KARACHI, May 28: Junior international Salman Shahid inflicted straight defeat on Tabish Khursheed in the boys’ under-18 singles final to claim his maiden domestic title in the 36th Karachi Table Tennis Championships at the Islamia Club the other day.

Salman, 15, who toured Dubai with the Pakistan junior team two years back, posted an 11-8, 13-11, 11-6 victory to deny his opponent from completing a triple crown.

Khursheed has won a double crown in the ongoing tournament by picking up the boys’ under-12 and under-15 titles.

Meanwhile, a long power breakdown interrupted the schedule on the penultimate day as players desperately kept waiting for their matches in absence of a generator.

According to organising secretary Arif Khan, the power went off at around 4.45pm and was restored at 9.00pm as players entered the arena to complete pre-finals of the remaining events.

Nine of the total 15 finals have been held by Wednesday. The remaining six finals are to be played on Thursday, the concluding day of the event.

The winners of the men open ranking and women open ranking will receive Rs20,000 apiece while the runner-up in the four events will fetch Rs10,000 apiece. The losing semi-finalists of the four categories are to get Rs5,000 apiece.

The boys and girls who have won different age group titles will be rewarded in kind.

Results:

Boys’ under-18 singles (final):

Salman Shahid bt Tabish Khursheed 11-8, 13-11, 11-5.

Men singles open (second round):

Raheel Qureshi bt Zafar Khan 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8; Nusrat Hussain bt Salman Shahie 11-6, 11-4, 11-13, 11-7; Khawaja Kashif bt Umair Zafar 11-5, 11-5, 11-2; M. Muzammil bt Arshad 11-6, 11-9, 11-7; Kamran Serang bt Shahzad 11-5, 11-7, 12-10; Asif Aziz bt Tabish Khursheed 11-6, 11-7, 11-3; Asim Hussain bt Kashif 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7; Asif Razzak bt Fareedul Haq 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-2; Atta Abbas bt Daniyal 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Nadir Sohail bt Farrukh Kamil 6-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8.

Pre quarter-finals:

Asim Hussain bt A. Hafeez Bhatti 11-5, 11-7, 11-6; Atta Abbas bt Raheel Qureshi 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Khawaja Kashif bt Nusrat Hussain 11-3, 12-10, 11-7; Naved Nazar bt Kamran Serang 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; Asim Aziz bt Asif Razzak 13-11, 11-6, 11-4; Zulfiqar Ahmed bt Mohsin Raza 6-11, 4-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-9; Asif Aziz bt Nadir Sohail 12-10, 11-7, 11-13, 15-17, 11-3; M. Muzammil bt Salman Iqbal 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.

Quarter-finals:

Khawaja Kashif bt Asim Hussain 11-5, 11-7, 11-7; Atta Abbas bt Naved Nazar 12-10, 7-11, 11-2, 11-8; Zulfiqar Ahmed bt Asif Aziz 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8; Asim Aziz bt M. Muzammil 11-7, 14-12, 11-5.

Women singles open (first round):

Abeera Ali bt Naila Nawab 11-1, 11-5, 11-5; Qurratul Ain bt Ayesha Liaquat 11-6, 12-10, 11-6; Shahida Zulfiqar bt Marina Javeria 11-1, 11-5, 11-4; Naureen Tehseen bt Tayyaba Salman 11-6, 11-3, 11-5.

Quarter-finals:

Ghalia Khursheed bt Iqra Saeed 11-5, 12-10, 13-11; Shahid Zulfiqar bt Qurratul Ain 11-9, 11-6, 11-8; Naureen Tehseen bt Sana Erum 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; Maliha Khursheed bt Abeera Ali 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.