KARACHI: Pakistan Open and senior teams enjoyed success on the final day of league rounds at the World bridge championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but failed to finish among top 15.

According to message received here on Sunday, Pakistan seniors won two of their last three league-round matches but eventually ended 16th in the 22-team contest by accumulating 284 victory points.

Seniors comprising Tariq Rasheed Khan-Parvez Mirza, Rashid-ul-Ghazi, Khaled Javed and Saeed Akhtar lost 4-25 against England, but defeated Poland (17-13) and Venezuela (23-7).

England (402), Belgium (378.5), Poland (371) and USA-I (365) finished among the top four.

Pakistan Open team finished 19th with 232.5 points.

They beat Chinese Taipei 25-5 and Argentina 25-5, but went down against Australia with 5-25 margin.

Italy, Norway, Bulgaria, USA-II, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia and China have qualified for the quarter-final round.

In the women’s Venice Cup, Pakistan finished at the bottom just above Morocco and Barbados with 247 points.

Rubina Agha’s team which also included Zeenat Azwar, Qudsia Doosa, Shirin Bokhari, Najam Abid and Fizza Adamjee lost two of three matches in the final three rounds.

Canada blanked Pakistan 25-0, Japan recorded 23-7 victory but Pakistan women’s ended on a winning note beating Venezuela 17-13.—APP