ISLAMABAD: Pakistan`s Nadir Mirza and Abubakar Talha registered contrating wins to advance into the semi-finals of the ITF Pakistan Zainab Ali Naqvi Memorial World Juniors Tennis Championship here at the PTF complex on Wednesday.

Nadir came from a set down to defeat Kazakhstan`s Rodion Likashov 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4), while Abubakar Talha dominated Chinese opponent Haolin Liu 6-1, 6-0 to book the last-four berth.

However, Pakistan`s Amir Mazari was eliminated from the tournament, losing to Japan`s Takaya Ishii 6-3, 6-0.

In the doubles last-eight fixtures, Pakistan`s duo of Ahtesham Humayun and Salar Khan fell against the pair of Abubakar and Singapore`s Luke Jie Xi Ho 6-1, 6-3.

On the other hand, the team of Nadir and Mikael Ali Baig swept aside Britain`s Enzo Kahi and Indonesia`s Keitaro Ksathra 6-4, 6-1 to book the semi-final spot.

The girls double quarter-finals saw Japanese Nana Okawa and Rino Shinden defeating the pair of Pakistan`s Maham Ashraf and China`s Xinru Zhong 6-1, 6-0.

Meanwhile, national player Amna Ali Qayum and Dicle Izgi of Turkiye were also ousted from the tournament after losing to Kazakhstan`s Aruzhan Bayalina and Sofiya Malysheva 6-2, 6-1.

Results (quarter-finals): Boys singles: Luke Jie Xio Ho (Singapore) bt Platon Kovalyov (Kazakhstan) 6-0, 6-2 Girls singles: Haniya Aman Minhas (Saudi Arabia) bt Sofiya Malysheva (Kazakhstan) 6-2, 6-0; Alissa Korolyova (Kazakhstan) bt Dicle Izgi (Turkiye) 6-4, 6-2; Yelizaveta Slepchenko (Kazakhstan) bt Serife Pelibn Sari (Turkiye) 6-3, 6-3; Nana Okawa (Japan) bt Seo Hee Jeon (South Korea) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Boys doubles: Platon Kovalyov (Kazakhstan)/Shehryar Anees (Pakistan) bt Rodion Likashov/Ramzan (Kazakhstan) 7-5, 6-4; Alexey Ryabov (Russia)/Yagiz Yildiz (`Ibrkiye) bt Danial/Arnanbek (Kazakhstan) 6-4, 6-0