Saadi Saeed won the Lahore District Amateur Table Tennis Championship beating Abubakar Aziz in the finals here on Monday. The table tennis players from different towns of Lahore district participated in the event being organized by Lahore District Table Tennis Association under the Supervision of Punjab Table Tennis Association at newly built Ittefaq Table Tennis Hall. This event is being managed for the preparation of different Tehsils Table Tennis Teams of Lahore for participation in the upcoming Punjab Youth Festival.
Group A: Atif beat Nouman Bilal by 3-0, Aleem ud Din beat Amir Sohail by 3-0, Adeel Sattar beat Shahwaiz by 3-2, Tayyab Saeed beat Shoaib Anwer by 3-0, Atif beat Alee mud Din by 3-0, Abubakar beat Nouman Bilal by 3-0, Shoaib beat Shahwaiz by 3-0, Amir Sohail beat Tayyab 3-1, Shoaib Anwar beat Amir Sohail by 3-0, Atif beat Tayyab Saeed by 3-1, Adeel Sattar beat Nouman Bilal by 3-0, Abubakar beat Alee mud Din by 3-2, Abubakar Aziz and Atif qualified for the Semi-Finals stage securing 1st and 2nd positions respectively in the group A.
Group B: Saadi Saeed beat Salman by 3-0, Ahsan Mubashir beat Shoaib by 3-1, Usman Aziz beat Abdul Rafi by 3-0, Pasha beat Ali Usman by 3-1, Saadi Saeed beat Ahsan Mubashir by 3-0, Salman Baig beat usman Aziz by 3-0, Pasha beat Abdul Rafi by 3-0, Umer Shakoor beat Ali Usman by 3-0, Saadi Saeed beat Usman Aziz by 3-0, Salman Baig beat Pasha by 3-2, M. Shoaib beat Ali Usman by 3-0, Umer Shakoor beat Abdul Rafi by 3-0, Saadi Saeed and Ahsan Mubashir qualified for the Semi-Finals stage securing 1st and 2nd positions respectively in the group B.
Semi-Finals: Both the Semi-Finals were one sided affairs as Saadi Saeed and Abubakar Aziz played outstanding Table Tennis beating their respective rivals in the straight sets and qualified for the Finals. Saadi Saeed beat Atif by 3-0 (11-9, 12-10 and 11-9) Abubakar Aziz beat Ahsan Mubashir by 3-0 (11-6, 11-8 and 11-7)
Final: Saadi Saeed was seen in full cry in the first two sets against Abubakar Aziz finishing both the sets very convincingly by 11-7 and 11-8 and gained the vital lead of 2-0. In the third set Abubakar came back with extra ordinary hitting and won the set at 11-7, making the score 2-1. In the fourth set Saadi Saeed fought back with his rich experience finishing the match at 11-9. Saadi Saeed won the Finals 3-1.
Amir Jan, Additional Secretary Home gave away prizes to the winners after the finals.
