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Parniya Khan, Shah Khan becomes National Table Tennis Champions!

Dexterous WAPDA's player Parniya Khan claimed the title after outsmarting former National Champion Aisya Sherjeeal, also from WAPDA, in the thrilling 4-3 final at National Master Cup Table Tennis Tournament 2021.

The National Master Cup Table Tennis Tournament 2021 wrapped up successfully at Olympian Lala Rafique Sports Arena, Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar.

Dexterous WAPDA's player Parniya Khan claimed the title after outsmarting former National Champion Aisya Sherjeeal, also from WAPDA, in the thrilling 4-3 final.

National junior champion & bronze medalist of the 13th South Asian Games, Parniya Khan was home with 11-13, 14-12, 9-11, 13-11, 15-13, 11-9, 17-15.

Another promising youngster from Pakistan WAPDA, Shah Khan easily pulverized over current national champion and top seeded of the Master Cup Faizan Zahoor of Pakistan Army by 4-0, the score was 11-9, 13-11, 15-13 and 11-9.

In the Boys team event final, WAPDA shocked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a thrilling four sets battle 3-1. In the first singles, Shah Khan played attacking games and recorded victory against Ummam Khawaja (3-2), the score was 11-9. 11-13, 11-13, 11-8 and 17-15. In the other singles, Fahad Khawaja defeated his cousin Khawaja Haseeb Ur Rehman by (3-1), the score was 11-9, 11-7, 13-11 and 11-8. In the third singles Shayan Farooq of KP defeated Hafeez of Pakistan WAPDA by 3-2, the score was 13-11, 8-11, 11-13, 11-9 and 11-8 and in the end in the reverse singles Fahad Khawjah beat his younger brother Ummam Khawjah by 3-0, the score was 13-11, 13-11 and 11-9.

Thus Pakistan Wapda won the Boys Team event final by 3-1.

Former Director General Sports and Secretary Establishment Engineer Khanzeb Khan graced the cermony as a chief guest. The event had the presences of Chairman KP Table Tennis Association former Chief Commissioner Right to Information, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Youth Ambassador of the US Embassy in Pakistan Absar Ali, Director Tournament Jabir Ali and SVP KP Table Tennis Association Kifayat Ullah Orakzai.

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