KARACHI: Top seed Hareem Anwar and second seed Atiqa Khan cruised into the women’s singles final of the sixth Dr Essa Mohammad ranking table tennis tournament at the Sindh Sports Board Complex on Thursday.

Hareem was extended to limits by fifth seed Iqra Saeed before winning the duel 6-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-3. The latter had sent fourth seed Marium Faiq packing in the quarters on Wednesday.

Atiqa also struggled to whip third seed Maria Tazeem 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 in the other semi-final.

Meanwhile, the quartet comprising top seed and former Karachi champion Atta Abbas, second seed Hussain Virani, third seed Khawar Mahmood and fourth seed Farhan Hashim advanced into the men’s singles by winning their second round matches.

Results:

Women’s singles:

Semi-finals: Atiqa Khan bt Maria Tazeem 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8; Hareem Anwar bt Iqra Saeed 6-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-3,

Men’s singles:

First round remaining matches:

Saqib Dawoodani bt Mumtaz Ahmed 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; Shahid Mohammad bt Mohammad Ubaid 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Saqib Naeem bt Mohammad Talha 11-5, 12-10, 11-9; Shahmeer bt Rafay Khan 11-8, 11-7, 11-6; Shahroz Amjad bt Mohammad Bilal 11-2, 11-7, 11-8; Areeb-ur-Rehman bt Mohammad Salik 11-9, 11-4, 12-10; Israar Mohammad Khan bt Kamran Shareef 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6; Fawad bt Shahzad Bashir 11-5, 15-13, 5-11, 11-4; Shahrrukh Mansoor bt Huzaifa Khan 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 13-11; Haq Nawaz Gazdar bt Umer Maarfani 11-4, 11-3, 11-5; Akhlaq Ghori bt Aziz-ur-Rehman 11-4, 11-7, 11-8; Anwer Qureshi bt Atiq Godil 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Shahryar Ahmed bt Huzaifa Hatim 11-9, 11-3, 9-11, 12-14, 11-7; Hamza Musluddin bt Hamza Ahmed 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Farhan Patel bt Shan Warsi 11-2, 11-9, 11-9; Hasan Anees bt Zubair Chitrali 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; Jawad Rajani bt Israar 11-7, 11-8, 11-5; Shah Uzair Saeed bt Ali Raza 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Mohammad Shahbaz bt Imran Saleem 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6; Anas Ullah bt Mohammad Ahsan 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Ahmed Shah bt Ayaz Ahmed 11-8, 11-9, 11-5; Hasan Ahmed bt Haider Qutubuddin 11-9, 11-5, 11-9; Qutub Khan bt Sinan Mateen 11-9, 11-9, 11-4; Mohammad Jawad Qazi bt Saqib Zubair 8-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-6.

Second round:

Atta Abbas bt Qutub Khan 11-3, 11-5, 11-8; Hasan Ahmed bt Mehdi Azher 12-10, 8-11, 7-11, 12-10, 12-10; Bilal Alvi bt Saad Raiz 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 12-10; Mohammad Imran bt Noman Alam 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7; A.H.Bhatti bt Shahid Mohammad 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Mehdi Raza bt Shan Warsi 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; Raheel Saleem bt Shayan Abbas 11-5, 11-4, 11-2; Ubaid Hadi Khan bt Hamza Musluddin 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6; Faizan Laeeq bt Saqib Naeem 11-9, 11-5, 12-10; Arsalan Alvi bt Mohammad Jawad Qazi 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5; Khawar Mehmood bt Jawad Rajani 11-4, 11-6, 11-6; Kaif Raiz bt Umair Nasir 7-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-4; Danish Idrees bt Haq Nawaz Gazdar 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3; Anas Khan bt Hasan Anees 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Fawad-ur-Rehman br Ahmed Shah 11-7, 11-4, 11-8; Zohaib Jivani bt Shahroz Amjad 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Tazeem-ur-Rehman bt Raza Abbas 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; Mohammad Ali Sher Ali bt Shah Uzair Saeed 11-8, 3-11, 11-2, 11-8; Raheel Qureshi bt Hamza Ahmed 11-1, 11-6, 11-2; Zafar Khan bt Mohammad Owais Akram 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Farhan Hashim bt Shahmeer 11-3, 11-6, 11-7; Furqan Patel bt Anasullah 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7; Noman Zara bt Mohammad Shahbaz 11-3, 11-7, 11-6; Syed Durab Ahmed bt Areeb-ur-Rehman 11-5, 12-10, 11-6; Mohammad Ali Ashraf bt Fawad 12-10, 11-9, 11-8; Bilal Tariq bt Shahryar Ahmed 12-10, 11-3, 10-12, 11-4; Saim Adnan bt Israar Mohd Khan 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Faisal Saqib bt Akhlaq Ghori 12-10, 11-6, 14-12; Ajaz Malik bt Dr.Farooq 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Hussain Virani bt Saqib Dawoodani 11-9, 13-11, 11-13, 11-1; Dr.Haroon bt Anwer Qureshi 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6; Shahrrukh Mansoor bt Farrukh Kamal walkover.

Friday’s fixtures:

Men’s singles quarterfinals at 630pm; semi-finals at 8pm

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2018