LAHORE: Wapda won the men’s and women’s team events, beating Army and Chromatex Chemicals respectively in the 55th National Table Tennis Championship late on Wednesday night.

Wapda won the men’s final 3-0, while they recorded a 4-1 triumph in the women’s. On Thursday, the men’s singles quarter-final line-up was decided.

Results:

Men’s team event (final):

Wapda beat Army 3-0: Rameez Khan (Wapda) bt Salman Virk (Army) 11-7, 11-5, 12-10; Asim Qureshi (Wapda) bt M. Afzal (Army) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Bilal Yasin (Wapda) bt Faizan Zahoor (Army) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9.

Women’s team event (final):

Wapda beat Chromatex Chemicals 4-1: Shabnam Bilal (Wapda) bt Nosheen Waseem (Chromatex) 12-10, 11-1, 11-6; Fatima Khan (Chromatex) bt Aisha Sharjeel (Wapda) 14-12, 6-11, 8-11, 7-11; Raheela Kashif (Wapda) bt Kalsoom Khan (Chromatex) 11-4, 11-9, 11-3; Shabnam Bilal (Wapda) bt Fatima Khan (Chromatex) 11-8, 11-6, 13-11.

Men’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Asim Qureshi bt Abdul Haseeb 11-9, 11-4, 11-5; Tariq Aziz bt Hafeez-ur- Rehman 14-12, 11-9, 14-12, 11-5; Ubaid Shah bt Bilal Tariq 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Hamza Ikram bt Shozeb Raza 11-6, 11-3, 11-6; Faryal Minhas bt Iraza Ali 11-4, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-7; Hasan Haider bt Sharjeel Khatak 12-10, 11-9, 11-6; M Afzal bt Furqan Pateel 11-9, 13-15, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7; Abdul Raheem bt Awais Hasan 11-7, 11-8, 12-10; Fahad Khawaja bt Abdul Islam 11-2, 11-5, 11-9; Faheem Raza bt Awais Mukhtar 11-9, 11-9, 13-11; Salman Virk bt Shah Khan 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Salman Saleem bt Nazim Ashraf 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Jahangir Khan bt Shujaat Ali 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 7-11, 11-5; Bilal Yasin bt M. Arbeel 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Rameez Khan bt Ummam Khawajan 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Jahangir Khan bt M Afzal 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 12-14, 11-1, 11-7; Hasan Haider bt Faryal Minhas 11-5, 13-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6; Hamza Ikram bt Ubaid Shah 6-11, 6-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 12-10, 14-12; Asim Qureshi bt Tariq Aziz 11-3, 11-2, 11-2, 11-7; Abdul Rahim bt Fahad Khawaja 4-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Salman Virk bt Faheem Raza 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 11-8; Mohammad Rameez Khan bt Salman Saleem 11-09, 9-11, 11-06, 11-08, 11-04; Faizan Zahur bt Bilal 9-11, 13-11, 11-09, 09-11, 11-09, 11-07.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2018