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Velavan in maiden final

Updated on: 14 April,2017 06:57 AM IST  | 
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India's junior squash champion Velavan Senthilkumar reached his maiden PSA final in the Parkview Open, a PSA world tour event. Velavan, who had started as a qualifier and even ousted the top seed Aqueel Rehman of Austria in the quarter-final, was in top form against Mark Fuller of England yesterday

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Johannesburg: India's junior squash champion Velavan Senthilkumar reached his maiden PSA final in the Parkview Open, a PSA world tour event. Velavan, who had started as a qualifier and even ousted the top seed Aqueel Rehman of Austria in the quarter-final, was in top form against Mark Fuller of England yesterday.

Finding the right length and playing an attacking game, the Indian had his rival pinned to the background. Velavan seized the initiative and carved out a 12-10, 11-7, 11-9 win.


Elsherbini had earlier stopped the other Indian second seed Harinder Pal Sandhu in the second semi-final in straight games 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.



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