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    "excerpt": "PSA World Tour Silver: Reigning National champion Velavan Senthilkumar went down fighting 11-2, 11-4, 11-8 to Egyptian world No 21 Youssef Ibrahim in the quarterfinals of the Pittsburgh Open squash in Pittsburgh (US) on Friday.",
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    "editor1": "PSA World Tour Silver: Reigning National champion Velavan Senthilkumar went down fighting 11-2, 11-4, 11-8 to Egyptian world No 21 Youssef Ibrahim in the quarterfinals of the Pittsburgh Open squash in Pittsburgh (US) on Friday.<p>It was the Indian\u2019s maiden PSA World Tour Silver quarterfinal, in his first outing of the year, following a breakout 2023 that saw the Tamil Nadu player, ranked No 63 in the world, win four PSA titles in his first full year as pro.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Velavan made it to the quarters after a second-round upset over No 8 seed Faraz Khan, and looked stronger in the second and third games against fourth seed Ibrahim.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, the experienced Egyptian was always a step ahead, and was quoted as saying by the official PSA squash website: \u201cVelavan is such a good player. We have played so many times and he\u2019s always given me a hard time on court\u2026 I\u2019m just glad I held it together and did well.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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