ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Hamza Roman continued his impressive run at the J-30 PPL Pakistan World Junior Tennis Championship, defeating Thailand’s Napat Pattanalertphan 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-final at the PTF Complex here on Friday to book his place in the boys’ singles final.

Hamza will face Thailand’s Phasin Sinchalong in Saturday’s final. Phasin advanced after overcoming Belarus’ Aliaksandr Viarsotski 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(7/5) in a closely contested semi-final.

Meanwhile, Pakistan will have an all-national interest in the boys’ doubles final, where Hamza Roman and Ahtesham Humayun will take on compatriot Amir Mazari and Viarsotski of Belarus.

In the girls’ singles semi-finals, Russia’s Varvara Rubtsova defeated China’s Meimei Hu 7-6(7/4), 7-5, while her compatriot Victoria Gruntova beat Thailand’s Pimpisa Wongwanitkajon 7-5, 6-1 to set up an all-Russian final.

Results (semi-finals):

Boys’ doubles: Hamza Roman/Ahtesham Humayun (Pakistan) beat Vukasin Pavlovic (Serbia)/Jingxuan Zhou (China) 6-2, 6-3; Amir Mazari (Pakistan)/Aliaksandr Viarsotski (Belarus) beat M. Haziq Asim/M. Hassan Usmani (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-2.

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2026