KARACHI, March 18 Teenager Anns Ali displayed sterling performance when he sneaked into two finals of the second Essa Mohammad ranking table tennis tournament at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday evening.
Anns bulldozed Zaid Alvi 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 to advance into boys' under-15 final where he meets Danyal Mazhar who edged past Hamza Ahmed 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 in the second semi-final.
Continuing his winning run, Anns blanked Hamza Ahmed 11-5, 11-1, 11-8, 11-3 to ease into the men's under-18 final. He is slated to meet Ahmed Aslam for the title clash after the latter overcame Akbar Shah 11-7, 13-15, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 in the other match.
The five-day event concludes on Friday with men's and women's singles finals.
Results
Cadet boys' under-15 singles
Semi-finals Anns Ali bt Zaid Alvi 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4; Danyal Mazhar bt Hamza Ahmed 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9.
Boys' under-18 singles
Quarter-finals Anns Ali bt Zaid Alvi 11-8, 11-4, 11-1; Hamza Ahmed bt S.M. Hamza 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Akber Shah bt Hassan Umer 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 14-12; Ahmed Aslam bt Salman Shahid 3-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9.
Boys' under-18 singles
Semi-finals Ahmad Aslam bt Akbar Shah 11-7, 13-15, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10; Anns Ali bt Hamza Ahmed 11-5, 11-1, 11-8, 11-3.
Men's singles
Second round Zubair Qureshi bt Shehzad Basher 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 12-14, 11-8; Tazeem bt Akbar Shah 11-8, 11-3, 6-11, 9-11, 11-3; Asim Hussain bt Israr Alam 11-8, 11-13, 11-5, 11-4; Atta Abbas bt M. Khalid Khan 12-10, 11-7, 11-13, 11-2; Qamar Aftab bt Zafar Khan 11-7, 11-9, 11-5; Asad Umer bt M.Ajaz 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Ahmer Ali bt Anns Ali 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 11-7; Ahsan Zaman bt Arsalan Ghazi 11-2, 11-7, 11-5; Muzamil bt Zia-ul-Haq 11-4, 11-6, 11-6; Ahmed Mukhtar bt Mohsin Ilyas 11-3, 11-8, 11-4; Salman Shahid bt Akram Tabba 11-9, 11-9, 12-10; Shahvez bt Kazmi 5-11, 11-7, 19-17, 8-11, 11-7; Ali Akram bt Mukarram 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10; M.Ajaz bt Qadir Sharif 11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Fawad Rehman bt Abdul Rehman 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 14-12; Ali Shan bt Adnan Hassan 11-4, 11-6, 11-5; Mohsin Raza bt M.Bilal 11-5, 11-7, 11-3; Ahmed Aslam bt Danyal Hassan 11-5, 11-8, 11-9; Salman Saleem bt Sajjad Azhar 9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 3-11, 11-2; Salman Hyder bt Ali Raza 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-2; Atiq bt Imran Khan 11-8, 11-4, 11-8; Raheel Saleem bt Shehzad Sheikh 11-1, 11-6, 13-11.
Third round Umair Zafar bt Ahmed Mukhtar 11-8, 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9; Asad Umer bt Shahvez 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Atiq bt Zubair Qureshi 11-9, 5-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7; Tazeem bt Salman Hyder 12-10, 11-8, 11-5; Ahmed Aslam bt Fawad Rehman 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Mubashir Zafar bt Ahsaq Zaman 11-5, 11-7, 11-7; Raheel Saleem bt Ali Akram Tabba 11-8, 11-4, 11-6.
Pre quarter-finals Ali Shan bt Atiq 5-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-7; Kamran Sarang bt Umair Zafar 11-8, 11-5, 11-9; Asim Hussain bt Raheel Saleem 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5; Atta Abbas bt Tazeem 11-1, 11-13, 11-7, 13-11; Mubashir Zafar bt Qamar Aftab 11-4, 11-7, 11-3; Muzamil bt Asad Umer 11-6, 13-11, 11-7; Mohsin Raza bt 11-8, 11-0, 11-7, Ahmer Ali bt Salman Saleem 11-6, 18-16, 11-3.
Women's doubles
Semi-finals Ghalia and Ayesha bt Anum and Iqra 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7; Naureen and Sana bt Aniee and Abeera 11-9, 10-12, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Friday's fixtures
Men's singles final 5.00pm; women's singles final 5.30pm.
