Sindh teams reach TT finals

KARACHI: Sindh qualified for the finals in both junior boys and cadet boys team events of the PSO Carient 23rd Junior and Cadet National Table Tennis Championships here at the Islamia Club on Sunday.

Punjab won cadet girls team singles title by beating Chromatex 3-2 in the game for the first and second position. Sindh defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3-1 in the first and second place fixture to win junior girls team singles crown.

Sindh, who beat Islamabad in the junior boys team event semi-final fixtures 3-0, will face in the final Army, who overpowered Punjab 3-0.

Sindh, who snatched a 3-2 win against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the cadet boys team semi-final, will lock horns in the final with National Highway Authority (NHA) who defeated Chromatex 3-0 in the semi-final.

In the boys team event pre-final Sindh’s Mehdi Reza, Hamza Godil and Anas Obaid did a fine to win the pre-final against the federal capital.

In the other semi-final, Army’s players did not give much room to Punjab. Army’s players included gutsy Faizan Zahoor, who won gold in the recently held South Asian Junior and Cadet Championships.

In the cadet boys team event semi-final Sindh faced tough resistance from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before emerging victorious in the end. It was 12-year-old Ummam Khwaja who put the hosts Sindh under terrific pressure by winning two matches out of three he played in the best-of-five fixture, the most gripping of the event so far.

Kainat (KP), Fatima Khan (Chromatex), Iqra (KP) and Hareem Anwar (Sindh) reached the semi-finals of the junior girls singles.

Fatima Khan, Amal (Punjab), Maria Tazeem (Sindh) and Perniya Khan (Chromatex) qualified for the semi-finals of the cadet girls singles competitions.

Junior Boys Team Semi-final:

Army bt Punjab (3-0): Faizan Zahoor bt Abid (3-1) 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4, Fahad Khawaja bt Ahmed Derrak (3-0) 11-7, 12-10, 11-6, Obaid Shah bt Muhammad Hussain (3-1) 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9.

Sindh bt Islamabad (3-0): Medhi Raza bt Saad Nadeem (3-1) 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 14-12, Hamza Godil bt Umer Nasrulla (3-0) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, Anas Obaid bt Salman Minto (3-2) 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7.

Junior Girls Team Singles Robin League:

Punjab bt Chromatex Chemical (3-1): Ayesha lost to Perniya (1-3) 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, 8-11, Tania bt Kalsoom (3-1) 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, Rimsha bt Esha Khan (3-1) 11-7, 11-4, 4-11, 11-8, Ayesha bt Kalsoom (3-1) 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.

Sindh bt KP (3-1) 1st & 2nd Position match: Atiqa lost to Kainat (1-3) 2-11, 11-7, 6-11, 14-16, Hareem bt Iqra (3-0) 11-3, 11-7, 12-10, Nimra bt Rameen (3-1) 11-5, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, Hareem bt Kainat (3-2) 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.

Cadet Boys Team event Semi-final:

NHA bt Chromatex (3-0): Basit Ali bt Taimur (3-0) 11-7, 11-9, 11-4, Arbaz Anwar bt Shahyaan (3-0) 12-10, 11-8, 11-6.

Sindh bt KP (3-2): Furqan Patel lost to Ummam (2-3) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 7-11, Kaif Raiz bt Haseeb (3-1) 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7, Kaif & Furqan lost to Ummam & Haseeb (0-3) 9-11, 4-11, 11-13, Kaif Raiz bt Ummam (3-2) 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, Furqan Patel bt Haseeb (3-0) 11-6, 11-6, 12-10. Cadet Girls Team Singles Robin League:

Punjab bt Chromatex (3-2) 1st &  2nd position match: Amal bt Maheen (3-2) 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, Saima lost to Fatima (1-3) 11-7, 7-11, 5-11, 7-11, Amal & Saima bt Maira & Fatima (3-2) 11-8, 11-6, 16-14, Amal lost to Fatima (0-3) 9-11, 6-11, 9-11, Saima bt Maheen (3-2) 9-11, 11-6,8-11, 11-6, 11-9.

Junior Girls Singles Quarter-finals: Kainat (KP) bt Atiqa Khan (Sindh) (3-0) 12-10, 12-10, 11-9, Fatima Khan (Chromatex) bt Ayesha (Punjab) (3-0) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3, Iqra (KP) bt Rimsha (Punjab) (3-0) 11-8, 11-5, 12-10, Hareem Anwar (Sindh) bt Tania (Punjab) (3-0) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6.

Cadet Girls Singles Event Quarter-finals: Fatima Khan (Chromatex) bt Saima (Punjab) (3-0) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, Amal (Punjab) bt Maheen Shirz (CHO) (3-0) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8, Maria Tazeem (Sindh) bt Maira Khan (CHO) (3-2) 11-4, 4-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3, Perniya Khan (Chromatex) bt Mehak Anwar (Sindh) (3-1) 14-16, 14-12, 11-9, 11-5.