ISLAMABAD: The Pakis­tan trio of Barka­tullah, Mohammad Abid Ali and Ahmed Nael won their respective matches of the third qualifying round to advance to the main round of the ITF Men’s Futures M-15 (Leg-1) tournament here at the PTF Tennis Complex on Monday.

Leo Borg, the son of legendary Swedish player Bjorn Borg, is the top seed of the event.

Results (men’s singles third qualifying round): Ivan Iutkin (Russia) bt Ivan Matveev (Russia) 6-3, 6-1; Barkatullah (Pakistan) bt Adam Farag-Cao (Canada) 7-5, 2-0 — retired; Mohammad Abid Ali (Pakistan) bt Muyou Zou (China) 6-1, 6-1; Ahmad Nael (Pakistan) bt Arkhip Kozlov (Russia) 6-1, 6-3; Adam Bajurko (Poland) bt Fedor Dorokhov (Russia) 6-2, 6-4; Abhishek Bastola (Nepal) bt Egor Khotchenkov (Russia) 7-6(2), 6-2; Artem Bukin (Russia) bt Josh Roe Flannelly (Ireland) 7-6(5).

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2026