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Nadal continues to lead ATP rankings
Madrid, Oct 16 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday.
Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, maintained the top spot although he lost the Shanghai Rolex Masters final on Sunday against Switzerland’s Roger Federer who came in second, reports Efe.
Britain’s Andy Murray occupied the third position, while Croatian Marin Cilic jumped to the fourth.
German Alexander Zverev dropped to fifth.
Austrian Dominic Thiem went up one position to replace Serbian Novak Djokovic, who held the seventh spot.
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov jumped to the eighth spot, while Swiss Stan Wawrinka dropped to the ninth.
The current ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 10,465 points
2. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 8,505
3. Andy Murray (United Kingdom) 5,290
4. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 4,505
5. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4,400
6. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 3,935
7. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 3,765
8. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 3,590
9. Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 3,450
10. David Goffin (Belgium) 2,885.
–IANS
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.