Karan Rastogi was born on 8 October 1986 and is an Indian tennis player, who represented Hong Kong in international competitions.
14 Facts About Karan Rastogi
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Karan Rastogi started playing tennis at the age of 3.
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Karan Rastogi was ranked No 1 in all age groups in India from the under 12s to the under 18s.
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Karan Rastogi reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open Junior Championship in 2004.
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Karan Rastogi was then selected to be part of the Indian Davis Cup team for the first time against New Zealand in February 2004.
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Karan Rastogi represented India in Davis Cup from 2004 to 2011.
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In 2008 Karan Rastogi underwent a lower back operation which kept him out of the game for more than 18 months.
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Karan Rastogi won two back to back ATP doubles challenger events in 2011 reaching a career high doubles ranking of 217.
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In 2012 Karan Rastogi decided to quit his playing career and begin a coaching career.
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Karan Rastogi completed an A level coaching course from GPTCA and is an ATP certified tennis coach.
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In 2012 November Karan Rastogi joined forces with the Hong Kong Tennis Association to coach and help all their national teams.
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Karan Rastogi has coached their Davis Cup and Fed cup teams to promotion and has captained the under 14 boys and girls teams and the Junior Davis Cup teams.
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Karan Rastogi currently is coaching the various national teams of Hong Kong.
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In 2016, Karan Rastogi made a comeback to playing and represented Hong Kong as a player for the first time in Davis Cup and won both his singles and doubles matches against Lebanon to win promotion for Hong Kong from Group 3 to Group 2.