ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Muhammad Shoaib stopped Adam Farag-Cao (CAN) in the second set to enter the quarterfinals of the McDonald’s Pakistan ITF Championship 2026 (ITF M-15 Leg-2) at the PTF Tennis Complex courts on Thursday.
Shoaib won 6-1 before his opponent surrendered the match. Two other Pakistan players, Aqeel Khan and Muzammil Murtaza, however, lost their second round matches. In the doubles event, Pakistan’s Muzammil Murtaza, partnering with Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ), beat Carl Holder (GBR) / Stevan Popovic (GER), to qualify for the doubles semifinals.
Results:
Singles second round:
Muhammad Shoaib (PAK) bt Adam Farag-Cao (CAN) 6-1(retd); Nikita Ianin (RUS) bt Muzammil Murtaza (PAK) 7-6(7), 6-4; Samir Hamza Reguig (ALG) bt Aqeel Khan (PAK) 6-4, 6-3; Kerem Yilmaz (TUR) bt Ivan Iutkin (RUS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ) bt Uladzislau Tarasevich (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Mert Naci Turker (TUR) bt Tugra Duran (TUR) 6-3, 6-3; Edoardo Cherie Ligniere (ITA) bt Fumin Jiang China (CHN) 6-2, 6-3; Arvid Nordquist (SWE) bt Stevan Popovic (GER) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles quarter-finals: Muzammil Murtaza (PAK) / Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ) bt Carl Holder Great Britain (GBR) / Stevan Popovic Germany (GER) 6-3, 7-5 ; Kerem Yilmaz Turkiye (TUR) / Adam Farag-Cao Canada (CAN) bt Dmitrii Shirokii (RUS) / Egor Khotchenkov (RUS) 6-4, 4-6(10-8); Melih Anavatan (TUR) / Mert Naci Turker (TUR) bt Mikaeel Ali Baig (PAK) / Ahmad Nael Qureshi (PAK) 2-6, 6-3(10-6) ; Nikita Ianin / Andrei Kunitsyn (RUS) w/o Edoardo Cherie Ligniere (ITA) / Matas Vasiliauskas Lithuania (LTU).
