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Cirstea upsets Pliskova, advances to China Open last 8
Beijing, Oct 5 (IANS) Sorana Cirstea on Thursday knocked out Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the China Open tennis tournament.
Cirstea got revenge for her defeat in the only previous match against former world no. 1 Pliskova in 2014, reports Efe news agency.
Pliskova broke the 27-year-old Romanian’s serve early in the first set, but Cirstea rallied back, winning six games in a row to clinch the first set.
The Czech fourth seed won another break of serve early in the second set and built on that advantage to lead 5-2, before Cirstea mounted an impressive comeback, winning five consecutive games to seal the win after 83 minutes.
Cirstea will next take on Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, the reigning French Open champion, who qualified for the last eight after local favourite Shuai Peng retired while trailing 0-3.
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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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