Usmani, Hamza, Ahtesham reach J-30 junior tennis quarter-finals in Islamabad
Muhammad Hassan Usmani, Hamza Roman and Ahtesham Humayun have qualified for the singles quarter-finals of the J-30 PPL Pakistan World Junior Tennis Championships. All three topped their round-robin groups in Islamabad.
- Usmani, Hamza Roman and Ahtesham Humayun won their groups and reached the boys' singles quarter-finals.
- Hajra Sohail, partnering China's Daixi Hu, reached the girls' doubles quarter-finals.
- The event has 62 players from 17 countries.
Three Pakistani players have booked places in the singles quarter-finals of the J-30 PPL Pakistan World Junior Tennis Championships Islamabad-2026, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on 11 November. Muhammad Hassan Usmani, Hamza Roman and Ahtesham Humayun each finished first in their round-robin groups.
The boys' singles event has eight groups, and only the top player from each group moves into the quarter-finals, according to Daily Times. Earlier, on Tuesday at the Pakistan Tennis Federation Tennis Complex, seven Pakistani boys won second-round matches to stay in contention. They were Hamza Roman, Abdul Basit, Rayyan Khan, Ahtesham Humayun, Muhammad Hassan Usmani, Amir Mazari and Muhammad Yahya.
In the third round robin, Hamza Roman beat his compatriot Abdul Basit 7-5, 6-2. Ahtesham Humayun beat Soichiro Ishida 6-3, 6-4, and Usmani beat Germany's Jakob Letsch 6-1, 6-4. Amir Mazari also won, beating Alshinhan Mukhamedkali 6-2, 6-2.
Other Pakistani players lost their third-round matches. Phasin Sinchalong beat Rayyan Khan 6-0, 6-1, Nikita Dogadin beat Abdar Ali 6-1, 6-1, and Aliaksandr Viarsotski beat Muhammad Yahya 6-3, 6-4. Yupei Liang beat Arham Tariq 6-2, 6-1, and Muhammad Shayan beat Haziq Aasim 6-3, 6-4. Zoahib Afzal Malik beat Daniel Alwadi 6-1, 6-4.
In girls' doubles, Pakistan's Hajra Sohail, partnering Daixi Hu of China, advanced to the quarter-finals. In boys' doubles pre-quarter-finals, Amir Mazari and Aliaksandr Viarsotski beat Jayin De Saram and Jakob Letsch 6-1, 6-3. Vukasin Pavlovic and Jingxuan Zhou beat Rayyan Khan and Arham Tariq 6-1, 6-2, and Soichiro Ishida and Pittinan Jaturonroj beat Brennon Ng and Shaan Laoamornpanich 6-4, 6-2.
The championship has 62 players, 39 boys and 23 girls, from 17 countries, and is sponsored by Pakistan Petroleum Limited. Daily Times reported that matches would resume on Wednesday at 9:30am at the PTF Tennis Complex.
Background
khabr.pk reported on 4 November that Hamza Roman beat Sweden's Nils Preger 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the J-60 Bard Foundation Junior World Tennis Championships at the same PTF Tennis Complex in Islamabad.
Why it matters for Pakistan
Three Pakistani juniors now have a place in the last eight of a world junior event held at home in Islamabad. Hajra Sohail is also through to the girls' doubles quarter-finals, so Pakistan has representation in both singles and doubles. Hamza Roman has now reached the quarter-finals at two junior events at the PTF complex in a week.
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