LAHORE: Showing total domination, Wapda reached the finals of both men’s and women’s team events of the national Badminton Championships here on Saturday.

In the men’s section, Wapda trounced Sui Northern Gas Pipe Lines (SNGPL) 3-0 to qualify for the final while in the women’s category, they toppled the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to reserve a place in the final.

In the men’s final, Wapda will take on NBP which defeated the Higher Education Commission 3-0 in the second semi-final. In the women’s final, Wapda will play SNGPL which crushed Punjab 3-0 in the second pre-final.

Besides the semi-finals, several matches in the men’s doubles qualifying round were also decided.

Results:

Men’s team event (semi-finals):

Wapda beat SNGPL 3-0:

1st Single: Awais Zahid beat M Ali Larosh 21-14, 21-15; 1st Double: Irfan Saeed-Azeem Sarwar beat M. Ali Larosh-M. Noman 21-12, 21-13; 2nd Single: Amir Saeed beat Shahmeer Iftikhar 21-16, 18-21, 21-17. NPB beat HEC by 3-0:

1st Single: Murad Ali beat Muqeet Tahir 19-21, 21-11, 21-16;

1st Double: Rizwan Azam-Raja Hasnain beat Ammar-Gohar 21-7, 21-14; 2nd Single: Anjum Bashir beat Ammar Masood 21-10, 21-13. Women’s team events (semi-finals):

Wapda beat NBP 3-0: 1st Single: Mahoor Shahzad beat Sara Mohmand 21-7, 21-2; 1st Double: Mahoor-Mehmoona (Wapda) beat Aisha-Manaal Tariq (NBP) 22-20, 21-10; 2nd Single: Sehra Akram beat Manaal Tariq 21-14, 21-13. SNGPL beat Punjab 3-0.

1st Single: Zubaira Islam beat Amal Munib 21-9, 14-21, 21-13; 1st Double: Zubaira Islam-Ghazala 21-18, 21-10; 2nd Single: Ghazala Siddique beat Laiba Masoud 11-21, 13-21.

Men Doubles Qualifying Round. Ali Rauf-Saeed beat Zain Khan-Hassan Zaib 21-16; Ozair-Zohaib beat Iftikhar Hussain-Moiz 21-11; Uaakeph-Hayyan beat Hafiz Nadeem-Salman 21-17; Asim-Bilal Musadaq beat Shahood-Tariq 21-6; Mujtaba Hassan-Danyaal Ali beat Yousaf-Zohaib 21-16; Usman-Ali (New Khan) beat Imran-Maaz Ali 23-21; Imran-Akbar Jr. beat Qaisar Shahzad-Yasir Khan 21-15; Abdullah- Zain (Army) M. Sami-Mouzan 21-6; M. Hamza-Kumail beat Wajahat Ali-Zeeshan 21-14; P. A. Nabeel-Uzair beat M. Hamza-M. Kumail 21-17; Mujtaba Hassan-Danyaal beat Abdullah-Kashif Nawaz 23-21; Zulqarnain-Usman Sattar beat Usman-Ali 21-12; Ihtisham Ali-Abdullah beat H. Wasif-Waseem Sarwar 21-18.

Published in Dawn, January 27th, 2019