KARACHI: Unseeded Furqan Patel cruised into his maiden men’s singles final where he will be up against top seed Atta Abbas as curtain falls on the sixth Dr Essa Mohammad ranking table tennis tournament at the Sindh Sports Board Complex on Saturday.

Patel, who plays for Fatimiya Sports Complex, gets the better of Kaif Riaz in the best of seven encounter 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-13, 11-3, 11-8 while Abbas was home against Arsalan Alvi straight 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 11-4 in the two semi-finals played on Friday.

Second seed Hussain Virani and fourth seed Farhan Hashim have met their fate to unseeded Bilal Tariq and Arsalan Alvi in the pre quarter-finals the other day while third seed Khawar Mahmood fell prey to Patel who won 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 13-11 in the quarters.

Results:

Men’s singles:

Third round: Tazeem-ur-Rehman bt Hasan Ahmed 12-10, 11-8, 11-9; Dr.Haroon bt Zohaib Jivani 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Bilal Tariq bt Ajaz Malik 11-7, 11-7, 11-6; Faizan Laeeq bt Ubaid Hadi Khan 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; Faisal Saqib bt Bilal Alvi 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10; Raheel Qureshi bt Mohammad Ali Sher Ali 11-9, 11-7, 11-8; Arsalan Alvi bt Danish Idrees 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4; Hussain Virani bt Mohammad Ali Ashraf 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6; Raheel Saleem bt Mehdi Raza 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-3; Kaif Raiz bt Fawad-ur-Rehman 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Atta Abbas bt Zafar Khan 11-0, 8-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-2; Furqan Patel bt Noman Zara 7-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-4; Farhan Hashim bt Anas Khan 11-9, 11-9, 11-7; Syed Durab Ahmed bt Saim Adnan 11-9, 11-6, 11-8; Khawar Mehmood bt Shahrukh Mansoor 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; A.H.Bhatti bt Mohammad Imran 11-5, 13-11, 11-7.

Pre quarter-finals: Raheel Saleem bt Faizan Laeeq 11-7, 11-9, 13-11; Atta Abbas bt Tazeem-ur- Rehman 11-6, 11-7, 11-4; Furqan Patel bt Raheel Qureshi 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8; Arsalan Alvi bt Farhan Hshim 11-5, 11-4, 12-10; Kaif Raiz bt Syed Durab Ahmed 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 11-4; Bilal Tariq bt Hussain Virani 12-10, 11-8, 11-8; A.H.Bhatti bt Faisal Saqib 11-3, 11-6, 11-6; Khawar Mehmood bt Dr.Haroon 11-5, 11-8, 11-6.

Quarter-finals: Furqan Patel bt Khawar Mahmood 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 13-11; Atta Abbas bt a. H. Bhatti 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; Arsalan Alvi bt Raheel Saleem 6-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6; Kaif Riaz bt Bilal Tariq 11-9, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 16-14.

Semi-finals: Atta Abbas bt Arsalan Alvi 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 11-4; Furqan Patel bt Kaif Riaz 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-13, 11-3, 11-8.

Saturday’s fixtures:

Women’s singles final at 5pm; men’s singles final at 6pm.

Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2018