March 19, 2008	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 10, 1429

KARACHI, March 18: Wapda ‘A’ and Habib Bank ‘A’ maintained their ascendancy when their teams were crowned men and women’s team titles in the PTTF Master’s Cup late Monday.

Wapda ‘A’ brushed aside Habib Bank ‘A’ 3-0 to capture men’s title while Habib Bank ‘A’ land the women’s crown inflicting 3-1 defeat on Wapda ‘A’ in the final.

Some 12 teams in men’s and eight in women’s featured in the two events. The Master’s Cup ends on Wednesday.

Men’s team event final:

Wapda ‘A’ bt Habib Bank ‘A’ 3-0 (Saleem Abbas bt Yasir Iqbal 11-6, 13-11, 13-11; Asim Qureshi bt Shahzad Waseem 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; Saleem Abbas/Asim Qureshi bt Yasir and Shahzad Waseem 11-9, 11-9, 11-9).

Women’s team event final:

Habib Bank ‘A’ bt Wapda ‘A’ 3-1 (Shama Hasan bt Sadia Falaksher 9-11, 10-12, 14-12, 11-9, 11-6; Ghalia Khurshed bt Ayesha Iqbal 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; Ghalia Khurshed/Shama Hasan lost to Sadia Falaksher/Ayesha 9-11, 3-11, 11-2, 13-11, 9-11; Ghalia Khurshed bt Sadia Falaksher 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10).