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Arjun upset seeded Korean in ITF Juniors Grade 2 (J200) Tennis

Kolkata, Jan 23 (UNI) Unseeded Arjun Rathi stole the show as he outclassed the 7th seed from Korea to enter the semi-finals of the Boys Singles at the Central Excise & CGST ITF Junior J200 World Ranking Tennis Championship, being held at the Bengal Tennis Association Complex.
In the quarter-finals held on Thursday, Haryana's Rathi took a little close to 90 minutes to drub Korea's Hyeon Seok Seo, by a straight 6-0,7-5. Rathi, the only Indian remaining in the draw, will face Damir Zhalgasbay of Kazakhstan in the semi-finals on Friday, who in turn got the better of Emanuel Ivanisevic by a straight yet
contesting 6-4,7-5.
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