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Aditya Jagtap advances to quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour event in Canada

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Mumbai lad Aditya Jagtap has managed to make it to the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour in Canada as he beat British player Mark Broekman by a score of  7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5. Jagtap is slated to face top-seeded Eric Galvez of Mexico in quarter-finals which will be played on Friday in Canada.

Mumbai-born Aditya Jagtap has pulled off a major upset at the ongoing PSA World Tour in Calgary, Canada where he beat fifth seed Mark Broeman of England to progress to the quarter-finals of the tournament. Aditya Jagtap, who made a fluent entry into the main draw from the qualifiers, has made it to the quarterfinal of the Mount Royal University Open, a PSA world tour event here on Thursday.

Coming back from a game down, the Mumbai lad had beaten fifth-seeded Mark Broekman of England 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5. 

Jagtap is slated to face-off against top-seeded Mexican Eric Galvez in the quarters which will be played on Friday. Galvez beat local boy Abdelrahman Dweek of Canada by a margin of 0-3  (4-11, 5-11, 4-11) in the first round to advance to the quarters.

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