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France’s Mladenovic beats Kazakhstan’s Putintseva in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg: French tennis sensation Kristina Mladenovic clinched the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy after beating Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 in the final here. The 23-year-old Mladenovic, the world’s third-ranked doubles player, needed two hours and 36 minutes to win her first singles title on Sunday, reports Efe. Putintseva, who is ranked 34th in the world, continued her trend of the past week, rallying from behind to win sets.
On her way to the final, Putintseva upset Russian world No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova in Friday’s quarter-finals and Slovakian world No. 5 Dominika Cibulkova in Saturday’s semi-finals. The 22-year-old Putintseva, a Moscow native who represents Kazakhstan in international competitions, came back from 2-5 down in the second set and ran away with the tiebreaker, forcing a decisive third set. In the third set, Putintseva was down 1-5 and came back to 4-5, saving four championship points, one on a passing shot from way beind the baseline that hit the line, and the other three on return of serve winners. Mladenovic, the world No. 51, finally dug in and finished off the match with a forehand winner
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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