Islamabad (Sports Reporter): The J-30 PPL Pakistan World Junior Tennis Championships commenced today at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex, Islamabad, featuring a strong international field of 62 players, comprising 39 boys and 23 girls, from 17 countries, including Russia, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Australia, Spain, Canada, Belarus, Sweden, Germany, Japan and Pakistan.
The matches are being played on a round-robin basis, with the boys’ singles event divided into eight groups. The winner (top player) of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals. On the opening day of the main draw, five Pakistani boys, Abdul Basit, Hamza Roman, Rayyan Khan, Mohammad Hassan Usmani, and Ahtesham Humayun won their respective matches.
Results (Boys Singles-Round Robin 1): Abdul Basit (PAK) beat Brennon NG (SGP) 6-4, 1-6,(10-5), Hamza Roman (PAK) beat Tachatam Srisen (THA) 6-1, 6-0; Rayyan Khan(PAK) beat Sanzhar Bolat (KAZ) 6-4, 6-2; Phasin Sinchalong(THA) beat Vukasin Pavlovic (SRB) 6-0, 6-0 ; Ahtesham Humayun (PAK) beat Pittinan Jaturonroj (THA) 6-1,6-4 ; Jayin De Saram (SRI) beat Soichiro Ishida(JPN) 6-3,6-2; Theerapat Samritvanitcha (THA) beat Abdar Ali 6-1,6-1; Nikita Dogadin (RUS) beat Jingxuan Zhou (CHN) 3-6, 6-4(10-4) ; Aahil Kaleel (SR) beat Daniel Alwadi (CHN) 6-3,6-1; Daniel Elias (RUS) beat Zohaib Afzal Malik (PAK) 6-3,6-0; Aliaksandr Viarsotski (BLR) beat Arham Tariq (PAK) 6-1,6-1; Rehan Gunawardhana (SRI) beat Muhammad Shayan (PAK) 6-1,6-1; Yupei Liang (CHN) beat Mohammad Yahya (PAK) 6-3,4-6(10-6); Jakob Letsch (GER) beat Alshinhan Mukhamedkali (KAZ) 6-0,6-0; Mohammad Hassan Usmani (PAK) beat Amir Mazari (PAK) 7-5,6-2; Napat Pattanalertphan (THA) beat Mohammad Haziq Aasim 6-3,6-1
Girls Singles (Round-1): Ploypetch Daungkhiaw(THA) beat Githmi Riyana Fernando (SRI) 6-1,6-1 ; Anyawee Paisarnpanuwong (THA) beat Danelya Beissebayeva (KAZ) 6-1,6-2 ; Daixi Hu (CHN) w/o Milana Vorobyeva (KAZ) ; Polina Sushkova (KAZ) beat Hajra Sohail (PAK) 6-0,6-1 ; Xeniya Semenova (KAZ) beat Mariia Markevich (RUS) 6-4,6-1; Yeanna Chowdhury (BAN) beat Anayaa Khan (PAK) 6-1,6-0
