LAHORE, July 22 Wapda won the men's team title, defeating National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) 3-1 in the final of the Amir Abdullah Khan Ranking badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Top seed Wajid Ali (Wapda) bt Murad Ali in the first singles.

Rizwan Azam-Kashif Sulehri of the NBP, however, levelled the score, bting Wajid Ali-Waqas in the doubles.

But from there on Wapda dominated as Umar Zeeshan defeated Rizwan to make it 2-1.

Imran and Rizwan also won the reserves doubles defeating Ijaz and Murad to win the title.

Results

Men's

Team event Wapda bt NBP 3-1 [Wajid Ali (Wapda) bt Murad Ali (NBP) 21-19, 22-20; Rizwan Azam-Kashif (NBP) bt Wajid Ali-Waqas Ahmad (Wapda) 21-12, 21-16; Zeeshan Umer (Wapda) bt Rizwan Azam (NBP) 23-21, 21-12; Imran-Rizwan Rana (Wapda) bt M. Ijaz-Murad Ali (NBP) 15-21, 21-7, 21-17.]

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