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| June 23, 2003 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 22,1424 |
Waqas and Ayesha new champions
LAHORE, June 22: Waqas Ahmad of Wapda and Ayesha Akram of National Bank emerged as new champions of the sixth All-Pakistan Ameer Abdullah Khan Rokri ranking badminton cup tournament in the men’s and women’s singles events, at the New Khan court on Sunday.
Waqas defeated Ahsan Qamar (PIA) in the three set final with the final score 15-10, 9-15 ,15-10.
Thr first set was closely contested till 10-all, but from there onwards, Waqas went ahead with powerful smashing and excellent placing near the net to win 15-10.
Ahsan made a comeback in the second set winning it easily 15-9 to level the score.
Waqas surged ahead in the third set after being down 8-5.
He made some unforced errors in the early stages but thereafter managed to overcome his rival bracing the game and completing the win by a narrow margin 15-13.
In the women’s singles, Ayesha caused a major upset beating national champion Aasma Butt (Wapda) in three set final to earn the crown. Ayesha won with the score 7-11, 11-5, 11-4.
Ayesha made a slow start for which she paid the penalty by losing the first set. However, She got her act together easily winning the remaining two sets in a row to become champion.
Earlier on Saturday’s night, Ahsan defeated Wajid Ali 15-14, 15-4 in the first semifinal while Waqas struggled hard to beat a strong rival Omar Zeeshan (New Khan) 13-15, 15-12, 15-10.
Results:
Men’s singles (semifinals): Ahsan Qamar (PIA) bt Wajid Ali (Wapda) 15-14, 15-4; Waqas Ahmad (Wapda) bt Omar Zeeshan (New Khan) 13-15, 15-12, 15-10.
Final.
Waqas Ahmad beat Ahsan Qamar 15-10, 9-15, 15-13.
Ladies’ singles final: Ayesha Akram (NBP) beat Aasma Butt (Wapda) 7-11, 11-5, 11-4.
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