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Spanish tennis duo confirm Brazil Open participation

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Rio de Janeiro: Spanish tennis stars Tommy Robredo and Fernando Verdasco will compete at the Brazil Open in February.

The duo will join compatriot and world no.14 Feliciano Lopez, whose participation in the ATP 250 event was confirmed earlier this month, reported Xinhua.

Robredo, currently ranked 17th in the world, will compete in the tournament for the fifth time, having won the title in 2009. It will be the third Brazil Open appearance for the 33rd-ranked Verdasco.

The Feb 9-15 event will be played on clay at the Ibirapuera Arena in Sao Paulo.

Organisers are expected to name the full list of competitors by next week.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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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