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Upcoming Indian player Velavan Senthilkumar continued his fine run to reach the final of the West Rand Open Squash tournament, a PSA world tour event, in Roodepoort, Johannesburg.
In the semifinal, Senthilkumar, who won the British Junior Open earlier in 2017, ousted fourth-seed Tristan Eysele of South Africa in straight games 16-14 15-13 11-7 on Thursday night.
This is the second successive PSA event final that the 19-year-old Chennai boy, a qualifier, will be playing in the space of 10 days.
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Interestingly, Senthilkumar will be up against Egyptian Mohammed Elsherbini, whom he lost to in the final of the Parkview Open in Johannesburg, a SRFI press note said.
His compatriot Harinder Pal Sandhu, the second-seed, had crashed out in the second round earlier.
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