A’ win convincingly in National table tennis
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Sindh ‘A’ defeated PTV 3-0 in the men’s team event in the 45th edition of the National table tennis championship which got under way at the PSB Coaching Centre here on Wednesday.
More than 200 players, including 100 female players, are taking part in the championship.
Competitions are being held in men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women doubles, team events and mixed doubles.
Wapda and HBL are defending their teams’ titles in men’s and women’s competitions. Bilal Ahmed and Ghalia of the HBL are defending their titles in men’s and women’s singles respectively.
Two teams each from Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP, along with departmental teams of Wapda, Railways, Army, HEC, PTV, PWD, OGDC are vying for top honours.
Results:
Men’s:
Punjab ‘B’ bt PTV 3-0 (Rafiq Sarhadi bt Amir Afzal 11-5, 11-7, 11-4; Rahim bt M. Danish 11-4, 11-7, 11-4; Asim Munir bt Adeel 11-9, 11-9, 11-5); Islamabad bt Balochistan ‘B’ 3-0 (Umar bt Faisal 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Tariq bt Naeem 11-6, 11-4, 11-9; Zohaib bt Zahoor 11-2, 11-7, 13-11); PWD bt Fata 3-0 (Asif Razaq bt Rahil Gul 11-2, 11-7, 11-2; Mohsin Raza bt Mohib 11-9, 11-5, 11-2; Nadir Sohail bt Farhat 11-3, 14-12, 11-3); Habib Bank bt Balochistan ‘A’ 3-0 (Yasir Bhatti bt Faisal 11-2, 11-7, 11-4; Asim Aziz bt Abdul Majid 11-5, 11-5, 11-6; Shehzad Waseem bt Asim Kamal 11-2, 11-0, 11-0); Punjab ‘A’ bt NWFP ‘B’ 3-0 (Shujaat bt Shoaib 11-8, 11-9, 13-11; Farooq bt Afzal 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8; Muzamil bt Zeeshan 2-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-8, 11-7); HBL bt Army 3-0 (Yasir Iqbal Bhatti bt Fakhar 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Asim Aziz bt Ikram 11-5, 10-12, 11-3, 11-8; Shehzad Wasim bt Jahan Noor 11-2, 11-0, 11-3); HEC bt Balochistan ‘A’ 3-0 (Mubashir Ahmed bt Abdul Majid 11-5, 11-7, 11-7; Fahim Raza bt Faisal Ismail 11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7; Awais Ahmed bt Asim 11-6, 11-1, 11-7); Sindh ‘A’ bt PTV 3-0 (Atta Abbas bt M. Danis 11-3, 11-8, 11-4; Naveed Nazir bt Adeel Nasir11-9, 11-6, 11-6; Asim Hussain bt Amir Afzal 15-13, 11-7, 11-5); Islamabad bt Fata 3-0 (Tariq Aziz bt Rahad 11-4, 11-6, 11-3; Umar Zaka bt Mohib11-5, 11-2, 11-9; Zohaib bt Farhat 11-7, 11-9, 11-9); Railways bt Sindh ‘B’ 3-1 (Salman Virk bt Haris 14-12, 11-7, 11-7; Awais Hasan bt M. Usman Ahmed 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Abdullah lost to Rahil Qureshi 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6; Awais Hasan bt Haris11-3, 16-14, 11-8).
Women’s:
Army bt Sindh ‘A’ 3-0 (Rabab Ameer Alam bt Qurat-ul-Ain 11-3, 11-8, 11-6; Seemab Ameer Alam bt Urooj Nizam 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Yasmeen Hanif bt Abeera Ali 11-6, 10-12, 12-10, 11-8); Wapda bt NWFP 3-0 (Sadia Falaksher bt Kashmala 11-1, 11-3, 11-9; Louzia Irshad bt Shumaila Tajik 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Aisha Iqbal bt Muniba Malik 11-4, 11-1, 11-5); Habib Bank bt Sindh ‘B’ 3-0 (Sadia Yaseen bt Maria Shaffat 11-2, 11-2, 11-2; Shabnam Bilal bt Zainab M. Shafi 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; Shama Hassan bt Tahira Rauf 11-1, 11-1, 11-1); Punjab ‘A’ bt PWD 3-2 (Yasmin Akhtar bt Shahida Yousuf 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7; Mubeen Hanif lost to Noureen Tehseen 10-12, 12-14, 11-13; Madiha bt Najia Khan 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; Yasmin lost to Noureen Tehseen 10-12, 15-13, 7-11, 4-11; Mubeen bt Shahida Yousuf 6-11, 7-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-6); Islamabad bt Sindh ‘A’ 3-1 (Neelam lost to Urooj Nizam 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Shazia bt Qurat-ul-Ain 11-8, 11-5, 11-9; Ayesha bt Anum Saeed 11-4, 13-15, 11-4, 11-8; Shazia bt Urooj Nizam 11-5, 11-4, 11-3).—APP