KARACHI: The pair of Saleem and Raheel won the men’s doubles title in the Young Stars Inter-firms table tennis tournament at the Sindh Sports Board sports complex on Thursday.

The victorious duo from the KMC gets the better of Momin and Suleman of the PPL straight 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 in the final.

Meanwhile, the men’s team event has reached the final where the KMC is slated to meet Habib Metro Bank. The KMC whipped SBP A 3-0 while Habib Metro Bank disposed of PPL 3-1 in the two semi-finals.

The quartet of A. H. Bhatti, Asim Hussain, Raheel Qureshi and Ahmed Pesnani fought their way into the men’s singles semi-finals.

The event concludes on Friday.

Men’s team event: Semi-finals:

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

Habib Metro bt PPL 3-1 (Ahmed Pesnani bt Suleman 11-8, 12-10, 11-7; Muzammil bt Momin Khan 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Syed Asad Saeed lost to Azhar 11-5, 5-11, 5-11, 4-11; Muzammil bt Suleman 11-1, 11-7, 11-8).

Men’s singles: Second round:

Asim Hussain (GSK) bt Shaheryar Ahmed (Etilise) 11-6, 11-6, 11-6; A. H. Bhatti (PSO) bt Israr Alam (SBP) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Salman Iqbal (PSO) bt Momin Khan (PPL) 11-5, 14-12, 11-8; Ahmed Pesnani (HMB) bt Suleman (PPL) 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6; Raheel Qureshi (KMC) bt Anwar Ahmed (SBP) 11-5, 11-1, 11-2; Shahzad Sheikh (Hino Pak) bt Yousuf Hussain (GSK) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Ahmed Mukhtar (SBP) bt Umair Asim (TPS) 11-8, 11-3, 11-3; Khawar Mehmood (KMC) bt Hamza Mlik (SBP) 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.

Men’s singles: Quarter-finals:

A. H. Bhatti (PSO) bt Shahzad Sheikh (Hino Pak) 11-3, 11-5, 11-8; Asim Hussain (GSK) bt Ahmed Mukhtar (SBP) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5; Raheel Qureshi (KMC) bt Salman Iqbal (PSO) 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9; Ahmed Pesnani (HMB) bt Khawar Mehmood (KMC) 12-14, 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8.

Men’s doubles: Quarter-finals:

Saleem and Raheel (KMC) bt Israr Alam and M. Khalid (SBP) 11-9, 11-3, 11-0; Suleman and Momin (PPL) bt Salman and Zubair (PSO) 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8; M. Umair and Usman (TPS) bt Farhan and Asad 12-10, 11-9, 13-11; Ahmed Mukhtar and Anwer (SBP) bt Asim and Yousuf (GSK) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9.

Semi-finals:

Saleem and Raheel (KMC) bt M. Umair and Usman (TPS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-9; Momin and Suleman (PPL) bt Ahmed Mukhtar and Anwar 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10.

Final:

Saleem and Raheel (KMC) bt Momin and Suleman (PPL) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2014