Yousuf Raja of Pakistan WAPDA and Shabnam Bilal of Habb Bank Limited won the men’s and women’s singles finals of the 47th National Table Tennis Championship at the WAPDA Sports Comples on Saturday April 17, 2010.

Yousuf defeated his teammate Sajjad Faisal 4-2 and the score-line was 11-8,3-11, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, and 11-4. Shabnam beat and outplayed Ayesha Iqbal 4-1 with the score line of: 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, and 11-9.

The tournament was full of its ups and downs as Yousuf won the first set but then lost the second one as Sajjad was on fire! Yousuf then strengthened his position by winning the next two sets to take the 3-1 lead.

Faisal tried to make a comeback by winning the fifth set, but lost the next to end the final in 50 minutes. The WAPDA finished with five titles which were namely the men’s singles, doubles, mixed doubles, men’s and women’s team events. The remaining two titles of women’s singles and doubles went to the HBL.

Some of the other results of the Men’s single semi-finals: 1: Sajjad Faisal beat Sajid Hussain 5-11, 11-9, 11-4, 1—8, and 11-9. Yousuf Raja beat Asim Qureshi 7-11, 11-8, 16-14, 11-1, 9-11, 6-11, and 10-12.

Some of the other results of the Women’s single semi-finals: Shabnam Bilal beat Luiza Irshad 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, and 11-4. Ayesha Iqbal beat Sadie Falaksher 6-11, 11-3, 11-7, 8-11, 12-14, 11-7 and 12-10.

It was a great tournament and was full of surprises and twists. The WAPDA finished with 5 titles, while two titles went to the very well respected HBL.