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Rojer-Tecau win second major title in US Open men’s doubles
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania defeated Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-3 in the men’s doubles final at Flushing Meadows for their second Grand Slam crown at the US Open.
It was the climax of a 10-match winning run for the duo on Friday, who came into the US Open on the back of their 15th team title at the Winston-Salem Open. They have only dropped two sets during that period, reports Xinhua news agency.
“The key to the whole thing is you need to communicate and be out there and fight together. These are pressure-packed situations. We’ve had a great two weeks. We played well in all the matches and we did so again today,” said Rojer after the match.
“Congratulations to Marc and Feliciano, they are very good friends of ours. They had a great week and they were very deserving. It came down to a few points and it was a very close match,” added the Dutchman, who won the first major trophy at Wimbledon two years ago with Tecau.
Their final against Feliciano and Marc was closer than the scoreline suggested. Tecau was broken in the seventh game of the first set, but the Spaniards couldn’t maintain their advantage as Rojer and Tecau hit back to win three successive games and close out the opener.
A break of the Marc serve in the fourth game gave Rojer and Tecau a 3-1 lead in the second set. After that, Rojer and Tecau had the match under control and never looked back.
“We were just focussing on trying to get one more point, don’t focus on the title and see what happens,” said Tecau.
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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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