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KARACHI, Feb 15: Maleeha Khurshid and Anam Saeed reached the girls’ Under-15 singles final of the Islamia Open table tennis tournament at the Majeed Khan Gymnasium on Thursday.

Maleeha produced a fine all-round show to defeat Samra Sawat 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 while Anam was extended fully by Abeera Ali before notching up an 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8 win.

Meanwhile, Tabish Khurshid and Danyal Mazhar qualified for the boys’ under-12 singles final.

Results:

Girls (U-15) Quarter-finals:

Abeera Ali bt Perviasha Nafees 11-7, 11-6, 11-7; Maleeha Khurshid bt Iqra Saeed 11-3, 11-9, 11-6; Anam Saeed bt Ayesha Liaquat 11-1, 11- 0, 11-3, Samra Sawat bt Misbah 11-7, 11-8, 11-6.

Semi-finals: Maleeha Khurshid bt Samra Sawat 11-4, 11-5, 11-7; Anam Saeed bt Abeera Ali 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8.

Boys singles (U-15) second round:

Aziz-ur-Rehman bt Abdul Rehman 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Hassan Tariq bt Zulfiqar Ali 11-6, 11-5, 11-17; Daniyal Mazhar bt M Raiyah Ghaffar 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11; Hamza Tariq bt Fayaz Sohail 11-5, 11-8, 12-14, 11-9; Adil Nasir Shah bt M Mateen Shabir 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; M Ahmed Aslam bt Tabish Khurshid 11-9, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6; M. Suleman Saeed bt Arsalan Ali 11-9, 11-6, 11-9; Bilal Afridi bt Hassan Ali Khan 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 13-11; Duraiz Vazir bt M Ayaz Khan 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Uzair Fareed bt Amanuzzamam Baig 11-6, 11-3, 11-7; Syed Ali Ahmed Daniyal Mazhar 11-5, 6-11, 11-8,l 9-11, 11-9; M Ishaq Sheikhani bt Syed Ali Imran 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9; M Arshad Sheikhani bt Saad Khan 11-8, 11-15, 11-6, Suleman Shahid bt Suleman Saeed 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Nawaz bt Ahmed Saeed Gul 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.

Boys singles (U-12) semi-finals:

Tabish Khurshid bt Syed Anas Ali 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; Daniyal Mazhar bt Aahil Shah 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 7-11.—APP