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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.●
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