July 09, 2007	Monday	Jamadi-us-Sani 23, 1428

LAHORE, July 8: Awais Hassan defeated Salman Virk in straight sets to win the under-18 event of the All Pakistan Junior table tennis championship at the Wapda Sports Complex on Sunday.

Earlier, he won the semi-final in straight sets by outclassing Shozib.

In girls’ U-18 final, Maliha Khurshid beat Ayesha Khan 11-8, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7.

The matches were played in the morning while in the evening, two-day trials to select Pakistan boys’ team to participate in the Asian Junior championship started.

The championship will start in South Korea from July 25. Two U-18 and one U-15 players will represent Pakistan.

Results:

Boys’ U-18: Omer Asad bt Zeeshan Ahmed 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-1; Abdullah bt Kamran 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Aftab Arif bt Mehdi 11-9, 11-8, 11-6; Umer Yousuf bt Shahzeb 11-9, 11-7, 11-8; Ramzan bt Jehan Noor 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.

Pre-quarter-finals: Awais Hassan bt Omer Asad 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Waqas bt Abdullah 10-12, 14-12, 11-7, 11-7; Aftab Arif bt Umer Yousuf 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9; Shozib Raza bt Ramzan 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9; Fahim Raza Zeeshan 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Salman Virk bt Rameez Khan 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6; Usman bt Awais Khan 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7; Abdul Rahim bt Zulifqar 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.

Quarter-finals: Awais Hassan bt Waqas 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 14-12; A. Rahim bt Usman 11-9, 11-7, 11-8; Salman Virk bt Fahim Raza 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8; Shozib Raza bt Aftab Arif 11-9, 11-6, 11-8.

Semi-finals: Awais Hassan bt Shozib 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Salman Virk bt Abdul Rahim 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-9.

Final: Awais Hassan bt Salman Virk 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.

Girls’ U-18:

Quarter-finals: Maliha Khurshid bt Sadia 11-8, 11-7, 11-6; Mobeen Hanif bt Nazia 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8; Mariam bt Muzammil 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9; Ayesha Khan bt Qurat-ul-Ain 11-9, 11-6, 11-8.

Semi-finals: Mahila Khurshid bt Mobeen Hanif 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8; Ayesha Khan bt Mariam 11-8, 11-7, 11-9.

Final: Maliha Khurshid bt Ayesha Khan 11-8, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7.

Boys’ U-15: Omer Asad bt Mehdi 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8; Shahzeb bt Baqir 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Zeeshan Ahmed bt Awais Khan 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8; Rameez Khan bt M. Azfar 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6; Zeeshan Arshad bt Moosa 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8; Abdullah bt Jehan Noor 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; Waqas Ayub bt Nabeel Aftab 11-8, 11-9, 11-9.

Quarter-finals: Salman Virk bt Omar Asad 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Shahzeb bt Zeeshan Ahmed 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Zeeshan Arshad bt Rameez Khan 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9.

Semi-finals: Salman Virk bt Shahzeb 11-9, 11-7, 11-8; Abdullah bt Zeeshan Arshad 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.

Final: Salman Virk bt Abdullah 7-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7.