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Playing his best in two weeks, the 20-year-old Rastogi captured his second title of the season at the same venue, outplaying Nam with his solid game.
The fourth-seeded Rastogi broke the Korean in the first game to set the tempo and warded off four breakpoints in the sixth game to stay on course to take the set.
Playing with imagination and outthinking his opponent by punctuating the strong rallies with smart drops that caught the Korean on the wrong foot, Rastogi called the shots throughout.
Rastogi broke Nam in the third and seventh games of the second set for a smooth finish.He dropped a mere three points in his four services games in the second set to assert his authority.
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