KARACHI: The Young Stars Inter-firms table tennis tournament commenced at the Sindh Sports Board sports complex on Tuesday.

Twelve teams are competing in the event which has been revived after a layoff. The event concludes on Sept 19.

Results: Men’s team event:

KMC bt Hino Pak 3-0 (Khawar bt Shahzad 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Raheel bt Kamran 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Saleem bt Nadeem 11-3, 11-2, 11-7).

PPL bt Etilize 3-0 (Momin Khan bt Salman Ahmed 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Salman Haider bt Shaharyar Khan 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; Umar Daraz bt Majid Khan 14-16, 12-10, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9).

GSK bt TPS 3-1 (Asim bt M. Umer 11-9, 13-11, 12-10; Yousuf bt Omair 9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4; Khawar lost to Wasi Abbasi 11-9, 13-11, 11-7, 11-13, 7-11; Asim bt Omair 11-9, 11-4, 11-4).

KMC bt SBP A 3-0 (Khawar Mehmood bt Anwer 11-6, 11-8, 11-7; Raheel bt Ahmed 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Saleem Ahmed bt Ashfaq 11-7, 11-8, 11-9).

PSO bt PPL 3-0 (A. H. Bhatti bt Salman 11-5, 11-6, 11-8; Salman Iqbal bt Momin 13-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4; Zubair bt Umer 11-3, 11-2, 11-4).

SBP A bt Hino Pak 3-0 (Anwar bt Shahzad 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Ahmed bt Kamran 11-7, 11-7, 11-1; Ashfaq bt Nadeem 11-9, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7).

GSK bt State Life 3-1 (Khawar lost to Azam 11-13, 9-11, 14-12, 11-6, 8-11; Asim bt M. Yameen 11-4, 11-5, 11-8; Yousuf bt Abdul Wahid 11-9, 11-9, 11-7; Asim bt Azam 11-4, 11-9, 11-7).

SBP B bt Habib Metro 3-2 (Israr lost to Ahmed 5-11, 3-11, 10-12; M. Khalid bt Aamir 11-0, 11-3, 11-3; Asim bt Syed Asad 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 9-11, 11-4; M. Khalid lost to Ahmed 7-11, 12-14, 11-13; Israr bt Aamir 11-3, 11-2, 11-3).

PSO bt Etilize 3-0 (A.H.Bhatti bt Shaharyar 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Salman Iqbal bt Salman 11-5, 11-7, 12-10; Zubair Qureshi bt Aneer 11-5, 11-9, 11-2).

State Life bt TPS 3-0 (Yameen bt Omair 7-11, 16-14, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9;

Chaudhry Azam bt M. Umer 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8; Zahid bt Usman 11-5, 11-5, 15-13).

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2014