KARACHI: The trio of Mohsin Sarwar, Atta Abbas and Hussain Verani shone as Essa Lab’s second-string side inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Islamia Club A to win the men’s team event final in the Karachi Table Tennis Championship here at the Sindh Sports Board Sports Complex on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the men’s singles event of the championship reached the semi-finals stage.

Those who qualified for the semis include Furqan Patel, Saim Adnan, Hamza Godil and Mohammad Ali Ashraf.

Results:

Men’s team event:

Final:

Essa Lab B bt Islamia A 3-0 (Mohsin Sarwar bt Usman Ahmed 13-11, 11-6, 11-8; Atta Abbas bt Aahil Shah 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; Hussain Verani bt Bilal Tariq 11-7, 11-3, 10-12, 11-5).

Men’s singles:

Pre-quarterfinals:

M.Ali Ashraf bt Faizan Laique 11-8, 11-2, 11-6; Furqan Patel bt Mehdi Azhar 11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 11-7; Saim Adnan bt Haq Nawaz 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-2; Arsalan Alvi bt Hussain Verani 7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 13-11; Nauman Zara bt Dr.Haroon 11-7, 11-9, 11-4; Farhan Hashim bt A.H.Bhatti 11-8, 11-9, 11-2; Bilal Tariq bt Aahil Shah 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 14-12; Hamza Godil bt Mehdi Raza 11-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7

Quarter-finals:

Furqan Patel bt Nauman Zara 11-6, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7; Saim Adnan bt Farhan Hashim 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7; Hamza Godil bt Arsalan Alvi 11-6, 12-10, 11-8, 12-10; Mohammad Ali Ashraf bt Bilal Tariq 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9

Men’s doubles:

First round:

Huzaifa Hatim/Usama Nathani bt Hasnain/Furqan 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; A.H.Bhatti/Zubair bt Ahmed Saleem/Ahmed Raza 11-8, 13-11, 11-9; Ubaid Hadi/Faisal bt Bilal Alvi/Hamza 11-6, 11-3, 11-7; Saim Adnan/Durab bt Shahid/Awais 11-7, 11-9, 13-11; Faizan/Danish Idrees bt Aarish/Anas Nawaz 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Hussain/Nadir Sohail bt Ahmed/Anas 11-5, 11-6, 11-7; Shah Uzair/Masood bt Shayan/ Raza Abbas 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9; Salman/Khadeesh bt Dr Haroon/Dr Farooq 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Hamza Godil/Farhan bt Mohib/Ali Murtuza 11-5, 11-4, 11-6; Anas Khan/Saad Riaz bt Saeed/Zaid 11-8, 11-9, 11-8; Arsalan/Mohammad Ali bt Asad Wadia/Hassan 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3; Mehdi Azhar/Mohammad Saqib bt Nauman Alam/Shahrukh 11-8, 13-11, 11-9; Fawad-ur-Rehman/Haq Nawaz bt Shan Warsi/Saqib 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Azhar/Khawar bt Ameer/Salman 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-4.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Men’s singles semi-final at 5pm; men’s doubles at 7pm

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2018