ISLAMABAD: Veteran Aqeel Khan partnering with Barkatullah defeated the pair of Canada’s Adam Farag-Cao and Carl Holder of Great Britain in the quarter-final of the ITF Men’s Futures M-15 (Leg-1) tournament here at the PTF Complex on Thursday.

After comfortably winning the first set 6-1, Aqeel and Barkatullah faced resistance in the second set, which they lost 4-6. However, they bounced back to claim the third set in tiebreak 10-5 and qualify for the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s top player Mohammad Sho­aib advanced to the men’s singles quarter-finals after his opponent, Matas Vasiliauskas of Lith­uania, retired as the former was in charge 6-0, 4-1.

Results:

Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Mohammad Shoaib (Pakistan) bt Matas Vasiliauskas (Lithuania) 6-0, 4-1 – retired; Mert Naci Trker (Turkiye) bt Abubakar Talha (Pakistan) 6-3, 6-4; Nikita Ianin (Russia) bt Barkatullah (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-0; Fanming Meng (China) bt Essa Qabazard (Kuwait) 6-4, 6-3; Arvid Nordquist (Sweden) bt Darrshan Suresh (Malaysia) 6-3, 6-3; Samir Hamza Reguig (Algeria) bt Alexey Dubinin (Russia) 6-0, 6-3; Leo Borg (Sweden) bt Mohammad Abid (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-4; Kere Yilmaz (Turkiye) bt Dmitrii Shiroki 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Men’s doubles (quarter-finals): Aqeel Khan (Pakistan)/Barkatullah (Pakistan) bt Adam Farag-Cao (Canada)/Carl Holder (Britain) 6-1, 4-6, (10-5); Ivan Iutkin (Russia)/Alexey Dubinin (Russia) bt Abubakar Talha (Pakistan)/Ahmad Nael (Pakistan) 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.

Published in Dawn, May 1st, 2026