ITF Men’s Futures M-15 (Leg-1) tournament has commenced today at the PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad.
This tournament is being organized in the memory of Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmad, a respected former tennis player of the subcontinent, in recognition of his valuable contributions to the sport and his lasting legacy in regional tennis history.
A total of 70 men’s players from 23 countries are participating in this prestigious international event. The participating nations include Pakistan, Kuwait, Russia, Uzbekistan, Sweden, Austria, Malaysia, Great Britain, Italy, Lithuania, China, Turkey, Algeria, Canada, USA, Ireland, Poland, Hong Kong, Nepal, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Japan.
Top seed of the tournament is Leo Borg of Sweden, currently ranked ATP 483, while the second seed is Samir Hamza Reguig of Algeria, holding an ATP ranking of 844.
Results:
Men’s Singles Qualifying 1st Round: Yousaf Haleem(PAK) bt Ali Zafar (PAK) 7-5,6-0; Fedor Dorokhov (RUS) bt Mazhar Go Nakamichi (JPN) 7-6(5), 6-7(5)10-7; M.Talha Khan (PAK) bt Inam Qadir (PAK) 6-0,6-3; Hamza Roman (PAK) bt Ahmar Saeed (PAK) 6-0,6-0; Artem Bukin (RUS) bt ILyos Abrorov (UZB) 6-3,6-3; Abishek Bastola (NEP) bt Adnan Rashid Khan (PAK) 6-0,1-0(retd);M.Abid Ali Akbar Khan (PAK) bt Yi Yuan (HKG) 6-0,6-0;
Men’s Singles Qualifying 2nd Round: Ivan Iutkin (RUS) bt Sameer Ahmed (PAK) 6-1,6-2; M.Abid Ali Akbar Khan (PAK) bt Tugra Duran(TUR) 6-1,6-4; Adam Farag Cao (CAN) bt Yousaf Haleem (PAK) 6-0,6-2; Arkhip Kozlov (RUS) bt Heran Zhang(CHN) 7-5,6-3;Ahmed Nael Qureshi (PAK) Shawal Azeem (PAK) 6-1,6-0; Xiuyuan Guo (CHN) bt Mustansir Ali Khan (PAK) 6-0,6-3; Egor Khotchenkov (RUS) bt Hamza Roman (PAK) 2-6,6-2(10-8) ; Adam Bajurko (POL) bt Zachary Mintz(USA) 6-1,6-0
The 3rd Round of the qualifying matches will start at 10:00 am tomorrow.
