Pak Table Tennis team registers second win.
Pakistan’s men team on Tuesday produced their second straight win, while Pakistan’s women side lost their fourth successive fixture of the World Team Table Tennis Championships at Kuala Lumpur.
Pakistan’s men team on Tuesday produced their second straight win, while Pakistan’s women side lost their fourth successive fixture of the World Team Table Tennis Championships at Kuala Lumpur.
In the Division-IV Group M outing World No 82 Pakistan, featuring Asim Qureshi, Ali Faisal and Shujaat Ali, crushed World No 102 Panama 3-0 to move to four points from two outings. They are at the summit.
In the first round on February 28, Pakistan had beaten World No110 Maldives 3-1.
Pakistan will face Turkmenistan in their last group clash on Wednesday (today).
Turkmenistan have beaten Maldives 3-1.
In women’s event, World No 76 Pakistan, carrying Shabnam Bilal, Raheela Kashif and Maleeha Khursheed, went 3-0 down to World No 49 Venezuela in their Division-III Group K fixtures in the fourth round on Tuesday.
In earlier matches, Pakistan had lost to World No 66 Sri Lanka 3-1, World No 52 Iran 3-0 and World No 62 Philippines 3-0.
On Wednesday (today) Pakistani women will meet group minnows Ethiopia, who are ranked 81 in the world.
Pakistan Table Tennis Federation’s (PTTF) president SM Sibtain is accompanying the squad. The event will conclude on March 6
(The News).
