Wapda, HBL to vie for NTTC title

TSE April 14, 2010 1

Wapda, HBL to vie for NTTC title

LAHORE: Wapda and Habib Bank will fight for women’s team title in the 47th National Table Tennis Championship (NTTC). Both team entered the final after winning their respective semi final Wednesday at Wapda sports complex Lahore, said a press release issued here.

Table Tennis

In the first semi final, Wapda Defeated Sindh A by 3-1 while Habib Bank got the better of Punjab in the other SF by 3-0 to sail into final in the women’s finals.

In the men’s semi final Wapda and HBL entered the final after winning their respectively semi final.

Women’s team Events:

In 1st semi final Habib Bank beat Punjab A by 3-0: Sadia Yaseen beat Yasmeen Akther 11-7,11-9,11-3; Shabnam Bilal beat Saba Mushtaq 11-7,13-11,11-6; Ayesha Khan beat Sobia Qamar 11-6,11-6,11-5.

In 2nd semi final Wapda beat Sindh A 3-1: Sadia Falaksher beat Abeera Ali 9-11,11-7,11-4,11-2; Ayesha Iqbal lost to Qurat-ul-Ain 9-11,11-4,4-11,11-7,5-11; Sidra Sattar beat Sana Ernu 11-9,11-4,11-2; Sadia Falaksher beat Qurat-ul-Ain11-9,11-8,5-11,9-11,11-9.

Men’s Team Event semi finals

Wapda beat Punjab B 3-0: Asim Qureshi beat Danish 11-5,11-5,11-8;Yousaf Raja beat Farooq13-11,11-6,12-10; Saleem Abbas beat Fawad 11-2,11-5,11-6.

Habib Bank beat Pak Railway 3-0: Yasir Iqbal beat Hassan Imran 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9; Asim Aziz beat Salman Virk 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9; Ahmed Hussain beat Abdullah 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 18-16.

Women’s singles first round was also played on 2nd day

Women single 1st Round Najia Khan (PWD) beat Fatima (Punjab) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; Sidra Sattar (WAPDA) Wasfa Naeem (Isb) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Mahmooda (WAPDA) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7; Sana (Army) beat Tahmeena (AJK) 11-3, 11-3, 11-6; Sobia Qamar (Punjab) 11-3, 11-1, 11-5; Shamshad (WAPDA)beat Nazish (NWFP) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6; Humara Naz (Pwd) beat Sara Iftikhar (Bol) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Anam Saeed (Sindh) beat Nabeela (Punjab) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9; Qurat-ul-Ain (Sindh) beat Ayesha Riaz (Isb) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6; Shahida Zulfiqar (Pwd) beat Nabeela (Punjab) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; Seemab Alam (Army) beat Ayesha (NWFP) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7, Naila Afzal (WAPDA) beat Memoona Nisar (AJK) 11-1, 11-2, 11-4; Kanwal Iqbal (Army) beat Mehwish (Bol) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Wasaf Naz (ISB) beat Iqbal Saeed (Sindh) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7; Sana Erum (Sindh) beat Kiran Khan (AJK) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7; Yasmeen Hanif (Army) beat Nazia Ghafoor (ISB) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Asma Shehzad (Army) beat Kalsoom (Bol) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Rabab Alam (Army) Beat Qurat-ul-Ain (Punjab) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Anam (Punjab) beat Saira Akber (AJK) 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9; Nausheen (ISB) beat Sanam Tanveer (ISB) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; Yasmeen (Punjab) Beat Ayesha Sadiq (ISB) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; and Najia Khan (PWD) beat Fatima (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9, and 11-9.