Lahore annex TT titles

Published February 10, 2003

LAHORE, Feb 9: Lahore won men and women team events in the 11th Punjab inter-zonal table tennis championship at Wapda Sports Complex on Sunday.

Lahore crushed Rawalpindi 3-0 in men’s event, while Lahore defeated Faisalabad 3-2 in women’s contest.

Results:

Men’s:

Hamayun Kabir (Lahore) bt Tariq Aziz (Rawalpindi) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8; Ghazanfar Ali (Lahore) bt Yasir Hussain (Rawalpindi) 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8; Qayyum Khan (Lahore) bt Faryal Minhas (Rawalpindi) 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8.

Women’s:

Asma Najib (Faisalabad) bt Aisha Iqbal (Lahore) 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7; Yasmin Akhtar (Lahore) bt Ammara (Faisalabad) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Rahila Bano (Lahore) bt Uzma 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7: Asma (Faisalabad) bt Yasmin (Lahore) 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8; Aisha Iqbal (Lahore) bt Ammara (Faisalabad) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8.

Men’s

Semifinals: Ghazanfar Ali (Lahore) bt Hamayun Kabir (Lahore) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7; Awais Ahmad (Lahore) bt Tariq Aziz (Rawalpindi) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.

Women’s

Mehmooda (Bahawalpur) bt Kanwal Iqbal (Rawalpindi) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Asma Najib (Faisalabad) bt Yasmin Akhtar (Lahore) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9.

Men’s

Quarterfinals:

Ghazanfar Ali (Lahore) bt Asim Munir (Faisalabad) 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5; Awais Ahmad (Lahore) bt Iqbal (Faisalabad) 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7; Hamayun Kabir (Lahore) bt Yasir Hussain (Rawalpindi) 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7; Tariq Aziz (Rawalpindi) bt Saqlain (Bahawalpur) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9.

Women’s

Kanwal Iqbal (Rawalpindi) bt Naila (Multan) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Mehmooda (Bahawalpur) bt Rahila (Lahore) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Asma Najib (Faisalabad) bt Aisha Iqbal (Lahore) 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6; Yasmin Akhtar (Lahore) bt Shamshad (Bahawalpur) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6.