KARACHI, Aug 10: The Shell Pakistan “A” and Trading Corporation (TCP) Blues notched-up victories on the opening night of the 16th Young Stars Inter-firms table tennis tournament which commenced at Sharafabad Club Friday.

Shell “A” handed out 3-0 drubbing to HinoPak Motors and while ICI Pakistan “B” went down fight against 2-3 Blues 2-3.

The match was locked 2-2 after TCP Blues won the opening two matches but ICI draw level by winning the next two matches.

In the deciding game, Anisul Hasan dropped a game before chalking out 3-1 win over M.Sarfraz.

Following are the result (winners name first). Shell Pakistan “A” bt HinoPak Motors “B” 3-0. Muhammad Laeeq bt Asim Khan 11-06, 11-07, 11-08, Iqbal bt M. Arif 11-03, 11-08, 11-05, Pervaiz Khan bt Waseem 11-06, 11-05, 11-05. TCP Blues bt ICI “B” 3-2. Anisul Hasan bt M. Sarfaraz 11-07, 06-11, 11-08 & 11-08, Raja Muhammad Akram bt Salman Ali 11-03, 07-11, 11-09, 11-05, Saleem Khan lost to M. Jawaid, 11-06, 09-11, 11-08, 11-06, Raja Akram lost to M. Sarfraz 11-05, 11-08 & 11-09, Anisul Hasan bt Salman Ali 11-09, 14-16, 11-06, 08-11, 11-07.—APP