47th National Table Tennis Championship starts

Sports Encounter Desk April 13, 2010 0

47th National Table Tennis Championship starts

LAHORE: The National Table Tennis Championships began here at Wapda Sports Complex Tuesday with over 150 players/officials are appearing in the Championships.

The formal inauguration of the Championships will be performed in the evening.

Syed Shahid Ali, President Punjab Olympic Association and member IOC has been invited to open the Championships.

The competition will be held in men’s/women’s singles/doubles and mixed double events. Two teams each from all the four provinces have been allowed to enter in both the team events while Islamabad, Habib Bank, PAK PWD, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Wapda and Pakistan Army have been allowed to place one team each.

Pakistan Wapda are the defending Champion of the Men’s Team Event while Women’s Team Event is ruled by Habib Bank Limited.

Summarize Results Group Matches Women’s Team Event:

Islamabad Beat Balochistan 3-0: Wasaf bt Saira 11-2,11-1,11-6; Aisha bt Iram 11-2, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4; Noshin bt Kalsoom 11-9,11-7, 11-9.

Sindh Beat NWFP 3-0: Abeera Ali bt Amber 11-4,11-2,11-4; Qurat-ul-Ain bt Nazish 11-4,11-3,11-1; Sana Eram bt Aisha 11-7,11-4,11-8.

Wapda Beat PWD 3-0: Sadia Faleksher bt Shahida Yousaf 11-6,11-7,11-7; Ayesha Iqbal bt Noreen 11-4,11-4,11-6; Sidra Sattar bt Najia Khan 11-5,11-4,11-3.

Punjab A Beat Balochistan 3-0: Yasmin Akhtar bt Eram Baloch 11-4,11-6,11-3; Saba Mushtaq bt Saira Iftikhar 11-2,11-6,11-2; Sobia Qamar bt Kalsoom 11-2,11-3,11-2.

Wapda Beat Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) 3-0: Ayesha Iqbal Beat Mehmoona Nisar 11-2,11-2,11-2; Sadia Falaksher bt Kiran Khan 11-5,11-1,11-4; Sidra Sattar bt Saira Akbar 11-6,11-6,11-2.

Habib Bank Beat Pak ARMY 3-1: Sadia Yasin bt Asma Shezadi 11-6,11-6,8-11,11-8; Shabnam Bilal bt Seemab Alam 11-6,11-3,11-8; Ayesha Khan lost to Kanwal Iqbal 11-8,5-11,6-11,11-7,5-11; Shabnam Bilal bt Asma Shezadi 11-5,11-6,11-3.

Pakistan PWD beat Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) 3-0: Shahida Zulfiqar bt Kiran Khan 11-4,11-4,11-7; Noreen Tehseen bt Saira Abbas 11-2,11-2,11-3; Humara Mallick bt Mehmoona Nisar 11-8,11-5,11-4.

Punjab Beat Islamabad 3-0: Saba Mushtaq bt Wasaf Naeem 12-14,11-7,8-11,11-7,11-8; Yasmin Akhter bt Noshin Awan 12-10,11-9,11-7; Sobia Qamar bt Ayesha Sidique 11-4,11-5,11-9.

Group Matches Men’s Team Event:

Wapda Beat AJK 3-0: Saleem Abbas bt Umair 11-1,11-4,11-4; Bilal Yasin bt Waqar Raja 11-5,11-4,11-7; Asim munir bt Farhan Babar 11-4,11-2,11-1.

Pakistan Railways beat OGDC 3-0: Abdullah bt Rehan Javed 11-4,11-6,14-12; Salman Virk bt Nayyer Zaidi 11-6,11-8,11-4; Hassan Haider bt Israr Butt 11-7,11-6,11-5.

Punjab A beat NWFP B 3-0: Abdul Rahim bt Sohaib 11-7,11-9,12-10; Kashif Razaq bt Imdad Ali 11-6,11-2,11-3; Mehboob Ilahi bt Vicky Raza 11-3,11-2,11-4.

Sindh A Beat Balochistan 3-0: Kamran Sarang bt Sadiq Ali 11-7,11-6,11-3; Usman Ahmad bt Kamran Ali 11-3,11-4,11-5; Asim Hussain bt Kazim Ali 11-3,11-3,11-8.

Pakistan PWD Beat Sindh B 3-0: Asif Razaq bt Azeem 11-8,11-8,11-5; Nadir Sohail bt Raheel Qurreshi 11-4,13-11,11-3; Zulfiqar Ahmad bt Zain Ali 8-11,14-12,11-2,11-5.

Habib Bank beat Pakistan Army 3-1: Yasir Iqbal bt Awais Hassan 11-3,11-5,12-14,11-8; Asim Aziz bt Fahim Raza 11-9,11-13,11-5,12-10; Ahmad Hussain lost to Umar Zaka 11-5,7-11,6-11,3-11; Yasir Iqbal bt Fahim Raza 11-7,11-6,11-5.—PR