ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Mikaeel Ali Baig and Ahmad Nael Qureshi turned in an impressive performance to register a straight-sets victory over Algeria’s Samir Hamza Reguig and Ireland’s Josh Roe Flannelly in the boys’ doubles event of the ITF M-15 Leg-2 at the PTF Complex on Tuesday.

The local pair won 6-2, 6-3, pulling off a notable result as Reguig is the top seed in the singles draw.

Results (main draw):

Men’s singles (first round): Tugra Duran (Turkey) bt Yousaf Khalil (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-4; Arvid Nordquist (Sweden) bt Abubakar Talha (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-2; Grigoriy Lomakin (Kazakhstan) bt Andrei Kunitsyn (Russia) 7-6(7-5), 6-2; Mert Naci Turker (Turkey) bt Darshan Suresh (Malaysia) 6-4, 6-1; Stevan Popovic (Germany) bt Arkhip Kozlov (Russia) 6-2, 6-4.

Men’s doubles (first round):Mikaeel Ali Baig/Ahmad Nael Qureshi (Pakistan) bt Samir Hamza Reguig (Algeria)/Josh Roe Flannelly (Ireland) 6-2, 6-3; Dmitrii Shirokii/Egor Khotchenkov (Russia) bt Aqeel Khan/Barkatullah (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-3; Matas Vasiliauskas (Lithuania)/Edoardo Cherie Ligniere (Italy) bt Ivan Iutkin/Makar Krivoshchekov (Russia) 4-6, 7-5 (13-11); Kerem Yilmaz (Turkey)/Adam Farag-Cao (Canada) bt Abdulaziz Usmonjonov (Uzbekistan)/Arkhip Kozlov (Russia) 6-4, 6-4; Andrei Kunitsyn/Nikita Ianin (Russia) bt Abu Bakar Talha/Mohammad Shoaib (Pakistan) 6-4, 7-5; Stevan Popovic (Germany)/Carl Holder (Great Britain) bt Xiuyuan Guo (China)/Yousaf Khalil (Pakistan) 7-5, 6-3.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2026