Khalid ousts Asim to reach Sindh TT Final
Pakistan Times Sports Report

KARACHI: Third seed Muhammad Khalid sent top seed Asim Aziz of crushing out of All Sindh Islamia Open Table Tennis Championship at Majeed Khan Gymnasium to enter the final, a news release said here Monday.

The finals of all the events which were to be held on Sunday now will be held on Tuesday evening, Chief organizers Arif Khan said.

Mohammed Khalid of PWD displayed a very well controlled game with power drives to breeze into the final with 5-1 victory.

Despite rated favourites, Asim of HBL struggled and was lacking in his usual powerful attacking game.

In the other semifinal Khawaja Khashif routed Asim Hussain 4-0 to make it through to the final.

In the women’s singles semifinals top seed Asma Najeeb and second seed Sadia Yaseen set-up a title clash after notching-up easy victories. Asma beat Shahida 4-0. But Sadia dropped a game beforer overcoming Ghalia Khurshid 4-1.

The Result

Following are the results: Men’s singles (semifinal): Muhammed Khalid (PWD) bt Asim Aziz (HBL) 11-3,11-5,6-11,11-6,11- 7,Khawaja Kashif bt Asim Hussain 11-5,11-8,11-9,11-8. Boys singles (semifinals): Asad Umer (Creek Club) bt Zeeshan Merchant (Agha Khan Gym) 12-10,11-7,11-8,11-6, Zainul Yasin (Hyderabad) bt Ayaz Ahmed 11-8, 4-11,9-11, 7-11,11-9,11-5,11-7. Womens single (semifinals): Asma Najeeb bt Shahida Yousuf (PWD) bt 11-7, 11-8,11-5,11-4, Sadia Yaseen (HBL) bt Ghalia Khurshid (ABL) 11-8,11-7,8-11, 11-8,11-6. Girl singles (semifinals): Ghalia Khurshid bt Hina Mahmood 4-11,11-1,11-9, 11-8, Sobia Ahzaz bt Ayesha Khan 11-5,11-3,11-8. Men’s doubles (semifinals): Nadir Sohail/Zulfiqar Ahmed (PWD) bt Naveed Nazhar/Asim Aziz 5-11,11-5,11-8,11-9, M. Khalid (PWD)/Khawaja Kashif bt Arif Khan/Khurram Aziz 11-9,11-8,11-9. Womens’s doubles (semifinals): Sadia (HBL) and beenish bt Hina and sobia 11-5,11-8,11-4 Ghalia (ABL) and Sobia Ahzaz bt Shahida Yousuf (PWD) and Najia Khan II-8, 12-10, 12-11.●