KARACHI: Top two seeds, Aahil Shah and Atta Abbas, were among the 16 players who cruised into the men’s singles pre quarter-finals of the Karachi Table Tennis Championship at Sindh Sports Board (SSB) sports complex on Monday.

Top seed Aahil first registered a convincing 11-7, 14-12, 11-7 victory over Hamza Ahmed in the second round and then sent Raza Abbas packing 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 in the third round to make last 16.

Atta, on the other hand, was home 11-2, 11-4, 11-8 over Bilal Alvi in the second round and then conceded a game before getting the better of Ali Shan 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6 in the next fixture.

The other 14 players who were through to the pre quarters include Faizan Laique, Hussain Verani, Kaif Raiz, Raheel Qureshi, A. H. Bhatti, Hamza Godil, Mehdi Azhar, Akbar Shah, Furqan Patel, Mehdi Raza, Farhan Hashim, M. Ali, Farrukh Kamal and Raheel Saleem.

The men’s doubles has reached the quarter-finals stage.

Meanwhile, due to enormous entries, the organisers have extended the event by one day and now it will conclude on Wednesday.

Results:

Men’s doubles:

First round: Faisal and Fawad bt Ubaid and Rahim 11-2, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6; Owais and Hamza bt Sinan and Saleem 11-6, 11-9, 11-9; Farhan and Shahzad bt Uzair and Ather 11-4, 11-8, 11-6; Sarfarz and Shan bt M. Imran and Shaoor Latif 11-9, 11-13, 11-8, 11-6; Ali Shan and Khwaja Kashif bt Mehdi and Saqib 12-10, 13-11, 11-6; Faizan and Danish bt Amin and Ali 11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Aahil and Kamran bt Ejaz and Atiq 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7; Mohsin and Nadir bt Aqib and Anasullah 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Durab and Furqan bt Saim and Umair 12-10, 11-7, 12-10; Hamza and Noman bt Usama and Sumair 11-9, 12-10, 13-11; Raheel and Hussain bt Minam and Zaim 11-6, 11-6, 12-10; Azhar and Arsalan bt Junaid and Talha 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Farrukh and Raheel bt M. Ali and Uzair 6-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-3, 11-8; Ahmed and M. Ali bt Sameer and Shahmeer 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Akbar and Kaif bt Raja and Saad 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7; Salman and Tabish bt Dr.Amjad and Aslam 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.

Second round: Raheel and Hussain bt Hamza and Noman 12-10, 11-6, 11-1; Azhar and Arsalan bt Durab and Furqan 11-7, 11-7, 11-8; Mohsin and Nadir bt Sarfarz and Shan 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Salman and Tabish bt Akbar and Kaif 11-6, 11-5, 11-7; Farrukh and Raheel bt Faizan and Danish 12-14, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7; Ahmed and M. Ali bt Owais and Hamza 11-8, 14-12, 8-11, 11-4; Khwaja Kashif and Ali Shan bt Farhan and Shahzad 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4; Aahil and Kamran bt Faisal and Fawad 11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7.

Men’s singles:

Second round: Arsalan Alvi bt Shayan Abbasi 11-3, 11-7, 11-6; Durab Ahmed bt Moiz Jafri 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Kaif Raiz bt Sumair Asif 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7; Anas ullah bt Owais Ahmed 13-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7; Farhan Hashim bt Savaid Tanveer 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Aahil Shah bt Hamza Ahmed 11-7, 14-12, 11-7; Farrukh Kamal bt Tazeem-ur-Rehman 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4; Hussain Verani bt Shahmeer 11-8, 11-6, 11-9; Ejaz Malik bt Minhal Manji 11-2, 11-2, 11-5; A. H. Bhatti bt M. Shahzaib 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; M. Saqib bt Raja Maleeh 11-9, 11-5, 1-11, 11-5; Raheel Qureshi bt Faisal Saqib 11-6, 11-5, 11-9; Mehdi Raza bt Abdul Moeed 11-5, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8; Raza Abbas bt Shaharyar Khan 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9; Ubaid Hadi bt Atiq Godil 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8; Akbar Shah bt Ali Hafeez 11-6, 11-3, 11-13, 11-6; Ali Shan bt Abdul Rehman 11-8, 13-11, 11-6; Mehdi Azhar bt Arbal Ashfaq 11-9, 11-7, 13-11; Atta Abbas bt Bilal Alvi 11-2, 11-4, 11-8; Khawar Mehmood bt Fawad Rehman 11-8, 11-4, 11-2; Faizan Laique bt Ahmed Pasnani 14-12, 11-8, 11-5; Anas Khan bt M. Saliq 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; M. Ali bt Shahzad Bashir 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6; Haq Nawaz bt Abdullah Akhtar 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; Raheel Saleem bt Raahim Riaz 11-8, 11-9, 11-8; M. Ali bt Rafay Khan 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; Shan Warsi bt Shahoor Latif 11-4, 11-7, 11-5; Furqan Patel bt Nazoor Ahmed 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Hamza Godil bt Asif Razzak 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8; Usama Nathani bt Umair Nasir 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9; M. Imran bt Saim Adnan 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8; Noman Alam bt Saad Raiz 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 13-15, 11-9.

Third round: Atta Abbas bt Ali Shan 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6; Faizan Laique bt Khawar Mehmood 11-9, 11-5, 11-8; Aahil Shah bt Raza Abbas 11-3, 12-10, 11-6; Hussain Verani bt M. Ali 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9; Kaif Raiz bt Ejaz Malik 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Raheel Qureshi bt Shan Warsi 11-5, 11-4, 11-9; A. H. Bhatti bt Arsalan Alvi 12-10, 12-10, 13-15, 11-8; Hamza Godil bt M. Imran 11-6, 11-8, 11-7; Mehdi Azhar bt Anas Khan 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10; Akbar Shah bt Usama Nathani 11-5, 11-1, 11-6; Furqan Patel bt Noman Alam 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Mehdi Raza bt Ubaid Hadi 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Farhan Hashim bt Anasullah 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-3; M. Ali bt Haq Nawaz 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; Farrukh Kamal bt M. Saqib 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8; Raheel Saleem bt Durab Ahmed 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4.

Monday’s fixtures: Men’s singles semi-finals at 6.30pm; men’s doubles final at 8pm; mixed doubles final at 3.30pm

Published in Dawn January 31st, 2017