LAHORE, Sept 22: A good number matches were decided on the opening day of the Chroma Open table tennis tournament at the Chroma Tennis Hall here on Saturday.

The matches were held in Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ separately. Some international players like Asim Qureshi, Bilal Yasin and Shabnam Bilal also participated in the event.

Each group comprises nine players while every player has played four matches and rest of the four matches will be played late on Saturday. Four players from each group will qualify for the final league of eight, which will be played on Sunday.

Results: Group ‘A’: Asim Aziz bt Waqas Ayub 3-1; Asim Qureshi bt Hafiz Zeeshan 3-0; Salman Virk bt Shabnam Bilal 3-1; Faryal Minhas bt Ahmad Hussain 3-0; Waqas Ayub bt Jehangir Khan 3-0; Asim Aziz bt Shabnam Bilal 3-0; Asim Qureshi bt Ahmad Hussain 3-0; Faryal Minhas bt Slman Virk 3-0;

Jehangir Khan bt Hafiz Zeshan 3-2; Waqas Ayub bt Shabnam Bilal 3-1; Asim Aziz bt Faryal Minhas 3-0; Asim Qureshi bt Salman Virk 3-0; Jehangir Khan bt Shabnam Bilal 3-2; Hafiz Zeeshan bt Ahmad Hussain 3-0; Faryal Minhas bt Waqas Ayub 3-0; Asim Qureshi bt Asim Aziz 3-0.

Group ‘B’: Mehboob Elahi bt Shahzaib Maqbool 3-1; Qasim Aziz bt M Abdullah 3-1; Yasir Bhatti bt Abdul Qayyum 3-1; Umer Zaka bt Adnan Mushtaq 3-0; Bilal Yasir bt Shahzaib Maqbool 3-0; Mehboob Elahi bt Abdul Qayyum 3-2; Qasim Aziz bt Adnan Mushtaq 3-0; Yasir Bhatti bt Umer Zaka 3-2; Bilal Yasin bt M Abdulla 3-0; Shahzaib Maqbool bt Abdul Qayyum 3-0; M.Abdullah bt Adnan Mushtaq 3-0; Qasim Aziz bt Mehboob Elahi 3-1; Umer Zaka bt Abdul Qayyum 3-0; M.Abdullah bt Yasir Bhatti 3-1; Qasim Aziz bt Shahzaib Maqbool 3-0; Mehboob Elahi bt Bilal Yasir 3-2; Umer Zaka bt Bilal Yasin 3-0.