Tahir, Mehvish Wins Independence Day Badminton Titles
Muhammad Rameez Published August 16, 2018 | 08:09 PM
Tahir of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police and Mehvish clinched the trophies of the KP Independence Day Badminton Tournament played under the aegis of KP Badminton Association and Directorate of Sports KP here at Indoor Wadood Hall on Thursday.
PESHAWAR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Aug, 2018 ) :Tahir of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police and Mehvish clinched the trophies of the KP Independence Day Badminton Tournament played under the aegis of KP Badminton Association and Directorate of sports KP here at Indoor Wadood Hall on Thursday.
Member Provincial Assembly Malik Wajid Khan was the chief guest on this occasion. Director General Sports KP Junaid Khan, Secretary KP Badminton Association Haji Muhammad Amajd Khan, Director Development Niamat Ullah Khan, players, officials and spectators were also present.
In the Men singles talented Tahir Khan defeated international Zuhaib Khan in the marathon three sets battle, the score was 19-21, 21-18 and 11-19. Tahir lost the first set at 19-21 wherein Zubaib Khan, the current U-18 National Champion and represented Pakistan in Qatar, Dubai, Malaysia, and Thailand, played well.
When Tahir lost the first set, he staged a strong comeback and won the second set by 21-18 and did the same in the third and decisive set at 21-19. Tahir and Zuhaib also exhibited some good overhead smashes and cross court smashes and received thundering applauses from the sitting spectators.
In the women singles Mehvish defeated former KP No. 1 Urooj Khan in the other thrilling final wherein both stretched to three sets battles, the score was 23-21, 22-24, and 21-19.
Both Mehvish and Urooj Khan played well and gave each other a tough fight. They were also tried their hard for a single point but at the end Mehvish succeeded in toppling her strong senior rival Urooj Khan by 2-1.
In the Under-17 final Daniyal defeated Shahan by 2-0, the score was 21-18 and 21-19. At the end, the chief guest MPA elected from PK-75 Malik Wajid Khan gave away trophies and cash prizes.
Qari Adnan, the currently national Under-16 Champion, was awarded Rs. 15000 in cash and full kits bag by DG Sports on his excellent performance of becoming national champion. He also given full kits bag including rackets, shoes, shirt and track-suite to the national junior champion Ihtisham and National U-19 Champion Hamza, both are hailing from Peshawar.
In the ID Archery national archer Israr won Independence Day Archery Championship organized by KP Archery academy of Miss Sara Khan.
Wajid got second position in the 50m shooting. In the 30m Salman got first position, followed by Talha and in the 20m Haris got first, Ihtisham took second position. In the special persons event Zarwar got first position,followed by Ayaz Khan on his wheelchair.
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