Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- 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 here at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the boys' and girls' doubles quarterfinal matches were postponed today 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 on Friday as per the revised tournament schedule.

The Championships features a strong international field of 62 pl...