WAPDA, Army in National Table Tennis finals

KARACHI: WAPDA and Army blasted their way into the finals of both men’s and women’s team events of the 53rd National Table Tennis Championship 2017 at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, on Wednesday.

In the men’s team event semi-finals, defending champions WAPDA beat Sindh 3-0 and Army defeated National Highway Authority (NHA) 3-0.

In the women’s team event semi-finals, defending champions Army defeated Punjab 3-0, while WAPDA overpowered Sindh 3-0.

The team events finals were in progress till filing of this report.

In women’s singles, Mehmooda Zahid, Ghazala Basit, Nousheen Wasim, Quarat-ul-Ain Mujtaba, Ayesha Sharjeel, Farwa Arif, Sadia Raheel and Nimra Rehman qualified for the quarter-finals.

Men’s team event semi-finals: WAPDA bt Sindh 3-0:  Asim Qureshi bt Aahil Shah (3-1) 8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 12-10, Rameez bt Hussain Virani (3-0) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, Bilal Yasin bt Farhan Hashim (3-0) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5

Army bt NHA 3-0: Fahad bt Shah Khan (3-1) 11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 14-12, Faizan bt Arbaz Anwar (3-0) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9, Ubaid bt Basit Ali (3-1) 13-11, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10

Men’s team event quarter-finals:  NHA bt Islamabad 3-0: Arbaz Anwar bt Abdul Hanan (3-2) 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, Shah Khan bt Abdullah (3-2) 9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8, Basit Ali bt Umair(3-0) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7

Sindh bt Chromatex 3-1: Hussain Virani lost to Asim Aziz (0-3) 8-11, 7-11, 5-11, Aahil Shah bt Faham Khan (3-1) 11-8, 9-11, 15-13, 13-11, Akbar Shah bt Nazir (3-2) 7-11, 15-13, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, Aahil Shah bt Asim Aziz (3-2) 1-11, 19-17, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7

WAPDA bt Railways 3-0: Rameez bt Awaisa Hasan (3-0) 13-11, 11-8, 13-11, Asim Qureshi bt Bilal Tariq (3-0) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3, Bilal Yasin bt Umair Hasa (3-0) 11-3, 11-8, 11-6

Army bt Punjab 3-0: Yasir Bhatti bt Arbeel (3-0) 11-5, 15-13, 11-7, Faizan bt Hasham (3-0) 11-7, 11-7, 11-2, Ubaid bt Farhan (3-0) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9

Women team event semi-finals: WAPDA bt Sindh 3-0: Ghazala Basit bt Hareem (3-0) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5, Ayesha Sharjeel bt Naureen Farhan (3-0) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6, Sadia Zahid bt Haleema Ali (3-0) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4

Army bt Punjab 3-0: Farah bt Ayesha Arbab (3-0) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, Farwa Babar bt Maria (3-0) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7, Abeera Ali bt Rizwana (3-0) 11-5, 11-5, 12-10

Women’s singles pre-quarter-finals: Mehmooda Zahid (Wapda) bt Maliha Khurshid (Wapda) (3-1) 13-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, Ghazala Basit (Wapda) bt Sana Muzaffar (Wapda) (3-0) 11-8, 11-8, 11-2, Nosheen Waseem (RLY) bt Sobia Faryal (Wapda) (3-0) 11-4, 11-1, 11-9, Qurat Mujtaba (Wapda) bt Anam Rasheed (ISD) (3-0) 11-7, 11-7, 12-10, Ayesha Sharjeel (Wapda) bt Sadia Falak (Wapda) (3-0) 11-7, 11-9, 11-3, Farwa Arif (Wapda) bt Tayyaba Suleman (Wapda) (3-1) 11-5, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, Sadia Raheel (Wapda) bt Anam Ilyas (Wapda) (3-0) 12-10, 11-8, 11-7, Nimra Rehman (Army) bt Farah Ilyas (Army) (3-1) 11-7, 11-13, 11-8, 11-6