Islamabad (Sports Report): Pakistan’s Hamza Roman continued his impressive run at the J-30 PPL Pakistan World Junior Tennis Championships, defeating Sri Lanka’s Aahil Kaleel 6-3, 7-5 to secure his place in the boys’ singles semifinals.
Meanwhile, the boys’ and girls’ doubles quarterfinal matches were postponed due to rain. Six Pakistani boys -Hamza Roman, Ahtesham Humayun, Haziq Asim, Hassan Usmani, Amir Mazari and Abdul Basit — along with one Pakistani girl, Hajra Sohail, remain in contention in the doubles quarterfinals. The matches will now be played next day, as per the revised tournament schedule..
Results:
Boys Singles (Quarterfinals):
Napat Pattanalertphan (THA) bt Nikita Dogadin (RUS) 6-3,3-6,7-6(5); Hamza Roman (PAK) bt Aahil Kaleel (SRI) 6-3,7-5 ; Aliaksandr Viarsotski (BLR) bt Ahtesham Humayun (PAK) 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-5; Phasin Sinchalong(THA) bt Mohammad Hassan Usmani (PAK) 6-4,6-4
Girls Singles (Quarterfinals):
Meimei Hu (CHN) bt Evelina Dzepa (RUS) 6-2,6-3; Pimpisa Wongwanitkajon(THA) bt Arianna Grigorian (RUS) 6-0,4-6,6-1; Victoria Gruntova(RUS) bt Yijia Wang(CHN) 6-4,6-1 ; Varvara Rubrsova (RUS) bt Yuqi Li (CHN) 6-3,6-4
