KARACHI: Unseeded Naureen Farhan created quite a stir when she shocked second seed Zehra Bashir straight to reach women’s singles last four in the three-day Islamia Club ranking table tennis tournament which started at the club premises here on Friday.

Naureen, who won her first-round match against Maria Farooq 11-1, 11-1, 11-0, later sent Zehra packing 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 to reach the semis.

Other three seeded players — top seed Abeera, third seed Haleema Ali and fourth seed Hareem Anwar — completed the quartet.

Meanwhile, the men’s singles, which has a draw of 64-man, also got into action.

The tournament, which serves as Karachi Table Tennis Association (KTTA) annual ranking, is being held in men’s and women’s singles.

Results:Women’s singles:

First round: Zehra Bashir bt Maria 11-1, 11-5, 11-1; Mehak Anwar bt Zainab Badar 11-9, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6; Naureen Farhan bt Maria Faiq 11-1, 11-1, 11-0; Hareem Anwar bt Shazia Nazeer 11-5, 11-2, 11-6; Abeera Ali bt Ayesha Zafar 11-5, 11-2, 11-4; Haleema Ali bt Marium bibi 11-5, 11-1, 11-2; Ayesha Bibi bt Marium Faiq 13-11, 11-4, 11-6; Nimra Faiq bt Mehnaz Zulfiqar 11-6, 11-4, 11-2.

Quarter-finals: Haleema Ali bt Mehak Anwar 11-3, 11-5, 11-1; Abeera Ali bt Ayesha Bibi 11-4, 11-4, 11-3; Hareem Anwar bt Nimra Faiq 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Naureen Farhan bt Zehra Bashir 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.

Saturday’s fixtures:

Women’s singles semi-finals (6:00pm); men’s singles quarter-finals (7:00pm); men’s singles semi-finals (8:00pm).

Published in Dawn, November 29th, 2014