Karan to meet Rafael on centre court

Chennai, Jan 3 (UNI) It would be the day of reckoning, so to speak, for India's wild card Karan Rastogi tomorrow, as he, ranked 497 would be taking on world no 2, Spaniard Rafael Nadal on the centre court in the pre-quarter finals.

Only one Indian had made it to the quarter finals in the Chennai Edition of the ATP tour event when Leander Paes took on Patrick Rafter in 1998.

The following is the schedule of pre-quarter final Singles matches: Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) vs Stefan Koubek (Austria), Rafael Nadal (Spain) Vs Karan Rastogi (India), Igor Andreev (Russia) vs Julien Benneteau (France), John Phau (Ger) vs Fabrice Santoro (France), David Sanguinetti (Italy) vs Nicole Mahut (France).

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