LAHORE: Wapda annexed both men’s and women’s team titles in the 59th National Badminton Championships here on Wednesday.

Wapda defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-0 in the men’s final while their women also clinched the trophy beating Sindh 3-0 in the decider.

The first-round matches of men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles were under progress at the time of the filing of this report.

Results:

Women’s team event final:

Pakistan Wapda beat Sindh 3-0:

First singles: Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Sana Haneef (Sindh) by 21-6, 21-5; first doubles: Saima Waqas/Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) bt Palwasha Bashir/Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh) 21-13, 21-15; second singles: Ghazala Siddiqui (Wapda) bt Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh) 21-9, 21-8

Men’s team event final:

Wapda beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-0:

First singles: Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Shoaib Riaz (KP) 23-21, 21-10; first doubles: Azeem Sarwar/Raja Zulqarnain (Wapda) bt Fazal Rehman/Tahir Shah (KP) 21-12, 21-14; second singles: Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Murad Ali (KP) 21-13, 21-10

Men’s singles (first round): Murad Ali (KP) bt Ali Chishti (ISB) 22-20, 21-12; Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) bt Malik Danyaal (KP) 21-7, 21-14; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Tahir Shah (KP) 21-14, 21-10; Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wadpa) bt Hasheem-ul-Hassan (PB) 21-8, 18-10 — left the match; Muteeb Sohail (KRL) bt Soban Jamil (Wapda) 21-19, 21-10; Raza Ali Adil (HEC) bt Mohammad Noman (SNGPL) 20-22, 21-13, 21-13; Fazal Rehman (KP) bt Hamza Khan (HEC) 21-9, 21-19; Ahmar Jalal (HEC) bt Muhammad Shahzaib (PB) 21-14, 23-21; Hashir Bashir (Wapda) bt Ahmed Butt (Army) 21-14, 21-12; Amir Saeed (Wapda) bt Muhammad Anas (HEC) 21-12, 21-15; Anjum Bashir (New Khan) bt Usman Shah (Army) 21-9, 21-13; Uaakeph Khan (KRL) bt Ihtisham Ali (Army) 21-9, 22-20; Abdullah Latif (Army) bt Muqsit Islam (Army) 21-9, 23-21; Tayyab Shafiq (HEC) bt Arbab Noman (Army) 11-21, 21-19, 21-15; Raja Hasnain (New Khan) bt Malik Faraz (KP) 21-13, 21-8; Abdur Rehman (Wapda) bt Ahmad Faizan (Wapda) 21-7, 21-16; Mohammad Adnan (Wapda) bt Muhammad Jamal (Army) 21-14, 21-6; Ibrahim Rasheed (ISB) bt Usama Shafi (KRL) 21-7, 21-10; Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) bt Mahmood-ur-Rehman (PB) 21-10, 21-16

Women’s singles (first round): Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Laiba Masoud (Wapda) 21-8, 21-7; Saima Waqas (Wadpa) bt Sana Haneef (Sindh) 19-21, 21-18, 24-22; Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Shahnaz Shah (Wapda) 21-5, 21-5; Amal Muneeb (PB) bt Maryam Haneef (Sindh) 21-7, 21-10; Huma Javeed (Wadpa) bt Umama Usman (Army) 21-18, 24-26, 23-21; Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Wirdha Gouhar (SNGPL) 21-7, 21-15; Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh) bt Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) 13-21, 21-13, 21-19; Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) bt Saba Rasheed (Sindh) by 21-10, 19-21, 21-15; Bushra Qayum (Wapda) bt Sumiya Tariq (Army) 21-15, 21-14; Musfira Zahid (Sindh) bt Yasmeen Shahzadi (Army) 21-15, 16-21, 21-10; Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) bt Sidra Hameed (Wapda) 21-15, 21-7.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2022