KARACHI, Oct 27: Top two seeds Mohammad Khalid and Asim Aziz recorded impressive straight games victories over their opponents to move into the men’s singles second round of the Lions Open table tennis tournament on Friday evening at the Sindh Sports Board Complex, Nazimabad.
Khalid of Pakistan PWD remained in control of the proceedings against Usman Siddique who was let down by his erratic shots. Khalid triumphed 21-10, 21-10.
Second seeded Asim Aziz mounted pressure from the very start by producing skillful drives to beat Kashan Edhi 21-10, 21-15.
On the first day of the tournament, 24 matches were decided in four events — men and women singles, boys and girls (under-17) singles.
The tournament has attracted entries and is being jointly organised by the Lions Club International District 305 and the Sindh Sports Board under the auspices of the Karachi Table Tennis Association with Saleem Ahmed as its organising secretary.
The matches start at 6pm
RESULTS
Men’s singles (Ist round): Mohammad Khalid (PWD) bt Usman Siddiqui 21-10, 21-10, Asif Hussain bt Umair Siddiqui 21-11, 21-11, Farrukh bt Khurram Mumtaz 21-18, 21-10, Aqeel Ahmed bt Raheel Manzar 21-10, 21-8, Mansoor Ali bt Irfan Saif 21-10, 21-19, Asim Aziz bt Kashan Edhi 21-10, 21-15
Women’s singles (Ist round): Alia Khursheed bt Huma Naz 21-9, 21-10, Nazia Khan (PWD) bt Aisha 21-11, 21-13, Naureen Tehseen (PWD) bt Maria Altaf 21-11, 21-7, Sobia bt Hina Mahmood 21-18, 21-13, Saima Shamim (HBL) bt Saeeda Zoofishan 21-10, 21-10
Boys (Under-17) singles (Ist round): Asad bt Yousuf Arshad 21-19, 21-19, Shaikh M.Zubair bt Farhan Mumtaz 21-11, 21-13, Noman Tahir bt Khawar Aslam 18-21, 21-13, 21-19, Mansoor Ali bt Imran Ahmed 21-18, 20-22, 21-19, Danish Fawwad bt Sajid Zaidi 21-10, 21-9, Ayaz Ahmed bt Umer Jalil 21-13, 21-19, Raheel Manzar bt Danish Fawwad 21-17, 22-20, Faraz Ahsan bt Wahid Ahmed 21-18, 21-18.
Girls (Under-17) singles (Ist round): Quaratul Ain Zaidi bt Sumaira Irshad 21-19, 18-21, 21-17, Maria Altaf bt Sobia Mahmood 21-17, 21-11, Humaira Naz bt Beenish Muzamil 21-18, 20-22, 22-20, Saeeda Mariam bt Saima Irshad 21-19, 21-11.