Rastogi lone Indian in ITF Futures semis

New Delhi, Dec 28 (UNI) Karan Rastogi remained the lone Indian in fray after rallying to beat Petar Jelenic of Croatia and book a semifinal berth in the ITF Men's Futures tennis tournament here today.

Rastogi was stretched to three sets before he overcame the Croat 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1.

The Indian Davis Cupper looked rusty as he struggled and lost the opening set in the tie-breaker. However, he bounced back and take the next two to book a berth in the final four.

Another Indian in the quarterfinals, Ashutosh Singh, fought hard before bowing to Todor Enev of Bulgaria 2-6, 6-3, 2-6.

Meanwhile, Hyun Woo Nam proved too good for Aisam Qureshi and the Korean defeated the Pakistani ace 6-4, 6-4 to move into the semifinal.

Kazakh Alexie Kedriyuk also beat Sarvar Ikramov of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-4 to advance into the next round.

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