Khalid stuns Asim

Published August 14, 2003

KARACHI, Aug 13: Mohammad Khalid caused the biggest upset of the of the 17th Tele Card table tennis men’s singles final when he humbled top seed Asim Aziz in the semifinal on Tuesday.

Khalid who lost the first set but fought back to win the next four sets to win.

He will now face Adnan Mushtaq in the final. Adnan overcame a tenacious Khwaja Kashif in six sets.

Results: Men’s singles semifinals: Mohammad Khalid bt Asim Aziz 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6; Adnan Mushtaq bt Khwaja Kashif 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-8

Departmental final: PSO (Blues) bt Nexus 3-1

A. H. Bhatti lost to Fareedul Haq 5-11, 8-11, 11-7, 13-11, 12-10; Nadeem bt Farrukh Kamal 12-10, 11-6, 11-8; Suleman Shah bt Mohammad Yousuf 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-13; Nadeem Pathan bt Fareedul Haq 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8

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