KARACHI: As expected, top two seeds Wapda and Army set title clash in the men’s and women’s team events of the 54th National Table Tennis Championship at Islamia Club on Sunday.

In the men’s, top seed Wapda inflicted straight 3-0 defeat on the National Highway Authority (NHA) to set a final date with second seed Army who sent Higher Education Commission (HEC) packing 3-0 in the other semi-final.

Similarly, in women’s, top seed Wapda accounted for Punjab 3-0 while second seed Army carved out 3-0 victory over Sindh in the two semi-finals.

The men’s and women’s team event finals will be played on Monday at 5pm.

Meanwhile, the first round of men’s and women’s singles commenced on Sunday.

Women’s team event:

Semi-finals:

Wapda bt Punjab 3-0: Qurat Mujtaba bt Anum Rasheed 11-4, 11-7, 11-5; Ayesha Sharjeel bt Maheen Sheraz 11-3, 11-6, 11-1; Mehmooda Hyder bt Aymen Abeer 11-2, 11-3, 11-5.

Army bt Sindh 3-0: Farah Ilyas bt Hareem Anwer 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 13-11; Farwah Arif bt Iqra Saeed 11-5, 2-11, 13-11, 11-5; Abeera Ali bt Atiqa Khan 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7.

Quarter-finals:

Wapda bt Sindh 3-0: Sadia Falak Sheer bt Hareem Anwar 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Ayesha Sharjeel bt Iqra Saeed 11-5, 11-7, 11-4; Sanam Yaseen bt Atiqa Khan 11-2, 11-3, 11-9.

Army bt HEC 3-0: Farwa Babar bt Sobia Ali 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5; Abeera Ali bt Amna Jabeen 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Seemab bt Umaimah Shah 11-2, 11-4, 11-2.

Islamabad bt National Highway Authority (NHA) 3-0: Sarah Sajid bt Mehwish Parveen 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Saba Syed bt Sana Aftab 11-1, 11-3, 11-4; Reshail Satti bt Manahil 12-14, 18-16, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8.

Punjab bt Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-0: Anum Rasheed bt Iqra Rehman 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5; Maheen Sheraz bt Sara 11-6, 11-9, 11-7; Aamina Mehmood bt Aiman 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8.

Army bt Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-0: Abeera Ali bt Iqra Rehman 11-2, 11-5, 11-8; Farwa Babar bt Amna Jabeen 11-7, 11-5, 11-3; Nimra Rehman bt Sara 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7.

Men’s team event:

Semi-finals:

Wapda bt National Highway Authority (NHA) 3-0: Asim Qureshi bT Arbaz Anwar 11-1, 3-11, 14-12, 11-8; Rameez Khan bt Shah Khan 11-7, 8-11, 3-11, 13-11, 11-5; Shujat Ali bt Basit Ali 10-12, 11-5, 13-11, 11-7.

Army bt HEC 3-0: Salman Virk bt Aahil Shah 10-12, 11-5, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8; Mohammad Afzal bt Salman Saleem 11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7; Faizan Zahoor bt Subhan Asim 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 13-11.

Quarter-finals:

Wapda bt Chromatex 3-0: Rameez Khan Bt Awais Hassan 12-10, 11-8, 11-5; Asim Qureshi BT Umair Hassan 11-9, 4-11, 11-4, 11-2; SHujat Ali bt Taimoor Khan 4-11, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 13-11.

Army bt Islamabad 3-0: Salman Virk bt Umer Saeed 11-8, 11-7, 11-3; Fahad Khuwaja bt Sardar Hamza 13-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9; Mohammad Afzal bt Bilal Ahmed 11-6, 11-1, 11-6.

National Highway Authority (NHA) bt Punjab 3-1: Arbaz Anwar lost to Hafeez-ur-Rehman 3-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6; -Shah Khan bt Irtaza Ali 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Basit Ali bt Usman Amjad 11-9, 11-5, 11-9; Shah Khan bt Hafeez-ur-Rehman 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7.

HEC bt Railways 3-1: Aahil Shah bt Hamza Godil 13-15, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5; Salman Saleem lost to Hassan Haider 12-14, 11-2, 9-11, 12-10, 7-11; Subhan Asim bt Haseeb Khuwaja 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4; Salman Saleem bt Hamza Godil 13-11, 11-8, 11-8.

Monday’s fixtures: Men’s singles second round at 10am; women’s singles second round at 12.30noon; men’s team event finals at 5pm; women’s team event final at 5pm.

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2018