KARACHI: Formidable Wapda and Army, the top two seeds in men and women team events, opened their campaigns on winning note as the 54th National Table Tennis Championship commenced at the Majeed Khan gymnasium of Islamia Club on Saturday.

Wapda demolished Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) 3-0 followed by another similar triumph of 3-0 over Islamabad to strengthen their claim for men’s quarter-finals.

Army, on the other hand, notched up a commendable 3-1 victory over Punjab in the men’s team event opening fixture.

In the women’s competition, both Wapda and Army conjured up two successive victories. While Wapda accounted for National Highway Authority (NHA) 3-0 and Islamabad also by identical 3-0 score line, Army got the better of Balochistan and Punjab by the 3-0 margin apiece.

President of the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF) S. M. Sibtain formally declared the championship open amidst applause.

A galaxy of former players and organisers were in attendance to make the event memorable. Among others were Jawaid Hayat, Sohail Hayat, Arif Nakhuda, Arif Khan, Rubina Arif, Tauqeer Muhajir, Mohammad Tahir, Azher Khursheed and organising secretary Saleem Ahmed.

Results:

Women’s team event:

Punjab bt Balochistan 3-0

Anam Rasheed bt Aqsa 11-3, 11-2, 11-7; Maheen bt Hashma 11-1, 11-1, 11-3; Aymen Abeer bt Laila 11-1, 11-4, 11-1.

HEC bt Balochistan 3-1

Rosable Ujala lost to Aqsa 8-11, 5-11, 8-11; Amna Jabeen bt Hashma 11-1, 11-0, 11-0; Sobia Aleem bt Laila 13-11, 11-5, 11-3; Amna Jabeen bt Aqsa 11-6, 11-6, 11-7.

Army bt Balochistan 3-0

Seemab bt Aqsa 11-6, 11-0, 11-5; Farwa Babar bt Laila 11-0, 11-3, 11-1; Farah Ilyas bt Hashma 11-2, 11-4, 11-2.

Wapda bt National Highway Authority (NHA) 3-0

Qurat Mujtaba bt Manahil 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Mehmooda Hyder bt Mehwish Parveen 11-4, 11-3, 11-1; Sanam Yaseen bt Sana Aftab 11-2, 11-4, 11-1.

Sindh bt Islamabad 3-0

Iqra Saeed bt Sarah Sajid 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4; Hareem Anwer bt Saba Syed 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Atiqa Khan bt Reshail Satti 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6.

Sindh bt National Highway Authority (NHA) 3-0

Hareem Anwer bt Mehwish Parveen 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Iqra Saeed bt Manahil 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Atiqa Khan bt Sana Aftab 11-4, 11-4, 11-2.

Wapda bt Islamabad 3-0

Ayesha Sharjeel bt Saba Syed 11-7, 11-4, 11-4; Sadia Falak Sher bt Sarah Sajid 11-6, 11-6, 11-4; Sanam Yaseen bt Reshail Satti 11-5, 11-2, 11-4.

Punjab bt HEC 3-2

Maria Parveen lost to Amna Jabeen 5-11, 14-16, 1-11; Anum Rasheed bt Umaimah Shah 11-2, 11-8, 11-6; Maria Rehmat bt Sobia Ali 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5; Anum Rasheed lost to Amna Jabeen 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 10-12, 1-11; Maria Parveen bt Umaimah Shah 11-2, 11-1, 11-6.

Army bt Punjab 3-0

Farwa Babar bt Maria Khan 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Farah Ilyas bt Anum Rasheed 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7; Abeera Ali bt Maheen Sheraz 11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bt HEC 3-2

Iqra bt Rosebal Ujala 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Saira lost to Amna Jabeen 2-11, 5-11, 4-11; Amna bt Sobia Ali 11-9, 7-11, 3-11, 11-9, 11-6; Iqra lost to Amna Jabeen 6-11, 12-10, 13-15, 7-11; Saira bt Rosabel Ujala 11-9, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7.

Men’s team event:

National Highway Authority (NHA) bt Azad Jammu Kashmir 3-0

Arbaz Anwer bt Umer 11-3, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6; Shah Khan bt Waleed 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; Basit Ali bt Asad 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.

Railways bt Balochistan 3-0

Hassan Haider bt Qamar Saeed 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Hamza Godil bt Wajid Uddin 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6; Owais Ahmed bt Shahmaz Khan 8-11, 16-14, 11-5, 11-2.

Islamabad bt Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) 3-2

Umer lost to Rehan Javaid 6-11, 8-11, 11-8, 3-11; Hamza bt Nayyar Ali 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-2; Saad bt Raja Noman 11-7, 13-11, 11-5; Hamza lost to Rehan Javaid 8-11, 4-11, 2-11; Umer bt Nayyar Ali 11-9, 12-10, 11-6.

Railways bt Azad Jammu Kashmir 3-0

Hamza Godil bt Umer 11-7, 12-10, 11-9; Hassan Haider bt Asad 11-7, 11-1, 11-4; Haseeb bt Waleed 4-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.

HEC bt Chromatex 3-2

Salman Saleem bt Umair Hassan 11-4, 11-6, 11-9; Aahil Shah lost to Awais Hassan 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 4-11; Subhan Asim lost to Taimoor Khan 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11; Salman Saleem bt Awais Hassan 5-11, 11-6, 11-3, 12-10; Aahil Shah bt Umair Hassan 11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 9-11, 11-2.

Wapda bt Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) 3-0

Asim Qureshi bt Najeeb Uddin 11-2, 11-6, 11-4; Rameez Khan bt Rehan Javaid 11-5, 14-12, 11-9; Shujat Ali bt Shahzad Hussain 11-2, 11-4, 11-3.

National Highway Authority (NHA) bt Balochistan 3-1

Shah Khan bt Qamar Saeed 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Arbaz Anwer lost to Wajid Uddin 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11; Sajid Hussain bt Shahmas Khan 11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Shah Khan bt Wajid Uddin 12-14, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5.

Wapda bt Islamabad 3-0

Asim Qureshi bt Hamza 11-6, 11-3, 11-9; Rameez Khan bt Umer 11-9, 11-5, 11-6; Jahangir bt Saad 11-4, 11-5, 11-9.

Army bt Punjab 3-1

Salman Virk lost to Hafeez-ur-Rehman 11-7, 10-12, 4-11, 13-11, 7-11; Fahad Khuwaja bt Irtaza Ali 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6; Faizan Zahoor bt Anees Yasir 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Salman Virk bt Irtaza Ali 4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-4.

HEC bt Sindh 3-2

Salman Saleem bt Hussain Virani 12-14, 12-14, 11-2, 16-14, 11-9; Aahil Shah lost to Atta Abbas 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11; Subhan bt Farhan Hashim 11-7, 12-10, 11-9; Salman Saleem lost to Atta Abbas 5-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8, 10-12; Aahil Shah bt Hussain Virani 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10.

National Highway Authority (NHA) bt Railways 3-1

Shah Khan bt Hassan Haider 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Arbaz Anwar bt Hamza Godil 8-11, 11-6, 16-14, 11-6; Basit Ali lost to Haseeb Khuwaja 4-11, 3-11, 4-11; Shah Khan bt Hamza Godil 9-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-3.

Azad Jammu Kashmir bt Balochistan 3-1

Umer Zaka bt Shahmas Khan 11-5, 11-7, 11-3; Numan lost to Qamar Saeed 11-6, 6-11, 10-12, 11-5, 8-11; Asad Ali bt Majid Khan 11-5, 11-1, 8-11, 13-11; Umer Zaka bt Qamar Saeed 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5.

Chromatex bt Sindh 3-1

Awais Hassan bt Hussain Virani 8-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-6; Umair Hassan bt Atta Abbas 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8; Taimoor Khan lost to Akbar Shah 10-12, 11-13, 11-8, 8-11; Awais Hassan bt Atta Abbas 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Men’s team event quarter-finals at 10am, women’s team event semi-finals at 11am, men’s team event semi-finals at 12noon, men’s singles first round at 4.30pm, women’s singles first round at 7pm.

Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2018