SNGPL, Wapda girls reach National Badminton final

LAHORE: SNGPL women team reached the final after beating 2nd seed National Bank of Pakistan team in the ongoing 55th National Badminton Championships on Saturday.

In the second semifinal, Pakistan Wapda also reached the final beating Islamabad team on day two of the championship.

In the first semifinal of the women team event, SNGPL fought back after losing first two matches against NBP. And in the decisive match, Javeria Tahir (SNGPL) beat Sara Mohmand (NBP) in three-game match.

In the men’s team event, Wapda and National Bank qualified for the finals after beating SNGPL and HEC respectively.

Women team event semi finals:

SNGPL beat National Bank by 3-2, Palwasha Bashir (NBP) beat Zubaira (SNGPL) by 21-9, 17-21, 21-17, Palwasha & Sara (NBP) beat Javeria & Iqra (SNGPL) by 21-10, 21-16, Ghazala Siddique (SNGPL) beat Aisha Akram (NBP) by 21-13, 21-12, Ghazala & Zubaira (SNGPL) beat Afshan & Aisha (NBP) by 21-13, 21-13, Javeria Tahir (SNGPL) beat Sara Mohmand (NBP) by 21-14, 16-21, 21-14.

Wapda beat Islamabad by 3-0, Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Alja Tariq (Isl) by 21-8, 21-4, Saima & Mahoor (Wapda) beat Alja & Sumayia (Isl) by 21-11, 21-14, Sehra Akram (Wapda) beat Sumayia (Isl) by 21-11, 21-8.

Team event men semi-final: Pakistan Wapda beat SNGPL by 3-0, Amir Saeed (Wapda) beat Anjum Bashir (SNGPL) by 28-26, 23-21, Irfan Saeed & Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) beat Larosh & Noman (SNGPL) by 19-21, 22-20, 21-13, Awais Zahid (Wapda) beat Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) 21-15, 21-9.

National Bank beat Higher Education Commission by 3-0, Murad Ali (NBP) beat Muqeet Tahir (HEC) 21-15, 22-20, Murad & Ijaz (NBP) beat Muqeet & Uaakeph (HEC) by 21-19, 21-19, Rizwan Azam (NBP) beat Ammar Masood (HEC) by 21-11, 21-15.

Yesterday results: Team event men quarter-final; National Bank of Pakistan beat Punjab by 3-0, Murad Ali (NBP) beat Gohar Azam (PB) by 21-16, 21-10, Rizwan & Kashif (NBP) beat Ahmar Jalal & Raja Zulqarnain (PB) by 21-11, 21-12, Herison Brent (NBP) beat Usama Shafi (PB) by 22-20, 21-19

Higher Education Commission beat Pakistan Army by 3-0, Ammar Masood (HEC) beat Ehtisham (Army) by 21-16, 21-10, Muqeet Tahir (HEC) beat Yousaf (Army) by 21-12, 21-10, Muqeet & Uaakeph (HEC) beat Ehtisham & Ahmad (Army) by 21-15, 21-17

SNGPL beat Pakistan Police by 3-0, Shameer Iftikhar (SNGPL) beat Tahir khan (Police) by 15-21, 21-16, 21-14, Noman & M. Ali Larosh (SNGPL) beat Zohaib & Haroon (Police) by 21-15, 21-11, Anjum Bashir (SNGPL) beat Haroon (Police) by 21-14, 21-7

Pakistan Wapda beat Karachi Port Trust by 3-0, Awais Zahid (Wapda) beat Ahsan Rana (KPT) by 21-15, 21-19, Attique & Husanain (Wapda) beat Asad & Iftikhar (KPT) by 21-14, 21-6, Hafiz Irfan (Wapda) beat Musadaq (KPT) by 21-11, 21-11

Team event women quarter-final:

National Bank beat Punajb by 3-0, Palwasha Bashir (NBP) beat Amal Munib (Pb) by 21-8, 21-5, Sara & Palwasha (NBP) beat Laiba Masood & Hadia (PB) by 21-11, 21-4, Sara Mohmand (NBP) beat Laiba Masood (PB) by 21-14, 21-11.

Islamabad beat Sindh by 3-0, Sumaiya (Isl) beat Iqra (Sindh) 21-11, 21-19, Alja & Sumaiya (Isl) beat Maryam & Ayesha (Sindh) by 21-8, 21-12, Alja (Isl) beat Maryam (Sindh) 21-14, 21-11

SNGPL beat Army by 3-0, Zubaira (SNGPL) beat Arfa Hassan (Army) by 21-12, 21-10, Ghazala & Zubaira (SNGPL) beat Rida & Zainab (Army) by 21-9, 21-7, Ghazala Siddique (SNGPL) beat Minaal Tariq (Army) by 21-12, 21-14.