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KARACHI, May 20: Top seed and defending champions, Wapda and second seed National Bank, as expected, qualified to meet each other in the women’s team event final of the 48th National badminton championship at the National Sports Training and Coaching Centre (NSTCC) on Friday.
Wapda had the better of hosts Sindh 3-0 while National Bank defeated Higher Education Commission (HEC) by an identical score line in the one-sided semifinals.
The men’s team event has reached the quarterfinal stage Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL), Railways, Punjab and Sindh won their matches and joined the top three seeds National Bank, Wapda and New Khan Sports who got a bye.
KPT inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Balochistan, PTCL accounted for FATA 3-0, Railways outplayed HEC 3-0, Punjab defeated Islamabad 3-0 and Sindh edged out NWFP 3-0.
The men’s and women’s team events finals will be played on Saturday at 4.00 p.m.
Results:
Women’s team event:
Sindh bt Punjab 3-0
Mahrukh Issa bt Shakila 11-1, 11-3; Zahida and Mahrukh Issa bt Aisha and Asia 15-0, 15-0; Zahida bt Anam 11-4, 11-0; HEC bt Railways 3-0; Aimen Khan bt Salma 11-2, 11-5; Razia and Aimen bt Salma and Saima 15-1, 15-3; Raziz bt Saima 11-3, 11-1; (semifinals) NBP bt HEC 3-0; Aisha bt Aimen 11-5, 11-2; Sara Khan bt Raziz 11-1, 11-0; Aisha and Saima bt Aimen and Raziz 15-3, 15-2
Wapda bt Sindh 3-0
Asma Butt bt Zahida 11-1, 11-0; Palwashah and Anita bt Zahida and Mahrukh 15-3, 15-8; Uzma Butt bt Mahrukh 11-1, 11-1;
Men’s team event:
Railways bt HEC 3-0
M. Naveed bt Adeel Sadique 15-2, 15-4; Shahid and Naveed bt Bilal and Umar 15-6, 17-14; Mushtaq bt Gohar Ijaz 1-15, 15-13, 15-3; KPT bt Balochistan 3-0; Asad Aleem bt Mehboob Ahmed 15-9, 15-13; Asad and Tariq bt Faiz and Mehboob 15-3, 15-7; Aneesur Rehman bt Amir Hussain 15-5, 15-4;
Sindh bt NWFP 3-0
Mojeeb bt Murad Ali 15-0, 15-4; Khawja and Amir bt Akmal and Saood 15-13, 15-8; Qadir bt Hayatullah 15-11, 15-7; Punjab bt Islamabad 3-0; Ali Yar bt Nadeem Ishaq 15-1, 15-5; Ali Yar and Shahzad bt Tariq and Imtiaz 17-14, 15-8; Shahzad bt Kashif Majeed 15-5, 15-8;
PTCL bt FATA 3-0
Ashraf Masih bt Nadeem 15-2, 15-1;Ashraf and Akram bt Ijaz and Shehryar 15-8, 15-6; Arshad Khan bt Masood 15-5, 15-10
Saturday’s fixtures: Men’s team event semifinals 9.30am; women’s singles qualifying round 10.00am; men’s team event final 4.00pm women’s team event final; men’s singles first round.
