KARACHI: Unseeded Farhan Hashim created the biggest upset when he knocked out top seed Atta Abbas in the men’s singles pre quarter-finals of the Young Stars ranking table tennis tournament at the Sindh Sports Board complex on Thursday.

Hashim struggled to whip Abbas in the fully stretched battle 12-10, 11-5, 12-14, 6-11, 13-11 to advance into the quarters.

Similarly, youthful Hamza Godil produced awesome performance while outwitting Asim Hussain, who was amongst top players of the province in the past, straight 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 to enter men’s singles last eight.

Abeera Ali and Noureen Farhan meanwhile, stepped into the women’s singles final after registering emphatic victories over their respective opponents.

The former cruised to 11-7, 13-11, 11-6 victory over Sameera Wajahat while the latter defeated Hareem Anwar 11-6, 11-7, 11-4.

Meanwhile, talented Hareem Anwar lived up to her top billing by capturing a double crown.

She first carved out 11-9, 11-4, 11-4 victory over Mariam Faiq for under-15 success and later fought tooths and nails to register 5-11, 14-12, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10 victory over Haleema Ali for the under-18 crown.

Results:

Boys under-18 singles:

Semi-finals: Hamza Godil bt Furqan Patel (14-12, 11-7, 13-11), Mehdi Raza bt Mehdi Azhar (11-8, 11-8, 11-4).

Girls under-15 singles:

Final: Hareem Anwar bt Mariam Faiq (11-9, 11-4, 11-4).

Boys under-15 singles:

Semi-finals: Mehdi Raza bt Kaif Riaz (10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8), Furqan Patel bt Suleman Shariq (11-5, 11-2, 11-2).

Girls under-18 singles:

Final: Hareem Anwar bt Haleema Ali (5-11, 14-12, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10).

Men’s singles:

Second round: Umair Mehmood bt Hassan Aziz (11-8, 11-7, 11-6), Furqan Patel bt Ahmer Ali (11-9, 11-9, 12-10), Hamza Godil bt Shahryar Ali (11-6, 11-8, 11-7), Asim Hussain bt Hassan Vohra (11-7, 11-6, 11-5), Hafeez Bhatti bt Azher Khursheed (11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7), Kamran Sarang bt Durab Ahmed (11-8, 11-5, 11-6), Raheel Qureshi bt Hamza Ali (11-3, 11-3, 11-5), Bilal Tariq bt Phelmon John (11-6, 11-8, 11-5), Khawar Mehmood bt Ijaz Malik (11-9, 11-6, 11-2), Atta Abbas bt Saad Riaz (11-7, 11-4, 11-6), Farhan Hashim bt M.Imran (11-7, 11-6, 11-5), Akber Shah bt Zohaib Jivani (11-6, 11-7, 11-9), Mehdi Raza bt Ikhlaq Ghori (11-7, 11-9, 11-9), Aahil Shal bt Abdul Ghaffar (11-6, 4-11, 11-3, 12-10), Faizan Laique bt Yaseen (11-2, 11-3, 11-6), Hussain Virani bt Ubaid Hadi (11-8, 11-7, 11-6).

Pre quarter-finals: Farhan Hashim bt Atta Abbas (12-10, 11-5, 12-14, 6-11, 13-11), Khawar Mehmood bt Mehdi Raza (11-5, 11-9, 13-11), Aahil Shah bt Raheel Qureshi (10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6), Hamza Godil bt Asim Hussain (11-9, 11-7, 11-9), Kamran Sarang bt Faizain Laique (11-4, 11-9, 11-9), Akber Shah bt Furqan Patel (11-5, 7-11, 14-12, 5-11, 11-7), Hussain Virani bt Hafeez Bhatti (4-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5), Bilal Tariq bt Umair Mehmood (11-6, 11-8, 11-7).

Women’s singles:

Semi-finals: Abeera Ali bt Sameera Wajahat (11-7, 13-11, 11-6), Noureen Farhan bt Hareem Anwer (11-6, 11-7, 11-4).

Friday’s fixtures:

Boy’s under-15 and under-18 singles finals at 4pm; men’s singles semi-finals at 6.30pm.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2015

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