Overview
- On Saturday, Aug. 15, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Austria’s Nina Hermann beat Portugal’s Fred Gil and Rita Freitas 6-4, 6-3 to retain the 40+ mixed doubles world title.
- Aisam and longtime partner Aqeel Khan reached the men’s 45+ doubles final but lost to France’s Jacques Glay and Jean-Baptiste Renault 1-6, 7-6, (10-7), settling for silver.
- The Pakistani duo staged a dramatic quarterfinal comeback earlier in the week, saving two match points to beat a Spanish pair 6-7, 7-6, [10-2].
- Aqeel added a bronze medal in the 40+ mixed doubles with Germany’s Eileen Aranas-Roth, and Pakistan also won silver in the men’s 45+ World Team Championship, giving the country one gold, two silver and one bronze.
- The ITF Masters in Lisbon and Oeiras run from Aug. 8–15 and use match tiebreaks in doubles, a format that produced several tight finishes and tested veteran players’ endurance across multiple events.