LAHORE: While India maintained their top position in all four events, Pakistan followed them in second place in three of them on the fourth day of the 22nd BFAME Bridge Championship here at a local hotel on Tuesday.

Pakistan, however, were at the bottom in the Mixed Team event.

On Monday, the hosts were third in this contest but slid to fourth on Tuesday as Jordan climbed from fourth with an aggregate of 97.93 victory points against Pakistan’s 90.22. India (157.49) remained at the top while the UAE (133.86) kept the second position.

In other events, India and Pakistan dominated the first and second positions on the penultimate day of the round robin stage of the championship.

In the Open Team section, India further increased their tally to 135.5 while second-placed Pakistan are close to them with 128.54.

Jordan (114.93) went up third from fourth place and Bangladesh (111.71) also showed improved performance to progress to fourth from fifth spot. Whereas the UAE (109.31) dropped to the bottom fifth from third.

Meanwhile, India are leading with 131.74 VPs in the Women’s section, followed by Pakistan (121.80) while the UAE (88.67) are third.

Palestine on Tuesday produced slightly better show to advance to fourth spot with 82.06 while Jordan (74.73) descended to the bottom.

There was no change in the position at the Seniors event where India (149.70) were in front, and were followed by Pakistan (134.07). Jordan (73.73) were third in the three-country contest.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2023