ISLAMABAD: Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Muzammil Murtaza have reached the final of the ATP Challenger Tour in Islamabad on Friday, marking the first time a Pakistani pair has reached this stage in the tournament's history.

The event, taking place at the Pakistan Tennis Federation Complex, is the first ATP Challenger Tour event to be hosted in the country.

The Pakistani duo secured their place in the final after defeating Turkiye’s Alp Horoz and Mart Alkaya 6-1, 6-4 in the men’s doubles semifinal.

The tournament features 25 international players from Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, the USA, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Australia, Italy, Bulgaria, Austria, Sweden, Great Britain, Switzerland, and Georgia, as well as 10 top Pakistani players. Elias Ymer of Sweden, ranked 169th in the ATP World/PIF Rankings, is the top seed, with Great Britain’s Jay Clarke, ranked 213th, as the second seed.

In the men’s singles quarterfinals, Mert Alkaya of Turkey defeated top seed Ymer 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-0. Clarke defeated Ukraine’s Vadym Ursu 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6). Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan won against Johan Nikles of Switzerland 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, while Zach Stephens of Great Britain defeated Dominik Palan of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3.

In the doubles semifinals, Qureshi and Murtaza won 6-1, 6-4 against Alkaya and Horoz. In the other semifinal, Dominik Palan of the Czech Republic and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan defeated Nikita Bilozertsev of Ukraine and Preston Brown of the USA 6-1, 7-5.

The doubles final will see Qureshi and Murtaza compete for the title against Palan and Yevseyev.

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Pakistan’s Qureshi, Murtaza advance to ATP Challenger Final